# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-kannberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:11:17.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-kannberg"
name: "Scott Kannberg"
slug: "scott-kannberg"
description: "Christopher Scott Kannberg, known professionally as Scott Kannberg and Spiral Stairs, is an American musician best known for being a founding member of the indie-rock band Pavement serving as guitarist and occasional lead vocalist. He also headed the band Preston School of Industry, and has been a solo artist."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SXSW_2019_-Spiral_Stairs_(33493614768).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: "1966-08-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.735570666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.spiralstairsmusic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/403610"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "سكوت كانبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kannberg"
    title: "Scott Kannberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kannberg"
    title: "Scott Kannberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kannberg"
    title: "Scott Kannberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kannberg"
    title: "Scott Kannberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kannberg"
    title: "Scott Kannberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kannberg"
    title: "Scott Kannberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac542576-2a99-4c79-9e84-fb1192b7176c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3952846"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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