# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-shelley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:55.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-shelley"
name: "Steve Shelley"
slug: "steve-shelley"
description: "Steven Jay Shelley is an American drummer. He is best known as the longtime drummer of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, for whom he played from 1985 until their 2011 disbandment."
tagline: "Alternative rock drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonic_Youth_live_20050707_03.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: "1962-06-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.513076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791231/"
    handle:    "nm0791231"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ستيف شيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ستيف شيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "استیو شلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "استیو شلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shelley"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/998815d5-03bc-4228-807f-b550c07038d2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540095"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101844"
    title: "Steve Shelley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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