# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlie-benante
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:53:05.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlie-benante"
name: "Charlie Benante"
slug: "charlie-benante"
description: "Charles Lee Benante is an American musician, best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Anthrax and crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death. Known as one of the pioneers of double bass drumming and credited with popularizing the blast beat technique, he is Anthrax's main composer and has released eleven studio albums with the band. He also plays guitar on occasion. Benante has toured with the reunited Pantera since 2022."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017_Anthrax_-_Charlie_Benante_-_by_2eight_-_DSC1986_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           16.6543
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 49100
platforms:
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    handle:    "skisum"
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    title: "Charlie Benante"
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    title: "Charlie Benante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Charlie Benante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Benante"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бенанте, Чарли"
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    title: "Charlie Benante"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump