# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thunderstick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:38:57.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thunderstick"
name: "Thunderstick"
slug: "thunderstick"
description: "Barry Graham Purkis, more commonly known by his stage name Thunderstick, is an English drummer who wore various masks and used to perform on-stage closed in a cage. He was in the cult-band Samson, with whom his name is most associated."
tagline: "British drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thunderstick.png?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: "1954-12-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.76325466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/thunderstickofficial"
    handle:    "thunderstickofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thunderstick.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/974149"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Тъндърстик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BC%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Грэм, Барри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Graham"
    title: "Barry Graham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstick"
    title: "Thunderstick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b7b7805-3e65-4418-aebf-08454a828acd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871819"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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