# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zal-cleminson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:59:29.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zal-cleminson"
name: "Zal Cleminson"
slug: "zal-cleminson"
description: "Alistair Macdonald \"Zal\" Cleminson is a Scottish guitarist, best known for his role in the Sensational Alex Harvey Band between 1972 and 1978. He was subsequently a member of Nazareth for three years. In 2017, Cleminson put together a new rock band - /sin'dogs/, which recorded and released a four-song EP and an album, featuring nine original songs. /sin'dogs/ toured Scotland, England and Sweden in the years following."
tagline: "Scottish guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZalCleminson2004.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: "1949-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.21
  momentum:             12.44732576985413
  historical:           6.71232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 218
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoBQaBcNzrTwVoJM9Lm5lxg"
    handle:    "@sindogs"
    followers: 218
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/364580"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "زال كليمينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Cleminson"
    title: "Zal Cleminson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Cleminson"
    title: "Zal Cleminson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Cleminson"
    title: "Zal Cleminson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Cleminson"
    title: "Zal Cleminson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Cleminson"
    title: "Zal Cleminson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0abba9fa-654d-4eb6-b978-7b287c4c9208"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4355532"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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