# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/murph
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:52:01.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/murph"
name: "Murph"
slug: "murph"
description: "Emmett Jefferson Murphy III, professionally credited as both Patrick Murphy and Murph, is an American musician best known for being the drummer for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He was a member of the group from its founding in 1984 through 1993, and since the original lineup reformed in 2005."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Murphy_at_the_great_northern.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: "1964-12-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.86498
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/407175"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "ميرف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murph_(drummer)"
    title: "Murph (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murph"
    title: "Murph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murph"
    title: "Murph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95"
    title: "マーフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%91%D1%80%D1%84"
    title: "Мёрф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d47f849-23c5-4a9f-88eb-db2774595bf8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13651222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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