# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kiffmeyer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:00:52.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kiffmeyer"
name: "John Kiffmeyer"
slug: "john-kiffmeyer"
description: "John Kiffmeyer, also known professionally as Al Sobrante, is an American cinematographer and retired musician and songwriter. He is the former drummer for the punk rock band Green Day, leaving in 1990 and replaced by Tré Cool. His stage name is a reference to his hometown, El Sobrante."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kiffmeyer_1990.png?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: "1969-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.40905733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083810/"
    handle:    "nm1083810"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون كيفمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ал Собранте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiffmeyer"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiffmeyer"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Sobrante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sobrante"
    title: "Al Sobrante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiffmeyer"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ון קיפמאייר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Sobrante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%95%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・キフメイヤー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "존 키프마이어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Sobrante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiffmeyer"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiffmeyer"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
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    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiffmeyer"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378925"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2748073"
    title: "John Kiffmeyer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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