# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-menza
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:51:13.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-menza"
name: "Nick Menza"
slug: "nick-menza"
description: "Nicholas Menza was an American musician who was the drummer of the thrash metal band Megadeth from 1989 to 1998. He played drums on four of Megadeth's albums: Rust in Peace (1990), Countdown to Extinction (1992), Youthanasia (1994), and Cryptic Writings (1997)."
tagline: "American drummer (1964–2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Nick_menza_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-07-23"
deathDate: "2016-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.81508533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/MenzaNick"
    handle:    "MenzaNick"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialnickmenza"
    handle:    "officialnickmenza"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269458/"
    handle:    "nm1269458"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.menza.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump