# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-sandin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:16.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-sandin"
name: "Erik Sandin"
slug: "erik-sandin"
description: "Erik \"Smelly\" Sandin, is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the punk rock band NOFX, and former member of punk rock band Caustic Cause. He was a founding member of NOFX when they formed in Hollywood, California, in 1983, and has been with the band for a majority of their run until their retirement in 2024."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2023_Rock_im_Park_-_NOFX_-_Erik_Sandin_-_by_2eight_-_ZSC3654.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: "1966-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.29
  momentum:             1.476923076923077
  historical:           12.77988666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6931222/"
    handle:    "nm6931222"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اريك ساندين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erik Sandin"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Sandin"
    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Sandin"
    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Sandin"
    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "اریک سندین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Sandin"
    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Sandin"
    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エリック・サンディン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Sandin"
    title: "Erik Sandin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Сэндин, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Erik Sandin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump