# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kastner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:40:10.202Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kastner"
name: "John Kastner"
slug: "john-kastner"
description: "Jean-Guy \"John\" Kastner is a Canadian musician and composer born in Beaconsfield, Quebec. He was the singer for Montreal hardcore punk band the Asexuals as well as singer-guitarist for Montreal alternative band Doughboys and alternative band All Systems Go!. He is also the manager and former rhythm guitarist for the band Men Without Hats."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnkastner1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             0.006025911419102139
  historical:           4.639112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440997/"
    handle:    "nm0440997"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4RwwpprdAOH5gNlsJDa5Dw"
    handle:    "4RwwpprdAOH5gNlsJDa5Dw"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جون كاستنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kastner"
    title: "John Kastner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2cabfc5e-b5aa-46ba-b692-ceb70e88dcbe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/267391"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6242516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66247"
    title: "John Kastner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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