# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syd-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-21T18:51:42.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syd-butler"
name: "Syd Butler"
slug: "syd-butler"
description: "Syd Butler is an American musician and co-founder of the indie rock and post-hardcore band Les Savy Fav. In 1999, he founded Frenchkiss Records. Butler also served as the bassist for the 8G Band, the house band for Late Night with Seth Meyers, from 2014 to 2024."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Syd_Butler_Photo.png?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: "1972-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.83
  momentum:             0.6149732620320857
  historical:           2.966710666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Butler"
    title: "Syd Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/336fa499-8de9-46dc-8545-2305f23a8ced"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/690586"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7659659"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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