# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-mothersbaugh
# Generated: 2026-08-20T18:18:00.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-mothersbaugh"
name: "Jim Mothersbaugh"
slug: "jim-mothersbaugh"
description: "James Michael Mothersbaugh is an American electronic engineer and former musician. He was the second drummer of the new wave band Devo, replacing Rod Reisman who played for only one show. Mothersbaugh joined Devo with his older brothers, Mark and Bob. He was in the band from 1973 to 1976."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Mothersbaugh.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: "1956-01-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.464764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3426419/"
    handle:    "nm3426419"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Mothersbaugh"
    title: "Jim Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Mothersbaugh"
    title: "Jim Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/953783b7-9121-4364-a92e-78f41afb1b3c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1005921"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6197056"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1872936"
    title: "Jim Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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