# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:34.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-peterson"
name: "Eric Peterson"
slug: "eric-peterson"
description: "Eric Stanley Peterson is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the thrash metal band Testament and the only remaining original member left in the band, which first started in 1983 under the name Legacy. He and lead vocalist Chuck Billy are the only members to appear on all of the band's studio albums."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017_Testament_-_Eric_Peterson_-_by_2eight_-_DSC9349.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: "1964-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.68
  momentum:             4.627162128610445
  historical:           17.16807866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/_ericpeterson_"
    handle:    "_ericpeterson_"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.deanguitars.com/eric_peterson.php"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اريك بيترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "اريك بيترسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%A0%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Έρικ Πίτερσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson_(guitarist)"
    title: "Eric Peterson (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エリック・ピーターソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson_(gitarist)"
    title: "Eric Peterson (gitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson"
    title: "Eric Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Питерсон, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Peterson_(musiker)"
    title: "Eric Peterson (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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