# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-azerrad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:16:57.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-azerrad"
name: "Michael Azerrad"
slug: "michael-azerrad"
description: "Michael Azerrad is an American author, music journalist, editor, and musician. As a graduate of Columbia University, he has written for publications such as Spin, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. Azerrad's 1993 biography Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana was named by Q as one of the 50 greatest rock books ever written. His 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life, a collection of profiles on prominent indie rock bands, received similar critical acclaim."
tagline: "American music journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Azerrad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.37556133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل ازيراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maykl_Azerrad"
    title: "Maykl Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Michael Azerrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Азеррад, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%95%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Azerrad"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647640"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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