Warren Fitzgerald (born September 15, 1968) is an American punk rock guitarist, songwriter, and

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

owner. He is best known for being the guitarist of

The Vandals The Vandals are an American punk rock band, established in 1980 in Orange County, California. They have released ten full-length studio albums, two live albums, and have toured the world extensively, including performances on the Vans Warped ...

and

Oingo Boingo Oingo Boingo () was an American new wave band formed by songwriter Danny Elfman in 1979. The band emerged from a surrealist musical theatre troupe, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, that Elfman had led and written material for in the ye ...

. He is also co-founder of

Kung Fu Records Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals. Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the ...

, along with his Vandals band-mate

Joe Escalante Joseph Patrick Escalante (born January 30, 1963) is an American television writer, film and television director, musician, radio host, and former television executive. He is known professionally as the bassist and songwriter for the punk rock ...

Early life

Fitzgerald attended Edison High School in

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, from 1982 to 1986, with

Scott Weiland Scott Richard Weiland (; né Kline, October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from 1 ...

(

Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots (also known by the initialism STP) is an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland (lead vocals), brothers Dean (guitar) and Robert DeLeo (bass, backing vocals), and Eric Kretz ...

), Gabriel Ortiz (Serial Killer), and Amy von Freymann (MTV-Jay).

Career

Early years

One of Fitzgerald's first bands was Dies Irae where he played bass with guitarist Jack Lee Galbraith (Taylor) and drummer Robert "Yoda" Hill. Later, he formed the band Totally Uncalled Four and was in a

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...

group called Don't No. He was also the guitarist and songwriter for Gherkin Raucus and Xtra Large.

The Vandals

Fitzgerald has been a member of

since 1989.

Oingo Boingo & Danny Elfman

In 1993, he joined

as a second guitarist and performed on their final studio album and

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. After the band broke up in 1995, he jokingly said if he could get his job back at

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, where he was working 2 years prior. Fitzgerald has since worked on several projects with

Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since the 1990s, Elfman has garnered internation ...

, including his 2022 solo album '' Big Mess.''

Other projects

Other bands Fitzgerald has worked with include

Tenacious D Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. It was founded by actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, who were members of The Actors' Gang theater company at the time. The duo's name is derived from "tenacio ...

and

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on their 2008 tour. Apart from performing as a live instrumentalist, Fitzgerald has also worked as a producer, composer and songwriter, having worked with a wide range of musicians including

Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil deve ...

. Fitzgerald produced

Jughead's Revenge Jughead's Revenge is an American punk rock band. They originally formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1989. To date, Jughead's Revenge has released six studio albums (the most recent being 1999's ''Pearly Gates''). After 12 year ...

's 1996 album '' Image Is Everything''. He is credited as a songwriter on the ''

School of Rock ''School of Rock'' (titled onscreen as ''The School of Rock'') is a 2003 comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin, and written by Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, and Sarah Silverman. Bl ...

'' soundtrack. He also provided string arrangements for the

Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Matt Skiba (vocals, guitar), Dan Andriano (vocals, bass) and Derek Grant (drums, vocals). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Do ...

album ''

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'' and contributed guitar work to the Team America: World Police soundtrack. As of 2012, Fitzgerald is credited as a writer and composer on The Hub cable series ''

The Aquabats! Super Show! ''The Aquabats! Super Show!'' is an American action-comedy musical television series which aired from March 3, 2012 to January 8, 2014 on The Hub Network and resumed as an independent YouTube web series in September 2019. The series was created ...

'', including a co-composing credit for the series' theme song and several onscreen appearances playing a hobo. In August 2017, Fitzgerald played guitar for

Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold (abbreviated as A7X) is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance, ...

's cover of the song " Runaway". Outside of his music, he finds work as both a painter and a writer.

References

External links

KungFu Records
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Warren 1968 births Living people American punk rock guitarists The Vandals members American film producers Songwriters from California Guitarists from California 20th-century American guitarists