# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doctor-steel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:06:12.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doctor-steel"
name: "Doctor Steel"
slug: "doctor-steel"
description: "Rion M. Vernon, known by his stage name Doctor Steel is an American musician and internet personality from Los Angeles. He performed on rare occasions with a \"backup band\", claiming that a fictitious robot band had malfunctioned. Shows incorporated puppetry, multimedia and performances by female members of his street team, The Army of Toy Soldiers. Steel made a brief appearance on The Tonight Show and has had numerous interviews. He was the subject of an article in Wired magazine regarding allegations that Dr. Horrible had copied his style. Steel has frequently been cited as an example of steampunk culture. Rion Vernon is now self-employed and also part of the duo \"Manchester & Vernon\" on Youtube."
tagline: "Stage persona of an American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Steel_Robot_Band.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: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.99
  momentum:             4.294773114367225
  historical:           9.29504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/567091"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "دكتور ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Steel"
    title: "Doctor Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Steel"
    title: "Dr. Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Steel"
    title: "Dr. Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Steel"
    title: "Doctor Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Steel"
    title: "Doctor Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Steel"
    title: "Dr. Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Steel"
    title: "Dr. Steel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Doctor_Steel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b5fde337-9651-42e1-9651-9c44af5371b4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3038436"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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