# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/z-ev
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:39:42.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/z-ev"
name: "Z'EV"
slug: "z-ev"
description: "Z'EV was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for a variety of independent and underground record labels. He is regarded as a pioneer of industrial music."
tagline: "American percussionist (1951-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StefanJoelWeisser_aka_Z'EV.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-02-08"
deathDate: "2017-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.09
  momentum:             0.3665521191294387
  historical:           10.56591333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5793898/"
    handle:    "nm5793898"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rhythmajik.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/79684"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "زيڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B4_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "ゼヴ (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z'EV"
    title: "Z'EV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/498b8068-86bd-4b56-86fe-fc95427a16b0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2056653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3997824"
    title: "Z'Ev"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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