Charles Stanton "Stan" Frazier (born April 23, 1968) is an American musician, record producer, singer, songwriter and restaurateur. He co-founded

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in 1986 and was the band's principal songwriter and drummer until 2012. Frazier served as the producer for tracks and albums by

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and

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. In 2012, he starred on the BBC culinary reality show ''Chef Race, UK vs US'' and won a prize of $100,000 Frazier is the co-owner of the Original Sgt. Pepperoni's Pizza and A's Restaurant in Newport Beach, California. In February 2018, Stan announced formation of a new band "The SIDE DEAL" with Charlie Colin (

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), and Joel & Scott Owen (PawnShop kings). Side Deal performed live with other notable artists such as Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (

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, Steely Dan) and

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Life and career

Frazier was born and raised in Newport Beach,

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. He is married to Jennifer Casinelli-Frazier. They have one daughter: Anabelle Frazier. While attending

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Stan & friends formed a cover band inspired by the group

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. That band, initially called ''The Tories'', went on to become ''The Shrinky Dinx'', and eventually became ''

.'' He was the lead writer of

's "Fly" which includes a lyric about his mother's death. Though "Fly" turned out to be the band's biggest hit, Stan was initially rejected for it since its pop-feel was, at the time, a departure from the band's sound. He has two

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s: Chloe and Lady. Both of whom can be seen on the inside sleeve of the 2001

self-titled album. Stan has appeared in the films ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as the TV series ''

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''. On BBC America reality show, ''Chef Race, UK vs US'' (premiered October 2, 2012, finale November 28, 2012), he was one of eight American chefs facing off against eight British chefs in a series of elimination challenges as the teams traveled from San Diego, CA to New York, NY (billed as "the ultimate cross-country culinary challenge"). Throughout the series, Stan used his experience from cooking for the band on the road.

References

External links

Official Stan Frazier site
1968 births American male actors American male singers Living people American rock drummers Sugar Ray members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians {{US-rock-drummer-stub