# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/randy-piper
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:55:12.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/randy-piper"
name: "Randy Piper"
slug: "randy-piper"
description: "W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982, emerging from the early Los Angeles heavy metal scene. They became known for their shock rock-themed image, lyrics, and live performances. They have sold over 12 million records worldwide, with their first two full-length studio albums, W.A.S.P. (1984) and The Last Command (1985), being certified as gold by the RIAA."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Randy_Piper_WAS.png?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: "1953-04-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             0.734501347708895
  historical:           10.99068133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "راندي بايبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "راندى بايبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Пайпер, Рэнди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Piper"
    title: "Randy Piper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b46ae351-4fdf-4e10-b8cd-8f5ab770fed6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2130842"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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