# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-mcclain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:32:30.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-mcclain"
name: "Dave McClain"
slug: "dave-mcclain"
description: "David Wayne McClain is an American drummer. He is best known as the former drummer for the heavy metal band Machine Head. He joined the band in 1995 and left the band in 2018 after 23 years in the band. He replaced Chris Kontos when the latter left shortly after their first album, Burn My Eyes. He was formerly a member of S.A. Slayer, Riot offshoot Narita, Turbin, Catalepsy, Murdercar, Ministers of Anger . He rejoined Sacred Reich in 2018, which he had already played for from 1991 to 1995. He announced his departure in October 2025."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_McClain_2.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: "1965-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.7
  momentum:             2.661290322580645
  historical:           11.642516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديف ماكلاين"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McClain_(drummer)"
    title: "Dave McClain (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McClain"
    title: "Dave McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "دیو مک‌کلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McClain"
    title: "Dave McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McClain"
    title: "Dave McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McClain"
    title: "Dave McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McClain"
    title: "Dave McClain"
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    title: "Макклейн, Дэйв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump