MUSICIAN

Charlie Benante

1962 - Today

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Charles Lee Benante (born November 27, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for thrash metal band Anthrax and crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death. Known as one of the pioneers of double bass drumming and credited for popularizing the blast beat technique, he is Anthrax's main composer and has released eleven studio albums with the band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Benante has received more than 989,024 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Charlie Benante is the 2,320th most popular musician (up from 2,366th in 2019), the 12,447th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,754th in 2019) and the 948th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Charlie Benante ranks 2,320 out of 3,175Before her are Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad, Bud Shank, Uri Caine, Robin Thicke, James Iha, and Mark Jansen. After her are John Parr, Eugene Wright, Adam Taubitz, Nolwenn Leroy, Adriana Calcanhotto, and Delta Goodrem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Charlie Benante ranks 568Before her are Tim Guinee, Zizinho, Miki Itō, Tsvetanka Khristova, Corey Hart, and Nenad Gračan. After her are Bruno Todeschini, Dustin Nguyen, Nina Åström, Luis Fernando Herrera, Jennifer Rubin, and Kelly Craft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Benante ranks 12,447 out of 20,380Before her are Erin Moriarty (1994), Tory Burch (1966), William McNamara (1965), Dan O'Brien (1966), Francis James Child (1825), and Jack Yerman (1939). After her are Georgia Engel (1948), Matt Gerald (1970), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Virgil Hill (1964), Michael Irby (1972), and Eric Wynalda (1969).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Charlie Benante ranks 948Before her are Josh Freese (1972), Nate Mendel (1968), Bud Shank (1926), Uri Caine (1956), Robin Thicke (1977), and James Iha (1968). After her are Eugene Wright (1923), Erick Morillo (1971), John 5 (1971), Cynthia Weil (1940), Sophie B. Hawkins (1964), and Booker Ervin (1930).