Franz Stahl

What strikes me about Franz Stahl is how much of his career has been spent serving other people's bands. He and his brother Pete were the constant core of the D.C. hardcore outfit Scream, and from there he passed through Wool, backed J, and famously filled in on guitar for the Foo Fighters from 1997 to 1999. That Foo Fighters chapter is the one most people know him for, but I find the longer Scream story more telling. He reads to me like a craftsman guitarist, the kind who makes a band sound better without needing the spotlight. The D.C. punk lineage runs all the way through him.

Franz Kenneth Stahl (born October 30, 1961) is an American musician, best known as a guitarist of the Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band Scream, alongside his brother Pete, and both of them are the only two continuous members of the band. He was formerly a member of Wool from 1990 to 1996, a backing guitarist for J from 1997 to 2005, and a member of the Foo Fighters from 1997 to 1999.

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Name (English)

Franz Stahl

Name (Japanese)

フランツ・ストール

Reading

ふらんつ・すとーる

Born

October 30, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Origin

Washington, D.C., United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

musician / guitarist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Justice High School

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.mindthetracks.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/franzstahl
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• musician
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.