# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-sparks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:07:15.377Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-sparks"
name: "Barry Sparks"
slug: "barry-sparks"
description: "Barry Sparks is an American rock bassist and guitarist for artists such as Yngwie Malmsteen, the Michael Schenker Group, UFO, Dokken, and Ted Nugent, among others. Until 2019, Sparks was part of the touring band for the Japanese rock duo B'z, and has also contributed to many of their albums and singles."
tagline: "American bassist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.76915333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/barry_sparks/"
    handle:    "barry_sparks"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BarrySparks"
    handle:    "BarrySparks"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://barrysparks.com/jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/628406"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "باري سباركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "بارى سباركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "バリー・スパークス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ბარი სპარკსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sparks"
    title: "Barry Sparks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/82029072-5edf-4097-846f-4099bc9e238e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q661196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump