# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frankie-banali
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:26:24.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frankie-banali"
name: "Frankie Banali"
slug: "frankie-banali"
description: "Francesco Felice Banali was an American rock drummer, most widely known for his work with heavy metal band Quiet Riot. His signature tone and iconic drum intros first became famous on their album Metal Health, which was the first metal album to hit number one on the Billboard charts and helped usher in the 80's metal band era. He had been the band's manager since 1993. He had also played the drums in the heavy metal band W.A.S.P., as well as with Billy Idol. Banali was briefly a touring drummer for Faster Pussycat and Steppenwolf. In the last few months of his life, he was also an inclined painter."
tagline: "American drummer (1951–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frankiebanalidrums.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: "1951-11-14"
deathDate: "2020-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             0.2358006971498873
  historical:           13.11304533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/frankiebanali"
    handle:    "frankiebanali"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/frankiebanali"
    handle:    "frankiebanali"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2104524/"
    handle:    "nm2104524"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://myspace.com/frankiebanali"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "فرانكى بانالى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B9_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B9"
    title: "Φράνκι Μπανάλι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "فرانکی بانالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AA"
    title: "フランキー・バネリ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Banali"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f8ff414c-d443-4e7a-a5d0-53f69b5b1fc5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1330992"
    title: "Frankie Banali"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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