# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-ballou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:14:00.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-ballou"
name: "Kurt Ballou"
slug: "kurt-ballou"
description: "Kurt Ballou is an American musician and record producer based in Massachusetts, best known as the guitarist for metalcore band Converge and for his recording and production work at his own GodCity Studio."
tagline: "American musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Converge_Resurrection_Fest_2010_(4961257913).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: "1974-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.87
  momentum:             25
  historical:           7.857410666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/GodCityStudio"
    handle:    "GodCityStudio"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/godcitymusic/"
    handle:    "godcitymusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KurtBallou"
    handle:    "KurtBallou"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/261312"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "كورت بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "كورت بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Ballou"
    title: "Kurt Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Ballou"
    title: "Kurt Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Ballou"
    title: "Kurt Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Ballou"
    title: "Kurt Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kurt_Ballou"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e922902-2cb9-499f-aeb5-9a8c51dd0df0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1793367"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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