# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-shanks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:22:51.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-shanks"
name: "John Shanks"
slug: "john-shanks"
description: "John Matthew Shanks is an American songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He has been the rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi since 2024, having served as a producer and session and touring musician for the band for several years prior."
tagline: "American songwriter and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Shanks_(cropped).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: "1961-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.27
  momentum:             13.90241379310345
  historical:           10.71315333333333
  currentAttention:     6.56
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/johnshanks1"
    handle:    "johnshanks1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://johnshanks.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/103694"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "جون شانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جان شنکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جان شنکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%83%9D%ED%81%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "존 생크스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shanks"
    title: "John Shanks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0661f61f-b47d-4b76-b910-892f98f0823e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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