Warren Fitzgerald
{{For|the 19th-century baseball player|Warren Fitzgerald (baseball)}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Warren Fitzgerald
| image = Warren Fitzgerald - The Vandals 2012-12-21 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Fitzgerald with The Vandals in 2012
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|1968|9|15}}}}
| origin = Newport Beach, California, U.S.
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| genre = Punk rock, pop punk, comedy rock, new wave, ska punk, hardcore punk, alternative rock
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, record label owner
| label = Kung Fu
| current_member_of = The Vandals
| past_member_of = Oingo Boingo
The Offspring
| years_active = 1990–present
| website =
| associated_acts =
}}
Warren Fitzgerald (born September 15, 1968) is an American punk rock guitarist, songwriter, and record label owner. He is best known for being the guitarist of The Vandals and Oingo Boingo. He is also co-founder of Kung Fu Records, along with his Vandals band-mate Joe Escalante.
Early life
Fitzgerald attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California, from 1982 to 1986, with Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots), Gabriel Ortiz (Serial Killer), and Amy von Freymann (MTV-Jay).{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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 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 The Vandals since 1989.
=Oingo Boingo & Danny Elfman=
In 1993, he joined Oingo Boingo as a second guitarist and performed on their final studio album and live album. After the band broke up in 1995, he jokingly said if he could get his job back at Taco Bell, where he was working 2 years prior.{{cite web |last1=Oingo Boingo |title=Oingo Boingo Farewell - Special Features (Disc 2) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygR_aLp8a8k |website=YouTube |access-date=14 July 2022}} Fitzgerald has since worked on several projects with Danny Elfman, including his 2022 solo album Big Mess.
=Other projects=
Other bands Fitzgerald has worked with include Tenacious D and The Offspring 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.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} Fitzgerald produced Jughead's Revenge's 1996 album Image Is Everything. He is credited as a songwriter on the School of Rock soundtrack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332379/soundtrack|title=School of Rock Soundtrack on IMDb|website=IMDb}} He also provided string arrangements for the Alkaline Trio album Crimson and contributed guitar work to the Team America: World Police soundtrack.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} As of 2012, Fitzgerald is credited as a writer and composer on The Hub cable series The Aquabats! Super Show!, 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's cover of the song "Runaway".
Outside of his music, he finds work as both a painter and a writer.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.kungfurecords.com KungFu Records]
- {{IMDb name|id=0280407|name=Warren Fitzgerald}}
{{Boingo}}
{{The Vandals}}
{{Kung Fu Records}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Warren}}
Category:American punk rock guitarists
Category:Film producers from California
Category:Songwriters from California
Category:Guitarists from California
Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California) alumni