# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-thomson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:11.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-thomson"
name: "Barry Thomson"
slug: "barry-thomson"
description: "Barry \"Baz\" Thomson is an English musician, best known for being the lead and rhythm guitarist for death metal band Bolt Thrower until their disbandment in 2016. He co-founded the band in 1986, and was also the main songwriter of the band. He remained in Bolt Thrower until they broke up in 2016, following the death of drummer Martin Kearns the year before. Thomson also did some backing vocals on the Benediction album, Grind Bastard."
tagline: "British guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tuska_20130628_-_Bolt_Thrower_-_29.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1901"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           43.25
  momentum:             0.1193633952254642
  historical:           6.360801333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/404642"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Thomson"
    title: "Barry Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E2%80%9C%E3%83%90%E3%82%BA%E2%80%9D%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バリー・“バズ”・トムソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Thomson"
    title: "Barry Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Thomson"
    title: "Barry Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Thomson"
    title: "Barry Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d4e89aa-f319-480d-bb43-a93e3acb338a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1880653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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