# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-macdonough
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:23:31.110Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-macdonough"
name: "James MacDonough"
slug: "james-macdonough"
description: "Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. Formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory, the group originally consisted of vocalist Gene Adam, lead guitarist Bill Owen, rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer, bassist Richard Bateman and drummer Greg Seymour. The band has been inactive since February 2021, when vocalist Stu Block, lead guitarist Jake Dreyer, bassist Luke Appleton and drummer Brent Smedley all left in response to band leader Schaffer's involvement in the January 6 United States Capitol attack."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_MacDonough.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: "1970-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.86
  momentum:             0.303030303030303
  historical:           13.817928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2913158/"
    handle:    "nm2913158"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamesmacdonough.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاميس ماكدونوج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McDonough"
    title: "James McDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A7%A5%EB%8F%84%EB%85%B8"
    title: "제임스 맥도노"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Џејмс Мекдонаф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%83%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Макдонау, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacDonough"
    title: "James MacDonough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0900ddb9-daa4-4b3b-bd65-8eeddaeb24d0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1146361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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