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.

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

Occupation

musician / guitarist

High school

Justice High School

• Official sitehttps://www.mindthetracks.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/franzstahl
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Stahl
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2728860

Tags

• musician
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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