# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-sorum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:34:03.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-sorum"
name: "Matt Sorum"
slug: "matt-sorum"
description: "Matthew William Sorum is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band The Cult, Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Sorum has toured and recorded with Billy Gibbons, is a member of the touring project Kings of Chaos, and is a former member of both The Cult and Y Kant Tori Read. Sorum was also a member of Guns N' Roses side projects, Slash's Snakepit and Neurotic Outsiders, and has released two solo albums, Hollywood Zen (2004) and Stratosphere (2014). He was the touring drummer for the supergroup Hollywood Vampires from 2015 to 2017. His recent project was Deadland Ritual, featuring Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, and Apocalyptica vocalist Franky Perez."
tagline: "American drummer"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1960-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 219
totalFollowers: 95
platforms:
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    handle:    "@mattsorumofficial"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump