# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-shankle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:46:55.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-shankle"
name: "David Shankle"
slug: "david-shankle"
description: "David Lee Shankle is an American guitarist. He is known for his shred style of playing. Shankle was the guitarist for the heavy metal band Manowar from 1989 to 1995 and played on the album The Triumph of Steel. He was previously a member of the band Paradoxx with whom he appeared on the Chicago Class of '85 compilation, contributing the song \"Night Ryder\"."
tagline: "American guitarist"
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: "1967-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.43
  momentum:             6.066176470588236
  historical:           11.442516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/dave.shankle"
    handle:    "dave.shankle"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10500493/"
    handle:    "nm10500493"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3EAF0wNKiatmJRSvC9Ym4L"
    handle:    "3EAF0wNKiatmJRSvC9Ym4L"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديڤيد شانكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shankle"
    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Шенкл, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "David Shankle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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