Lars Frederiksen

Lars Frederiksen
Background information
Birth name Lars Everett Dapello
Born (1971-08-30) 30 August 1971
Origin Campbell, California, United States
Genres Punk rock, ska punk, street punk, hardcore punk Hooligan Romance Ballads
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 1986–present
Associated acts Rancid
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
UK Subs
The Silencers
The Old Firm Casuals
Oxley's Midnight Runners
Notable instruments
Epiphone Les Paul Custom
Gibson SG

Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Everett Dapello 30 August 1971) is a Danish-American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991.[1] He joined Rancid in 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player and was present on their second album Let's Go. He has produced albums for bands such as Agnostic Front, The Business, Dropkick Murphys, Swingin Utters, Marky Ramone and the Intruders, Anti-Heros, Patriot, The Forgotten, Harrington Saints, and Pressure Point.[2] He recently mixed Charged GBH's new album entitled Perfume and Piss, as well as Cock Sparrer's album "Here We Stand" both alongside Michael Rosen.

Discography

Rancid

Guitar and vocals.

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

Guitar and vocals.

The Old Firm Casuals

Guitar and vocals.

Oxley's Midnight Runners

Guitar/Backing Vocals

Tim Timebomb and Friends

Guitar and vocals.

History

Early life

Frederiksen's mother is Minna Dapello. He had a brother named Rob Dapello, a writer for Zero Magazine and a musician.[3] He was raised in Campbell, California, a town near San Jose, California.[4]

Personal life

He married his girlfriend Megan in 1998. They divorced, and he is now married to Stephanie Snyder, who gave birth to their son, Wolfgang Erik Anders Frederiksen, on 11 September 2007. Frederiksen and his wife celebrated the birth of their second child, Soren Erik Adler Frederiksen on 27 October 2011. He is a fan of Millwall Football Club, and often has the Millwall lion on his guitar.[5] He is also a San Jose Earthquakes season ticket holder. In January 2014, Lars and The Old Firm Casuals wrote the new team anthem/theme song for the San Jose Earthquakes titled "Never Say Die". Lars called the team the "punkest" team in MLS.[6]

Recently, Frederiksen had gotten involved with San Francisco's Project Homeless Connect, partnering with Tony Hawk to donate skateboards to teenagers in the family shelter.

"It was emotional," said Frederiksen, who says he was reminded of his mother's struggles as a single parent. "But I was thinking that when people donate toys, it is always the teenagers that get left out. That's when I got Tony Hawk on the phone." [7]

Frederiksen has expressed his personal dislike for signing to major record labels numerous times.

Kids come up to us all the time and say, "We're in a band and we're never going to sign to some major label. We're going to stay independent like you guys. You guys proved you don't need to sign some major label and all that bullshit [to be successful]." That's the most gratifying thing anyone can say to me or to any of us.[8]

Frederiksen appears in several episodes of Tim Armstrong's Tim Timebomb's Rock n Roll Theater as Dante. Lars can also be seen in the documentary film, The Other F Word. Lars, who is a longtime fan of professional wrestling is friends with professional wrestler CM Punk and is featured in the WWE produced documentary CM Punk: Best in the World.[9]

References

  1. ↑ True, Christopher. "Biography: Lars Frederiksen". AMG. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lars-frederiksen-mn0000112937/credits
  3. ↑ Quelland, Sarah (March 1–7, 2001). "Cut Short – Insolence left fans hungry for more". Metro (Silicon Valley: Metro Publishing).
  4. ↑ http://epitaph.com/news/article/slap-magazine-interviews-lars-frederiksen-and-the-bastards
  5. ↑ On the Phone with Rancid's Lars Frederiksen MLS Insider, 18 November 2009
  6. ↑ "San Jose Earthquakes and Rancid: The Old Firm Casuals pen MLS club's new anthem". mlssoccer.com. January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Nevius, C.W. (22 December 2009). "Rancid guitarist treats teens to skateboards". SF Gate. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Catching up with Lars Frederiksen of Rancid". Rebel Noise. Retrieved 11 October 2012. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  9. ↑ http://www.wwedvdnews.com/talent-list-interviewed-cm-punk-wwe-dvd/27397/

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