# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-mcgovney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:30:54.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-mcgovney"
name: "Ron McGovney"
slug: "ron-mcgovney"
description: "Ronald J. McGovney is an American semi-retired musician, best known as the original bass guitarist in the thrash metal band Metallica from October 1981 to December 1982. Having previously played with guitarist James Hetfield in the garage band Leather Charm, McGovney was a member of Metallica during its first year of gigging and appeared on their early demos before departing late in 1982, prior to the start of recording for the band's debut album, Kill 'Em All in May 1983. He was replaced by Cliff Burton."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_McGovney_yearbook.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.064054107817784
  historical:           22.95829466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump