# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-sherinian
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:35:19.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-sherinian"
name: "Derek Sherinian"
slug: "derek-sherinian"
description: "Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, and Joe Bonamassa, among others. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X and also one of the founding members of Black Country Communion, Sons of Apollo, and Whom Gods Destroy. He has released nine solo albums that have featured a variety of prominent guest musicians, including guitarists Slash, Yngwie Malmsteen, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather, Joe Bonamassa, Michael Schenker, Steve Vai and Al Di Meola, and drummer Simon Phillips."
tagline: "American keyboardist (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20121021-215634-250_Portnoy-Sheehan-Sherinian-MacAlpine_Boerderij_Zoetermeer_(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: "1966-08-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6134969325153374
  historical:           22.37568533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8440
platforms:
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    handle:    "Derek-Sherinian-Official-361589234010473"
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    handle:    "dereksherinianofficial"
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    handle:    "dereksherinian"
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    handle:    "@dereksherinian3382"
    followers: 8440
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Դերեկ Շերինյան"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Sherinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デレク・シェリニアン"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Sherinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Sherinian"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Sherinian"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump