# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richie-kotzen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:18:47.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richie-kotzen"
name: "Richie Kotzen"
slug: "richie-kotzen"
description: "Richard Dale Kotzen Jr. is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. As a solo artist, Kotzen has a back catalogue of more than 20 album releases. He was signed to California-based Shrapnel Records from 1988 to 1991, and again from 1995 to 1997. He was a member of glam metal band Poison from 1991 to 1993, Mr. Big from 1999 to 2002, and since 2012, has been the frontman of the band The Winery Dogs."
tagline: "American guitarist and singer (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richie_Kotzen_2011.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: "1970-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.51
  momentum:             0.04804612427930813
  historical:           17.131144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Richie_Kotzen"
    handle:    "Richie_Kotzen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/richiekotzenmusic"
    handle:    "richiekotzenmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1149529/"
    handle:    "nm1149529"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richiekotzen.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريكى كوتزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "ریچی کوتزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3"
    title: "リッチー・コッツェン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8"
    title: "Коцен, Ричи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Kotzen"
    title: "Richie Kotzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59f92889-a06b-4fdc-831d-2dcdfd3bb21e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Richie Kotzen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump