# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rich-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:18:47.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rich-ward"
name: "Rich Ward"
slug: "rich-ward"
description: "Richard Park Ward, also known by his stage name the Duke, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of rap metal band Stuck Mojo and as lead guitarist of heavy metal band Fozzy."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rich_Ward_Fozzy_(cropped).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: "1969-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.07848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/thedukeofmetal"
    handle:    "thedukeofmetal"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialrichward/"
    handle:    "officialrichward"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/thedukeofmetal"
    handle:    "thedukeofmetal"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thedukeofmetal.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/670474"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتش وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ريتش وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ward"
    title: "Rich Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ward"
    title: "Rich Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ward"
    title: "Rich Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Ward"
    title: "Rich Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d00c7a8-564b-4b86-80b9-2e740f57e232"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2148858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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