# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-barlow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:39:59.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-barlow"
name: "Lou Barlow"
slug: "lou-barlow"
description: "Louis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His first band, which was formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, was Deep Wound."
tagline: "American musician (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Barlow.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: "1966-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.53
  momentum:             2.748091603053435
  historical:           14.215316
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theloubarlow"
    handle:    "theloubarlow"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheLouBarlow"
    handle:    "TheLouBarlow"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055261/"
    handle:    "nm0055261"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/73ITRDqlSE4huQlrKuqrBU"
    handle:    "73ITRDqlSE4huQlrKuqrBU"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.loobiecore.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "لو بارلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "لو بارلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6"
    title: "ルー・バーロウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Barlow"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6523f86d-11d3-489e-81f6-6cbe08c367de"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939369"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57394"
    title: "Lou Barlow"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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