# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-valentine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:36:26.798Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-valentine"
name: "Kevin Valentine"
slug: "kevin-valentine"
description: "Kevin Valentine is an American rock drummer who is best known for being a member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. Valentine played drums on all of the band's early albums during the 1980s.\nValentine has recorded as a member of Breathless, The Innocent, Godz, Rosie, Shadow King, The Lou Gramm Band and Neverland.\nHe also performed on the Kiss albums Hot In The Shade, Revenge and Psycho Circus, playing on all tracks but one on Psycho Circus. The one track he did not play was \"Into the Void\", performed by Peter Criss. On Revenge, he played on one song, \"Take It Off\" and played on \"You Love Me to Hate You\" and \"King Of Hearts\" on Hot in the Shade. He was also a touring member of Cinderella. Valentine is also a sound mixer for many prominent TV shows, such as The Good Wife, Legion, Better Call Saul, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Ozark, and The Nevers."
tagline: "American drummer"
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: "1956-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.16
  momentum:             1.734104046242775
  historical:           7.695178666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/426151"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Valentine"
    title: "Kevin Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كيفن فالنتاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کیفن فالنتاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Valentine"
    title: "Kevin Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Valentine"
    title: "Kevin Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کوین ولنتاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Valentine"
    title: "Kevin Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/08484242-6133-4a4c-9e9a-f340333ca3ce"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692612"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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