# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-smith
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:37:56.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-smith"
name: "Fred Smith"
slug: "fred-smith"
description: "Frederick Dewey Smith, known professionally as Fred \"Sonic\" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith. The couple also collaborated musically."
tagline: "American guitarist (1948–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MC5_1960s_(Fred_%22Sonic%22_Smith).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: "1949-09-14"
deathDate: "1994-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.52798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1724639/"
    handle:    "nm1724639"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://sonicsrendezvousband.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "فريدريك سميث (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Sonic_Smith"
    title: "Fred Sonic Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84_%C2%AB%CE%A3%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%C2%BB_%CE%A3%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B8"
    title: "Φρεντ «Σόνικ» Σμιθ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_%22Sonic%22_Smith"
    title: "Fred \"Sonic\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_%22Sonic%22_Smith"
    title: "Fred \"Sonic\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_%E2%80%9DSonic%E2%80%9D_Smith"
    title: "Fred ”Sonic” Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dewey_Smith"
    title: "Frederick Dewey Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_%22Sonic%22_Smith"
    title: "Fred \"Sonic\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Smith"
    title: "Fred Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_%C2%ABSonic%C2%BB_Smith"
    title: "Fred «Sonic» Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Smith"
    title: "Fred Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Смит, Фред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f6293d3a-036e-47b8-9aa4-ded71d10dead"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2615615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1327019"
    title: "Fred Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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