# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kid-congo-powers
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:06:35.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kid-congo-powers"
name: "Kid Congo Powers"
slug: "kid-congo-powers"
description: "Brian Tristan, better known by his stage name Kid Congo Powers, is an American rock guitarist, singer, and actor best known as a member of the Gun Club, the Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He has also played with the Divine Horsemen, the Angels of Light, Die Haut, and Knoxville Girls."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kid_Congo_Powers_01_(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: "1959-03-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.06
  momentum:             2.749175694771549
  historical:           8.480177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174630/"
    handle:    "nm0174630"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kidcongopowers.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "كيد كونجو پويرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Congo_Powers"
    title: "Kid Congo Powers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Congo_Powers"
    title: "Kid Congo Powers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Congo_Powers"
    title: "Kid Congo Powers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Congo_Powers"
    title: "Kid Congo Powers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE"
    title: "Пауэрс, Кид Конго"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Кід Конго Паверс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46c5862a-ccbb-4bd9-8c48-2d8d992e38f3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3196368"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2198264"
    title: "Kid Congo Powers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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