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My Take
Lars Frederiksen is punk rock in the most lived-in sense, the shaved head, the tattoos, the East Bay attitude, all of it earned. When he joined Rancid he gave the band a second engine, and the one-two vocal punch with Tim Armstrong on ...And Out Come the Wolves is part of why that record still hits so hard. What I respect is his fierce loyalty to the scene that raised him; the Bastards records and his production work are all about lifting up street-punk and Oi! traditions rather than chasing crossover success. He's the kind of guy who clearly believes the music is bigger than any one career.
Overview
Lars Frederiksen (born 1971) is an American musician from Campbell, California, best known as the guitarist and co-vocalist of the punk rock band Rancid. He joined Rancid in the early 1990s and became a key creative force on classic albums such as ...And Out Come the Wolves. He also fronts the side project Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and has worked as a record producer.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lars Frederiksen
- Name (Japanese)
- ラーズ・フレデリクセン
- Reading
- らーず・ふれでりくせん
- Born
- August 30, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Pig
- Origin
- Campbell, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Guitarist / Singer / Singer-songwriter / Music producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.