# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cipollina
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:03:16.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cipollina"
name: "John Cipollina"
slug: "john-cipollina"
description: "John Cipollina was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. After leaving Quicksilver he formed the band Copperhead, was a member of the San Francisco All Stars and later played with numerous other bands."
tagline: "American musician (1943–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Cipollina_121976.gif?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: "1943-08-24"
deathDate: "1989-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.88
  momentum:             0.3952473326867119
  historical:           11.354332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1117747/"
    handle:    "nm1117747"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://johncipollina.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "چوهن سيپولينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Чиполлина, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cipollina"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9c3eee5-d579-4d6e-b2a7-7d2568e3c96d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5045090"
    title: "John Cipollina"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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