# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joey-vera
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:06:36.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joey-vera"
name: "Joey Vera"
slug: "joey-vera"
description: "Joey Vera is an American bassist who is known as a member of the heavy metal band Armored Saint and progressive metal band Fates Warning. During 2004 and early 2005, he toured with Anthrax as a fill-in for Frank Bello, who had taken a break from the band. He was also a member of Engine, recorded with Tribe After Tribe, appeared on the OSI album Free, and contributed as a bassist on two albums with Lizzy Borden. His first solo album, A Thousand Faces, was released in 1994. His current solo project, A Chinese Firedrill, released an album titled Circles in 2007. In August 2019, Vera was announced as the touring bassist for a newly reunited Mercyful Fate, filling in for Timi Hansen. He remained with the band until 2024."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joey_Vera_2022_(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: "1963-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             2.26140103432064
  historical:           13.893888
  currentAttention:     0.68
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joeyveraofficial"
    handle:    "joeyveraofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893552/"
    handle:    "nm0893552"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joeyvera.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/277592"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "جوي فيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "جوى فيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "جوی فیرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%B9_%CE%92%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1"
    title: "Τζόι Βέρα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94"
    title: "ג'ואי ורה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9"
    title: "ジョーイ・ヴェラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Vera"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%97_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Джої Вера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bcd690d2-ebbc-4c6e-97df-f8880d08f301"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2288670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1067840"
    title: "Joey Vera"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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