# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ted-kirkpatrick
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:30:32.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ted-kirkpatrick"
name: "Ted Kirkpatrick"
slug: "ted-kirkpatrick"
description: "Ted Kirkpatrick was an American musician and songwriter who is known for his work with the Christian thrash metal band Tourniquet. Primarily a drummer, Kirkpatrick was the principal songwriter for the band and played other instruments as necessary."
tagline: "American musician (1960–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ted_Kirkpatrick_of_Tourniquet_(cropped).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: "1960-05-22"
deathDate: "2022-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.68
  momentum:             6.543967280163599
  historical:           6.829124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "تيد كيركباتريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kirkpatrick"
    title: "Ted Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kirkpatrick"
    title: "Ted Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "تد کرکپتریک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kirkpatrick"
    title: "Ted Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kirkpatrick"
    title: "Ted Kirkpatrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f97f0386-62e5-4602-89cd-ddb745009bc8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1561104"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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