# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-archer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:14:40.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-archer"
name: "Laurence Archer"
slug: "laurence-archer"
description: "Laurence Archer is a British guitarist and songwriter notable for his work with British rock bands UFO and Phil Lynott's Grand Slam. He wrote many of Grand Slam's songs together with Phil Lynott and Mark Stanway, some of which were released as Thin Lizzy songs. Archer was also a member of British band Wild Horses, Stampede, Lautrec, Medicine Head, and Rhode Island Red with Gary Leiderman on bass, Manolo Antonana on drums, and frontman/actor/writer Mike Dyer."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence_Archer_in_Grand_Slam_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-11-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.821708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b3820d9b-3be6-412c-874d-8ce754666f2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "لورنس ارتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "لورنس ارتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1"
    title: "لورنس ارچر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Archer"
    title: "Laurence Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Archer"
    title: "Laurence Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Archer"
    title: "Laurence Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Archer"
    title: "Laurence Archer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3827900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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