# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/butch-vig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:04:27.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/butch-vig"
name: "Butch Vig"
slug: "butch-vig"
description: "Bryan David \"Butch\" Vig is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter who is the drummer and co-producer of the rock band Garbage. Vig produced for several alternative rock acts of the 1990s, including Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins, L7, and Sonic Youth. Notable albums he produced include Nirvana's diamond-selling album Nevermind (1991), L7's Bricks Are Heavy (1992), and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream (1993)."
tagline: "American musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ButchVig2010.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: "1955-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.13
  momentum:             3.258093740222087
  historical:           23.783
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/butchvig"
    handle:    "butchvig"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896901/"
    handle:    "nm0896901"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
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    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Butch Vig"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
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    title: "Виг, Бутч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Butch_Vig"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Butch Vig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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