# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derrick-plourde
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:35:13.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derrick-plourde"
name: "Derrick Plourde"
slug: "derrick-plourde"
description: "Derrick William Plourde was an American drummer, musician and artist. Born in Goleta, California, he was active from 1989 until his death in 2005. Although best known as a former member of Lagwagon, Plourde also played in several different bands like Bad Astronaut, Jaws, The Ataris, Mad Caddies and Rich Kids on LSD, among others. Besides drums, he played guitar and was described as a multi-instrumentalist. Aside from music, he was known as a skilled painter and gifted carpenter, and was appreciated for his off-beat sense of humor. After a long battle with drug addiction, Plourde died by suicide on March 30, 2005."
tagline: "American musician (1971–2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Derrick_Plourde%2C_2002.jpg/330px-Derrick_Plourde%2C_2002.jpg"
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: "1971-10-17"
deathDate: "2005-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.75
  momentum:             2.395046084687212
  historical:           11.21876133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.derrickplourde.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/874368"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "ديريك پلوردى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Плорд, Деррик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Plourde"
    title: "Derrick Plourde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6492c33-60f6-4348-a5e4-147543d1adee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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