# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-zazula
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:01.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-zazula"
name: "Jon Zazula"
slug: "jon-zazula"
description: "Jonathan Zazula, also known as Jonny Z, was an American music industry executive who was the owner of New Jersey's Rock'n Roll Heaven record store and founder of record label Megaforce Records. Zazula's record store in East Brunswick, New Jersey made him a central figure of the East Coast metal scene, regularly playing demo tapes sent to him through his underground tape-trading network which included the likes of Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records, Ron Quintana, and producer Mark Whitaker. He was also a mentor to radio personality Eddie Trunk."
tagline: "American music industry executive (1952–2022)"
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: "1952"
deathDate: "2022-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.67
  momentum:             1.00609756097561
  historical:           9.918218666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2206856/"
    handle:    "nm2206856"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/646749"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Zazula"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Zazula"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Zazula"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90"
    title: "ჯონი ზაზულა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Zazula"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Zazula"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Зазула, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Zazula"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Джон Зазула"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/11eec73e-357c-45f5-ab99-768ae8480dca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2073097"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4767691"
    title: "Jon Zazula"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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