# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-reale
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:01:50.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-reale"
name: "Mark Reale"
slug: "mark-reale"
description: "Mark Reale was an American guitarist who founded and led the heavy metal band Riot in 1975. Riot experienced success and popularity in the early 1980s. He was the sole constant member of the band as well as its creative force. After Reale's death in 2012, remaining members of the band reformed the group a year later under the name Riot V."
tagline: "American guitarist (1955–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Riot5.png"
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: "1955-06-07"
deathDate: "2012-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.502414666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.riotrockcity.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/965510"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "مارك رايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reale"
    title: "Mark Reale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reale"
    title: "Mark Reale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reale"
    title: "Mark Reale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reale"
    title: "Mark Reale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reale"
    title: "Mark Reale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Reale"
    title: "Mark Reale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/01287a9f-a5ed-434e-8011-06f75c1bc93c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770439"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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