# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-degarmo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:22:46.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-degarmo"
name: "Chris DeGarmo"
slug: "chris-degarmo"
description: "Christopher Lee DeGarmo is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being the former co-guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche from their formation in 1980 until 1997, and with whom he played during their most commercially successful period. He briefly returned for collaborations in 2003."
tagline: "American guitarist and jet pilot"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chris_DeGarmo_with_Queensr%C3%BFche_in_1992_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Chris_DeGarmo_with_Queensr%C3%BFche_in_1992_%28cropped%29.png"
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: "1963-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.77
  momentum:             15.33076371459304
  historical:           13.34823333333333
  currentAttention:     1.84
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1316494/"
    handle:    "nm1316494"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريس ديجارمو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88"
    title: "کریس دیقارمو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AF%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88"
    title: "کریس دی‌گارمو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeGarmo"
    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/651d878d-e3d2-4a8b-b06e-712d93e7d8e0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Chris DeGarmo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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