# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-ian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:18:12.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-ian"
name: "Scott Ian"
slug: "scott-ian"
description: "Scott Ian is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist, lyricist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Anthrax, of which he is the sole continuous member. Ian is also the guitarist, lyricist, and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death, and is the rhythm guitarist for the metal bands the Damned Things and Mr. Bungle. He has hosted The Rock Show on VH1 and has appeared on VH1's I Love the... series, Heavy: The Story of Metal, and SuperGroup."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthrax_Tuska_2019_(1)_(Cropped).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: "1963-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.021991186411672
  historical:           23.34489733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://anthrax.com/"
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    handle:    "Scott_Ian"
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    handle:    "scottianthrax"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "scottian"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump