Warren Fitzgerald

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Warren Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald with The Vandals in 2012
Background information
Born	(1968-09-15) September 15, 1968 (age 52)
Origin	Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Genres	Punk rock, pop punk, comedy rock, new wave, ska punk, hardcore punk, alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, record label owner
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Kung Fu
Associated acts	The Vandals, Oingo Boingo, Tenacious D

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. 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]}

Career[]

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.

Fitzgerald is the guitarist for The Vandals. He has also played with Tenacious D and was a member of Oingo Boingo, performing on their final studio album and live album. He also played guitar with The Offspring on their 2008 tour.

Apart from performing as a live instrumentalist, Fitzgerald has worked as a producer, composer and songwriter, having worked with a wide range of musicians including Dweezil Zappa and Danny Elfman^{[citation needed]}. Fitzgerald produced Jughead's Revenge's 1996 album Image Is Everything. He is credited as a songwriter on the School of Rock soundtrack.^[1] He also provided string arrangements for the Alkaline Trio album Crimson and contributed guitar work to the Team America: World Police soundtrack^{[citation needed]}. 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". On March 11, 2021 he was credited as playing guitar on Danny Elfman's song Kick Me (https://dannyelfman.bandcamp.com/album/kick-me).

Outside of his music, he finds work as both a painter and a writer.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• KungFu Records
• Warren Fitzgerald at IMDb