# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rikk-agnew
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:39:29.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rikk-agnew"
name: "Rikk Agnew"
slug: "rikk-agnew"
description: "Richard Francis \"Rikk\" Agnew Jr. is an American musician with a career spanning more than 40 years. A multi-instrumentalist, he has previously been a member of some of the most influential bands of the Orange County hardcore punk genre, as well as the influential deathrock band Christian Death. During his years with the Adolescents, Agnew became known as one of the best guitarists in the Southern California hardcore punk scene."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rikk_Agnew_in_2015.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: "1958-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.61
  momentum:             2.557172557172557
  historical:           7.745578666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3035448/"
    handle:    "nm3035448"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rikkagnew.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/396814"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "ريك اجنيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikk_Agnew"
    title: "Rikk Agnew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikk_Agnew"
    title: "Rikk Agnew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikk_Agnew"
    title: "Rikk Agnew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikk_Agnew"
    title: "Rikk Agnew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikk_Agnew"
    title: "Rikk Agnew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/21be41e7-0feb-4836-87a0-1bcc2a988324"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3935800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1137608"
    title: "Rikk Agnew"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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