# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/greg-hetson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:10:16.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/greg-hetson"
name: "Greg Hetson"
slug: "greg-hetson"
description: "Greg Hetson is an American musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the influential punk rock bands Circle Jerks and Bad Religion. He is known for his high energy stage antics which people have coined the term \"The Hetson Leap\". Hetson was a founding member of and also plays guitar in another supergroup, Punk Rock Karaoke, and the hardcore punk band G.F.P."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greg_Hetson_Rocco_del_Schlacko.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: "1960-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.908728691738981
  historical:           13.34216933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "greghetson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/greghetson/"
    handle:    "greghetson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381769/"
    handle:    "nm0381769"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جريج هيتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
    title: "Greg Hetson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Hetson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump