# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/skip-spence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:38:48.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/skip-spence"
name: "Skip Spence"
slug: "skip-spence"
description: "Alexander \"Skip\" Spence was a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only solo album, Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry. He had started his career as a guitarist in an early line-up of Quicksilver Messenger Service, and was the drummer on Jefferson Airplane's debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. He has been described on the AllMusic website as \"one of psychedelia's brightest lights\"; however, his career was plagued by drug addiction coupled with mental health problems, and he has been described by a biographer as a man who \"neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out.\""
tagline: "Canadian-American musician (1946–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Skip_Spence_(1966).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: "1946-04-18"
deathDate: "1999-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.191952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6870347/"
    handle:    "nm6870347"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/499363"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "سكيب سبينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "سكيب سبينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "اسکیپ اسپنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Скип Спенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80_%CE%A3%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%82"
    title: "Σκιπ Σπενς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "اسکیپ اسپنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "スキップ・スペンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF"
    title: "Спенс, Скип"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Spence"
    title: "Skip Spence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6be5b77c-654f-40f1-9c7b-1b9b143ab437"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2770750"
    title: "Skip Spencer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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