# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nate-mendel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:19.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nate-mendel"
name: "Nate Mendel"
slug: "nate-mendel"
description: "Nathan ‍Gregor ‍Mendel is an American musician who is the bass guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, as well as a former member of Sunny Day Real Estate. He has also worked with musical acts The Jealous Sound and The Fire Theft. He has released one solo album, If I Kill This Thing We're All Going to Eat for a Week, under the name Lieutenant. Though not a founding member, he is the longest-serving member of the band after lead vocalist and guitarist Dave Grohl, and has appeared on every album by the group since The Colour and the Shape."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nate_Mendel_2011-12-05_Adelaide_Oval_Australia.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: "1968-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.38
  momentum:             15
  historical:           21.477484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578829/"
    handle:    "nm0578829"
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    title: "Nate Mendel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump