# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/east-bay-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:01:25.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/east-bay-ray"
name: "East Bay Ray"
slug: "east-bay-ray"
description: "Raymond John Pepperell, more commonly known by the stage name \"East Bay Ray\", is an American musician who plays guitar for the San Francisco Bay area-based punk band Dead Kennedys. His guitar work was influenced by jazz and rockabilly. Alongside Jello Biafra's astute lyrics and unique vibrato-based vocal style, East Bay Ray's playing was one of the defining factors of the music of the Dead Kennedys, and by extension, of the \"second wave\" of American punk. He is also the only Dead Kennedy to remain a constant member of the band since its formation."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2019_Dead_Kennedys_-_East_Bay_Ray_-_by_2eight_-_DSC4259.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: "1958-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             0.03177570093457944
  historical:           12.193212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712810/"
    handle:    "nm0712810"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ايسانت باى راى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "East Bay Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bay_Ray"
    title: "East Bay Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bay_Ray"
    title: "East Bay Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "East Bay Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "איסט ביי ריי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bay_Ray"
    title: "East Bay Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pepperell"
    title: "Raymond Pepperell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "East Bay Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "East Bay Ray"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump