# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-casale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:49:36.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-casale"
name: "Bob Casale"
slug: "bob-casale"
description: "Robert Edward Casale Jr., or \"Bob 2\", was an American musician, composer and record producer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, which released a Top 20 hit in 1980 with the single \"Whip It\". The band has maintained a cult following throughout its existence. He was the younger brother of their co-founder and bass guitarist Gerald Casale."
tagline: "American musician (1952–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Casale_1.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1952-07-14"
deathDate: "2014-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.971792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142805/"
    handle:    "nm0142805"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بوب كاسالى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Casale"
    title: "Bob Casale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Casale"
    title: "Bob Casale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ボブ・キャセール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Casale"
    title: "Bob Casale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b0f8025-7382-4675-80c6-0b7c9807c2d2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/278601"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15735693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/226328"
    title: "Bob Casale"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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