# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-greaves-q382676
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:50:39.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-greaves-q382676"
name: "John Greaves"
slug: "john-greaves-q382676"
description: "John Greaves is a Welsh bass guitarist, pianist and composer who was a member of Henry Cow and has collaborated with Peter Blegvad. He was also a member of progressive rock band National Health and jazz-rock supergroup Soft Heap, and has recorded several solo albums, including Accident (1982), Parrot Fashions (1984), The Caretaker (2001) and Greaves Verlaine (2008)."
tagline: "British musician and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Greaves_(musician).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-01-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.422968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://johngreaves.org.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/65788"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "جون غريفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "جون جريفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B2"
    title: "جون قریفز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "John Greaves (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves"
    title: "John Greaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves_(Musiker)"
    title: "John Greaves (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves_(musician)"
    title: "John Greaves (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves_(musicien)"
    title: "John Greaves (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves"
    title: "John Greaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョン・グリーヴス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves"
    title: "John Greaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greaves"
    title: "John Greaves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7bd43b80-65bd-4ae0-a1f0-fd65fb005853"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382676"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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