# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mccrea-q9012464
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:26.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mccrea-q9012464"
name: "John McCrea"
slug: "john-mccrea-q9012464"
description: "John McCrea is an American singer and musician. He is a founding member of the band Cake. He is the vocalist and primary lyricist for the band, in addition to playing acoustic guitar, vibraslap, and piano. He also programs drums and does mixing work while he and the rest of the band have produced all of their albums."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_McCrea%2C_of_Cake_(Lollapalooza_2005).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: "1964-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             2.097748489840747
  historical:           6.450565333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cakemusic.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252287"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جون مكريا (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrea_(musician)"
    title: "John McCrea (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrea_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "John McCrea (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A2_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "جان مک‌ره‌آ (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrea_(muzyk)"
    title: "John McCrea (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a5d220aa-13af-4c6a-8336-ddb60f11a3a5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9012464"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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