List of Circle Jerks band members

Circle Jerks
Circle Jerks lead singer Keith Morris performing live in 2006.
Background information
Origin	Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.
Genres	Hardcore punk, punk rock
Years active	1979–1990 1994–1995 2001–2010 2020–present
Members	Keith Morris Greg Hetson Zander Schloss
Past members	Roger Rogerson Lucky Lehrer Earl Liberty Chuck Biscuits Keith Clark Kevin Fitzgerald

The Circle Jerks were an American punk rock band whose most recent lineup consisted of vocalist Keith Morris, guitarist Greg Hetson, bassist Zander Schloss, and drummer Kevin Fitzgerald. The band was formed in Southern California in 1979, and originally comprised Morris on vocals, Hetson on guitar, Roger Rogerson on bass and Lucky Lehrer on drums.

The first Circle Jerks lineup released three albums (including their 1980 debut Group Sex), before Rogerson and Lehrer were kicked out of the band in 1983 and replaced by Earl Liberty and Chuck Biscuits respectively. This lineup lasted only a year, and the Circle Jerks hired Zander Schloss and Keith Clark as Liberty and Biscuits' replacements. The new lineup, consisting of Morris, Hetson, Schloss and Clark, recorded two more albums before the Circle Jerks split up for the first time in 1990, when Hetson left to concentrate on Bad Religion, which he had joined a few years before.

A long period of inactivity ended in 1994, when the Circle Jerks, with the 1984-1990 lineup, reunited and signed a major label deal with Mercury Records, a move that had a few business complications: Hetson was still with Bad Religion, who had signed a long-term contract with Atlantic Records, while Schloss had been part of a band contracted to Interscope. After ironing out these difficulties, the band recorded Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities and released it in the summer of 1995, but broke up once again. Reasons for this breakup were essentially the same as they were in 1990.

A second Circle Jerks reunion occurred in 2001. Participating this time were Morris, Hetson, Schloss and Kevin Fitzgerald, who filled in on drums for Clark, who at that time had retired from the music business. Tensions among its members and failed attempts to record the follow-up to Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities resulted in the Circle Jerks breaking up yet again in 2011. The band announced in November 2019 that they would reunite in 2020 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Group Sex with live shows.^[1]

Former members[]

Keith Morris

Active: 1979–2010

Instruments: lead vocals

Release contributions: all Circle Jerks releases

Greg Hetson

Active: 1979–2010

Instruments: lead guitar, backing vocals

Release contributions: all Circle Jerks releases

Roger Rogerson

Active: 1979–1983

Instruments: bass, backing vocals

Release contributions: Group Sex (1980), Wild in the Streets (1982), Golden Shower of Hits (1983)

Lucky Lehrer

Active: 1979–1983

Instruments: drums, percussion

Release contributions: Group Sex (1980), Wild in the Streets (1982), Golden Shower of Hits (1983)

Earl Liberty

Active: 1983–1984

Instruments: bass, backing vocals

Release contributions: Repo Man soundtrack (1984)

Chuck Biscuits

Active: 1983–1984

Instruments: drums, percussion

Release contributions: Repo Man soundtrack (1984)

Zander Schloss

Active: 1984–2010

Instruments: bass, backing vocals

Release contributions: Wonderful (1985), VI (1987), Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities (1995)

Keith Clark

Active: 1984–1995

Instruments: drums, percussion, backing vocals

Release contributions: Wonderful (1985), VI (1987), Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities (1995)

Kevin Fitzgerald

Active: 2001–2010

Instruments: drums, percussion

Release contributions: I'm Gonna Live - single (2007)

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