# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-french
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:44:30.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-french"
name: "John French"
slug: "john-french"
description: "John Stephen French is an American drummer and former member of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, where he was known by the nickname Drumbo. He was the principal drummer on several of Beefheart's albums, including 1969's Trout Mask Replica, for which he also acted as arranger. He later released several albums as a solo artist as well as with the collaborative group French Frith Kaiser Thompson."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Magic_Band_%40_the_Zanzibar_Club%2C_Liverpool_29-9-2012_(8039055660).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: "1949-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.76
  momentum:             2.382671480144404
  historical:           9.044136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/196010"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "جون فرينش (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "جون فرينش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "John French (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French_(Musiker)"
    title: "John French (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French_(musician)"
    title: "John French (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumbo"
    title: "Drumbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French_(batterista)"
    title: "John French (batterista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81_(%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "ジョン・フレンチ (ロック・ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French"
    title: "John French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4acb7d92-739c-4345-8aba-369420eb2594"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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