# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:14.214Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-james"
name: "Brian James"
slug: "brian-james"
description: "Brian James was an English punk rock guitarist, who was a founding member of the Damned as well as of the Lords of the New Church."
tagline: "British guitarist (1951–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Damned_(Scabies_James_version)_(cropped).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: "1955-02-18"
deathDate: "2025-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.02319466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1937604/"
    handle:    "nm1937604"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/255346"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9)"
    title: "برايان جيمس (عازف قيثارة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_James_(guitarist)"
    title: "Brian James (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_James"
    title: "Brian James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_James"
    title: "Brian James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_James"
    title: "Brian James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_James_(mai_kunnawa)"
    title: "Brian James (mai kunnawa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD"
    title: "Բրայան Ջեյմս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_James_(chitarrista)"
    title: "Brian James (chitarrista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Джеймс, Брайан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f3d9119-9833-41c9-9c3b-f71b066bdf74"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1094920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1545465"
    title: "Brian James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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