# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mervyn-spence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:41.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mervyn-spence"
name: "Mervyn Spence"
slug: "mervyn-spence"
description: "Mervyn \"Spam\" Spence is a Northern Irish musician and producer, best known for his work with Wishbone Ash and Trapeze."
tagline: "Northern Irish bassist"
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: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.45
  momentum:             2.790697674418605
  historical:           6.806480000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mervspence.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1154520"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميرفين سبينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "میرفین سبینس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Spence"
    title: "Mervyn Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Spence"
    title: "Mervyn Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Spence"
    title: "Mervyn Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Spence"
    title: "Mervyn Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/668549e0-7dcf-42c5-8858-cc02e740a20b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2130423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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