# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-mendoza
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:36.781Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-mendoza"
name: "Mark Mendoza"
slug: "mark-mendoza"
description: "Mark \"The Animal\" Mendoza is an American bassist and a former member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He joined the band in 1978 after leaving the Dictators. He briefly played in Blackfoot in 1988 and with Leslie West projects. He is also a co-founder of Area 22 Productions where he hosts his weekly podcast 22 NOW."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20140802-328-See-Rock_Festival_2014-Twisted_Sister-Mark_%E2%80%9EThe_Animal%E2%80%9C_Mendoza.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: "1955-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.19
  momentum:             17.20849728119791
  historical:           9.414452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "مارك مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "مارک مندوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%B6%CE%B1"
    title: "Μαρκ Μεντόζα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mendoza"
    title: "Mark Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mendoza"
    title: "Mark Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mendoza"
    title: "Mark Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mendoza"
    title: "Mark Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mendoza"
    title: "Mark Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mendoza"
    title: "Mark Mendoza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a16ec5c-6e3a-4db5-bdab-51e63ef913ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2555994"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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