Lars Frederiksen


Lars Erik Frederiksen 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.
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. 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.

Early and personal life

Lars Erik Frederiksen was born and raised in San Francisco Bay Area on August 30, 1971, by his mother, Minna Dapello, after his father, John, left at age three. Minna Dapello was a Danish immigrant who was the only member of her family to survive the Nazi German occupation of Denmark during and after World War II, after her family was killed in front of her.
Frederiksen married his girlfriend Megan in 1998. They divorced, and he married San Francisco yoga instructor Stephanie Snyder, with whom he had two children, both boys. In May 2020, Stephanie divorced Frederiksen. In 2023, Frederiksen married publicist and writer Joanna Riedl, who took his last name.
On the 75th episode of That One Time on Tour podcast that aired on October 15, 2019, Frederiksen mentioned that he "always liked the idea of a big family," and that he "plans to have more kids at some point in life" and would be open to adoption.
Frederiksen's brother was Robert "Rob" Dapello, a writer for Zero Magazine and a fellow musician, who died in February 2001 from a fatal brain aneurysm. The song "Otherside" off Rancid's 2003 album, Indestructible, is dedicated to Rob's memory. They were raised in Campbell, California, a city bordering San Jose.
He supports Millwall Football Club, and often has the Millwall lion on his guitar. He is also a San Jose Earthquakes season ticket holder. In January 2014, Lars and the Old Firm Casuals wrote the new team anthem/theme song for the San Jose Earthquakes, titled "Never Say Die". Lars called the team the "punkest" team in MLS.
Frederiksen is also a fan of the Las Vegas Raiders and Oakland Athletics.
Frederiksen was involved with San Francisco's Project Homeless Connect, partnering with Tony Hawk to donate skateboards to teenagers in the family shelter.
Frederiksen is a longtime fan of professional wrestling. He is friends with professional wrestler CM Punk, and featured in the WWE produced documentary CM Punk: Best in the World.

Career

Frederiksen has expressed his personal dislike for signing to major record labels numerous times.
Frederiksen appears in several episodes of Tim Armstrong's Tim Timebomb's Rock n Roll Theater as Dante. Lars can also be seen in the documentary film The Other F Word.
During an appearance on the Wrestling Perspective Podcast, Lars suggested to Ruby Riott she should use the ring name Ruby Soho and assured her that he could also have the song cleared legally for her to use as her entrance theme. The name change was confirmed via a post on Prange's Instagram account.

Discography

Rancid

Frederiksen on guitar and vocals.
  • Radio Radio Radio
  • Let's Go
  • ...And Out Come the Wolves
  • Life Won't Wait
  • Rancid
  • BYO Split Series Volume III
  • Indestructible
  • B Sides and C Sides
  • Let the Dominoes Fall
  • Honor Is All We Know
  • Trouble Maker
  • ''Tomorrow Never Comes''

    Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

Frederiksen on guitar and vocals.
  • Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
  • Viking
  • '''Switchblade'''

    The Old Firm Casuals

Frederiksen on guitar and vocals.
  • The Old Firm Casuals S/T
  • We Want The Lions Share
  • The Last Resort / The Old Firm Casuals
  • Army of One
  • Oi! This Is Streetpunk Vol. 1
  • Them Against Us
  • Hooligan Classics Vol. 1
  • Stesso Sangue
  • Oi! Rules...OK!
  • Red White & Blue: Which One Are You?
  • Oi! Ain't Dead
  • Born Criminal
  • Respect Your Roots Worldwide
  • United We Stand: The Front Lines of American Street Punk
  • Hooligan Classics Vol. 2 *Resort Bootboys are The Old Firm Casuals with Roi Pierce of Last Resort on vocals
  • The Old Firm Casuals/ The Headliners split EP
  • For The Love of it All...
  • EP+1
  • Yuletide Cheers & Oi!
  • Never Say Die
  • Perry Boys b/w Watford Tuxedo
  • This Means War
  • Oi! Ain't Dead Vol. 3
  • A Butcher's Banquet
  • Sheer Terror/Old Firm Casuals
  • Wartime Rock N Roll EP
  • '''Holger Danske'''

    Oxley's Midnight Runners

Frederiksen on guitar and backing vocals.
  • We Are Legion, 7-inch record
  • Invasion, 7-inch record
  • Combat, 7-inch record
  • Conquest, 7-inch record
  • "American Made", Oi! Ain't Dead Volume 5, various artists compilation LP,
  • Furies, 7-inch record

    Stomper 98

Frederiksen on guitar and backing vocals.
- Althergebracht LP
- stomper 98

Tim Timebomb and Friends

Frederiksen on guitar and vocals.
  • ''Tim Timebomb and Friends''

    As a producer

  • ...And Out Come the Wolves by Rancid
  • The Streets of San Francisco by Swingin' Utters
  • The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth by The Business
  • East Los Presents by Union 13
  • Class Separation by The Forgotten
  • Pandemonium by Powerhouse
  • No Regrets by Powerhouse
  • Life Won't Wait by Rancid
  • The Spidey Sessions 1995 by Redemption 87
  • All Guns Poolside! by Redemption 87
  • Do or Die by Dropkick Murphys
  • Youth on the Street by Pressure Point
  • Veni Vidi Vici by The Forgotten
  • The Gang's All Here by Dropkick Murphys
  • Riot, Riot, Upstart by Agnostic Front
  • Cross to Bear by Pressure Point
  • Underneath the Underground by Anti-Heros
  • The Answer to Your Problems? by Marky Ramone and the Intruders
  • We the People by Patriot
  • Hellbound and Heartless by The Heart Attacks
  • The Forgotten by The Forgotten
  • Pride & Tradition by Harrington Saints