# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-way
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:03:15.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-way"
name: "Pete Way"
slug: "pete-way"
description: "Peter Frederick Way was an English bassist. He was the co-founder and original bassist of the rock band UFO from 1968 to 1982; he briefly rejoined the band in 1988–1989 and full-time from 1991 to 2008. He was also a founder member of Waysted and Fastway and notably played with Michael Schenker Group and Ozzy Osbourne."
tagline: "British bassist (1950–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2007-10-23_UFO%2C_Kantine%2C_Koeln%2C_Pete_Way%2C_IMG_7203.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1950-08-07"
deathDate: "2020-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.69
  momentum:             4.371040723981901
  historical:           13.979244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2421045/"
    handle:    "nm2421045"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.peteway.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "پيت واى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Πιτ Γουέι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82"
    title: "Уэй, Пит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Way"
    title: "Pete Way"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2dfeb576-f04f-4687-aafc-76f28b7457b3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2719855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Pete Way"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump