# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roland-grapow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:35.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roland-grapow"
name: "Roland Grapow"
slug: "roland-grapow"
description: "Roland Grapow is a German guitarist and music producer. He is best known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, with which he played for twelve years, after replacing founding member Kai Hansen. He subsequently created the power metal band Masterplan in 2001, which is still active today."
tagline: "German musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masterplan_%E2%80%93_Headbangers_Open_Air_2015_09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.027093596059111
  historical:           14.60029866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/grapowroland"
    handle:    "grapowroland"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/grapowroland/"
    handle:    "grapowroland"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Roland-Grapow-625239573"
    handle:    "Roland-Grapow-625239573"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2067315/"
    handle:    "nm2067315"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://masterplan-theband.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "رولاند جراپو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Grapow"
    title: "Roland Grapow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Грапов, Роланд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Roland Grapow"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump