Lars Frederiksen

Lars Frederiksen
Frederiksen in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Lars Erik Dapello
Born	(1971-08-30) August 30, 1971 (age 53)
Origin	Campbell, California, U.S.
Genres	Punk rock ska punk street punk hardcore punk oi!
Occupations	Musician record producer songwriter
Instruments	Guitar vocals
Years active	1986–present
Member of	Rancid Oxley's Midnight Runners Stomper 98 The Last Resort The Old Firm Casuals
Formerly of	UK Subs

Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and the Old Firm Casuals. In addition, he currently plays guitar in Oxley's Midnight Runners, Stomper 98, and the Last Resort. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991.^[1]

Frederiksen joined Rancid in 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player and was present on their second album, Let's Go. He has produced albums for bands such as Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, the Business, Swingin' Utters, Marky Ramone and the Intruders, Anti-Heros, Pressure Point, and the Forgotten, among others.^[2] He mixed GBH's 2010 album entitled Perfume and Piss, as well as Cock Sparrer's 2007 album, Here We Stand, both alongside Michael Rosen.