# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vini-lopez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:59:32.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vini-lopez"
name: "Vini Lopez"
slug: "vini-lopez"
description: "Vincent Lopez, nicknamed Mad Dog, is an American drummer. Between 1968 and 1974, he backed Bruce Springsteen in several bands, including Steel Mill and the E Street Band. He also played on Springsteen's first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Both during and after his time with the E Street Band, Lopez played drums with numerous Jersey Shore bands."
tagline: "American drummer"
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: "1949-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.963794666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/634935"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vini_Lopez"
    title: "Vini Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e2b6ee0-6ec7-4622-b039-1cbed5f55288"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1285153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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