Lars Erik Frederiksen (born August 30, 1971) is a Danish-American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991.[1] He 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 Agnostic Front, The Business,
Dropkick Murphys, Swingin Utters, Anti-Heros, Patriot, The Forgotten,
Harrington Saints, and Pressure Point. He recently mixed Charged GBH's new album entitled Perfume and Piss, as well as Cock Sparrer's album "Here We Stand" both alongside Michael Rosen.
Frederiksen is half-Danish, his father was Italian, and his mother, Minna, was a Danish immigrant. He was raised in Campbell, California, a town near San Jose, California
He married his girlfriend Megan in 1998. They divorced, and he is now married to Stephanie Snyder, who gave birth to their son, Wolfgang Erik Anders Frederiksen, on September 11, 2007. Frederiksen and his wife celebrated the birth of their second child, Soren Erik Adler Frederiksen on October 27, 2011
Frederiksen is half-Danish, his father was Italian, and his mother, Minna, was a Danish immigrant. He was raised in Campbell, California, a town near San Jose, California
He married his girlfriend Megan in 1998. They divorced, and he is now married to Stephanie Snyder, who gave birth to their son, Wolfgang Erik Anders Frederiksen, on September 11, 2007. Frederiksen and his wife celebrated the birth of their second child, Soren Erik Adler Frederiksen on October 27, 2011
Rancid
Guitar and vocals.- Let's Go (1994)
- ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
- Life Won't Wait (1998)
- Rancid (2000)
- Indestructible (2003)
- "B Sides and C Sides (2008)
- Let the Dominoes Fall (2009)
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
Guitar and vocals.- Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards (2001)
- Viking (2004)
Old Firm Casuals
Guitar and vocals.- The Old Firm Casuals S/T (7")
- We Want The Lions Share (7")
- The Last Resort / The Old Firm Casuals -Split (double 7")
- The Old Firm Casuals "Army of One" (7")
- The Old Firm Casuals/ Insane Dogs -Split (7")
- The Old Firm Casuals/ Klasse Kriminale -Split (7")