# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-plate
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:49:45.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-plate"
name: "Jeff Plate"
slug: "jeff-plate"
description: "Jeff Plate is an American heavy metal drummer who has been a member of Savatage since 1994. He is also a member of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and a former member of Metal Church from 2006 to their break up in 2009 and again from their reunion in 2012 to 2017."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metal_Church-_Wacken_Open_Air_2016-AL9015_(cropped).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: "1962-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.58
  momentum:             16.95402298850575
  historical:           7.696618666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeffplate.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/271511"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "چيف پلاتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Plate"
    title: "Jeff Plate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Plate"
    title: "Jeff Plate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Plate"
    title: "Jeff Plate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Plate"
    title: "Jeff Plate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Plate"
    title: "Jeff Plate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Plate"
    title: "Jeff Plate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59dc3546-e430-41f4-8567-7dff9c5e0f1b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844982"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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