Warren Fitzgerald
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| Born: | September 15, 1968 Newport Beach, California |
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| Occupation: | Musician, Record Label Owner |
| Website: | www.vandals.com |
Warren Fitzgerald (born September 15, 1968) is an American Punk Rock Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter, and Record Label Owner.
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[edit] Overview and business
Warren Fitzgerald is most famous for being the current guitarist of The Vandals. He also helps produce and acts in movies produced by his labels Kung Fu Films and Kung Fu Records.
[edit] Career
Warren Fitzgerald is the guitarist for The Vandals. Previously, he has also played with Tenacious D and was a member of Oingo Boingo. One of Warren's first bands was Dies Irae were he played bass with guitarist Jack Galbraith (Taylor) and drummer Robert A. Smith. Later he formed the band Totally Uncalled Four and was in a hardcore punk band called Don't No. He was also the guitarist and songwriter for Xtra Large. He has worked with a wide range of musicians from Dweezil Zappa to Danny Elfman and has written songs for the group No Doubt, as well as for the movie School of Rock. He also provided string arrangements for the Alkaline Trio album Crimson and contributed guitar work to the Team America: World Police soundtrack.
Outside of his music, Fitzgerald finds work as both an artist and a writer
[edit] Trivia
According to IMDb, as the nickname Mutant Boy, helped discover The Ataris and has worked with The Ataris, Blink 182, MXPX, AntiFreeze, Fugazi and Audio KarateAttended Edison High School (Huntington Beach)1982-1986, with Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), Gabriel Ortiz (Serial Killer), and Amy Von Friemann (MTV-Jay). Stole Scott Wieland's Dog in 1983 from Safari Sam's (the Dog walked sideways after that, then was put to sleep).
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| The Vandals |
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| Joe Escalante | Dave Quackenbush | Warren Fitzgerald | Josh Freese |
| Jan Nils Ackerman | Stevo | Steve Pfauter | Chalmer Lumary | Doug MacKinnon | Steve Gonzales |
| Discography |
| Albums: Peace Thru Vandalism | When in Rome Do as the Vandals | Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals | Slippery When Ill | The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes | Fear of a Punk Planet | Sweatin' to the Oldies: The Vandals Live | Live Fast, Diarrhea | The Quickening | Oi to the World!: Christmas With the Vandals | Hitler Bad, Vandals Good | Look What I Almost Stepped In... | Internet Dating Superstuds | Live at the House of Blues | Hollywood Potato Chip |
