# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-chimes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:19:36.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-chimes"
name: "Terry Chimes"
slug: "terry-chimes"
description: "Terence Chimes is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of punk rock group the Clash. He played with them from July 1976 to November 1976, January 1977 to April 1977, and again from May 1982 to February 1983 both preceding and succeeding his replacement Topper Headon. Chimes also drummed for Generation X from 1980 to 1981, Hanoi Rocks in 1985, and Black Sabbath from 1987 to 1988. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Clash."
tagline: "Musician (drummer and percussionist) and chiropractor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Clash_in_San_Diego%2C_1982_(Terry_Chimes).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.7708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TerryChimes"
    handle:    "TerryChimes"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0990452/"
    handle:    "nm0990452"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://terrychimes.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تيرى تشايمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA"
    title: "テリー・チャイムズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Crimes"
    title: "Tory Crimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Chimes"
    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Terry Chimes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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