# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-christ
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:06:14.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-christ"
name: "John Christ"
slug: "john-christ"
description: "John Christ is an American musician best known as the original guitarist for the metal band Danzig. He has been known for his bluesy hard rock sound and frequent use of the pinch harmonic. Christ was ranked 63rd in Guitar World's list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists'."
tagline: "American guitarist"
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: "1965-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.65
  momentum:             0.5068043172219616
  historical:           7.947270666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnchrist.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258956"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جون كريست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جون كريست (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christ"
    title: "John Christ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christ"
    title: "John Christ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جان کریست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christ"
    title: "John Christ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christ"
    title: "John Christ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4856daef-9436-49e6-b466-b40593a83f3b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181229"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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