# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-chaney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:41.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-chaney"
name: "Chris Chaney"
slug: "chris-chaney"
description: "Christopher A. Chaney is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he recorded two studio albums. He is the touring bassist for AC/DC, replacing longstanding member Cliff Williams on the band's Power Up Tour. Chaney has previously been a member of Alanis Morissette's touring and recording band for six years as well as Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders and Camp Freddy."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TaylorHawkTributeWemb030922_(113_of_281)_(52334846970)_(cropped).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: "1970-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.84
  momentum:             1.087097822554436
  historical:           7.245628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/365800"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "كريس شاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chaney"
    title: "Chris Chaney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chaney"
    title: "Chris Chaney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_A._Chaney"
    title: "Christopher A. Chaney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chaney"
    title: "Chris Chaney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chaney"
    title: "Chris Chaney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e568d131-5d1a-4302-98a8-8a803b8e66dd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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