# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurdt-vanderhoof
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:26:42.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurdt-vanderhoof"
name: "Kurdt Vanderhoof"
slug: "kurdt-vanderhoof"
description: "Kurdt Vanderhoof is an American guitarist, best known as the rhythm guitarist and founding member of the heavy metal band Metal Church."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metal_Church-_Wacken_Open_Air_2016-AL9117.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: "1961-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.52
  momentum:             3.538083538083537
  historical:           7.07038
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/411045"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "كوردت ڤانديروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdt_Vanderhoof"
    title: "Kurdt Vanderhoof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdt_Vanderhoof"
    title: "Kurdt Vanderhoof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdt_Vanderhoof"
    title: "Kurdt Vanderhoof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdt_Vanderhoof"
    title: "Kurdt Vanderhoof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D1%83%D1%84%2C_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%82"
    title: "Вандерхуф, Курдт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/92d9caf8-e98b-4720-a277-581629aa992a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2486775"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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