# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-wacholz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:36:19.328Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-wacholz"
name: "Steve Wacholz"
slug: "steve-wacholz"
description: "Steve Wacholz is an American heavy metal drummer. He is best known as the drummer of Savatage from 1977, 1979–1994. His hard-hitting playing style earned him the nickname \"Doctor Hardware Killdrums\" by his bandmates, as he was known for using a large three kick drumset and extra large 3S drumsticks."
tagline: "American musician"
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: "1962-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.63
  momentum:             1.851851851851852
  historical:           6.145393333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wacholz"
    title: "Steve Wacholz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "ستيڤى واتشولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wacholz"
    title: "Steve Wacholz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B2_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%8C%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B6"
    title: "Στιβ Γουόχολζ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wacholz"
    title: "Steve Wacholz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wacholz"
    title: "Steve Wacholz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wacholz"
    title: "Steve Wacholz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291666"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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