# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buster-bloodvessel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:51:11.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buster-bloodvessel"
name: "Buster Bloodvessel"
slug: "buster-bloodvessel"
description: "Douglas Steven Trendle, better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer who has been the frontman of the two-tone band Bad Manners since forming the band in 1976. He took his stage name from the bus conductor played by Ivor Cutler in the Beatles' 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour."
tagline: "British actor and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buster_Bloodvessel_(Douglas_Trendle)_in_a_USA_event_with_Bad_Manners.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: "1958-09-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.28
  momentum:             2.018387855462904
  historical:           8.335689333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089116/"
    handle:    "nm0089116"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/173057"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بوستير بلودڤيسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bloodvessel"
    title: "Buster Bloodvessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bloodvessel"
    title: "Buster Bloodvessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bloodvessel"
    title: "Buster Bloodvessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bloodvessel"
    title: "Buster Bloodvessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bloodvessel"
    title: "Buster Bloodvessel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%88_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "بسٹر بلڈ ویسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac3dfc7a-c9cb-45ff-8fb6-86b2e7553896"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017758"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73819"
    title: "Buster Bloodvessel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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