# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tobi-vail
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:07:53.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tobi-vail"
name: "Tobi Vail"
slug: "tobi-vail"
description: "Tobi Celeste Vail is an American independent musician, music critic and feminist activist from Olympia, Washington. She was a central figure in the riot grrl scene—she coined the spelling of \"grrl\"—and she started the zine Jigsaw. A drummer, guitarist and singer, she was a founding member of the band Bikini Kill. Vail has collaborated in several other bands figuring in the Olympia music scene. Vail writes for eMusic."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/BikiniKBrixt110619-21_%2848986069321%29.jpg/330px-BikiniKBrixt110619-21_%2848986069321%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
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: "1969-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.596144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mstobivail"
    handle:    "mstobivail"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3018750/"
    handle:    "nm3018750"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/438738"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "توبى ڤايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8"
    title: "Вэйл, Тоби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobi_Vail"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0a5c5a29-5bcd-4a8b-9ec0-b0c4d2e28851"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3530134"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1294729"
    title: "Tobi Vail"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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