Brent Fitz

Infobox musical artist
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Name = Brent Fitz


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Brent Fitz
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Born = birth date and age|1970|3|27 Manitoba, Canada
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Instrument = drums Piano keyboards Rhythm guitar
Genre = Pop rock Hard rock Alternative rock Rock Blues
Occupation = Musician Songwriter
Years_active = 1986 - present
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Associated_acts = Union, Lamya, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Econoline Crush
URL = [http://www.brentfitz.com/ www.brentfitz.com]
Notable_instruments= DW Drums Sabian Cymbals Pro-Mark Sticks Remo Drum Heads Gibson Guitars Brent Fitz is a Canadian-born musician and recording artist known best for his stints as the drummer for Union, Lamya, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman, Streetheart, Harlequin, Econoline Crush, Indigenous and Alice Cooper.

Biography

Fitz is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he attended and graduated from John Taylor Collegiate in 1988. [cite news |url=http://www.maidenfans.com/index.php?ACT=module&name=rwnews&area=article&nid=1845|title="Maidenfans.com – Interview with Chris Jericho"] After leaving Winnipeg in the 90's he lived for some time in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. [cite news
url=http://www.glam-metal.com/brentfitz.html |title="glam-metal.com – Interview with Brent Fitz”]

Brent started drums at a very young age and played heavily in his middle school and high school music programs. Brent received lots of theory training as a child/teen with the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) [cite news|url=http://members.shaw.ca/amazingone/discunion.html|title="Sean's Kanadian KISS Konnection Union Page"] and is a skilled piano player as well as a guitar player and back-up vocalist.

Brent got his start playing in various Winnipeg clubs and outlying areas in a cover band named "New Alliance". He later moved on to join the heavier Winnipeg based touring club act "Seventh Heaven" [cite news
url=http://www.maidenfans.com/index.php?ACT=module&name=rwnews&area=article&nid=1845|title="Maidenfans.com – Interview with Chris Jericho"] which evolved into "Shake Naked". [cite news|url= http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/97.htm
title="Paul Miles – Chronologically Crue"] Schedules with "Seventh Heaven" and "Shake Naked" were much more extensive and involved touring most of Canada. Connections to the city of Los Angeles within the band "Seventh Heaven" allowed Brent to have the opportunity to seek work in that market as a performer and session player. [cite news|url= http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/97.htm
title="Paul Miles – Chronologically Crue"]

Working with previous "Shake Naked vocalist" Lenita Erickson later proved fruitful as Lenita's friend Bruce Kulick of Kiss fame invited Brent to join him in a recording effort after hearing him play. [cite news|url= http://members.ozemail.com.au/~cruekiss/97.htm
title="Paul Miles – Chronologically Crue"] That band would become known as Union [cite news|url=http://hometown.aol.com/kissunderground2/brentfitzinterview.html
title="kissunderground – Interview with Brent Fitz”] and would also include John Corabi on vocals formerly of The Scream and Mötley Crüe, [http://12stringbass.com/jamie.html Jamie Hunting] of David Lee Roth on bass, as well as Bruce on guitar. Brent briefly played in Bulletboys in 2000 [cite news|url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=130753803 |title="Myspace/Bulletboys Former Members List"] , as well as recorded and toured with Gilby Clarke of Guns 'N Roses fame.

Brent would later receive an invitation to tour with Vince Neil's solo act as drummer and keyboardist. [cite news|url= http://www.kissonline.com/picksnsticks/index.php?picks_page=union.html
title="www.kissonline.com"] Performing on several international tours, Brent appeared in a live performance with Vince on VH1's TV show "Remaking: Vince Neil" in 2004.

After leaving the Vince Neil team Brent hooked up with Theory of a Deadman as their touring drummer. Brent appeared in four music videos with the band, as well as made several TV appearances including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. [cite news
url=http://www.glam-metal.com/brentfitz.html |title="glam-metal.com – Interview with Brent Fitz”] . Brent played piano and sang with the band for several acoustic performances as well.

Brent has since been performing with Alice Cooper while drummer Eric Singer does some dates with Kiss, as well performing with Harlequin, and Indigenous . As of August 2007, Brent has announced his joining of Canadian rock act Econoline Crush. Although Brent is officially in Econoline Crush, he remains a backup drummer with Alice Cooper and infrequently tours with him.

Albums

* [http://www.kiss-related-recordings.nl/tribute_returncomet.html Various Artists: The Return of the Comet, a tribute to Ace Frehley] ,1997
* Various Artists: Forever Mod - a portrait of a storyteller, a tribute to Rod Stewart, 1998
* Union - Union, 1998
* Union - Live at the Galaxy, 1999
* Union - The Blue Room, 2000
* Cutting Edge: [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/2984529/a/Humongously+Yours.htm Humongously Yours] , 2001
* Bruce Kulick - Audiodog, 2001
* Gilby Clarke - Swag, 2002
* [http://slimmertwins.com/home.html Slimmer Twins] - Lack of Luxury, 2002
* Bruce Kulick - Transformer, 2002
* Vince Neil - , 2003
* [http://www.karlcochran.com/ Voodooland] - [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00083G3F0 Give Me Air] , 2003
* Living Under Venus - Soulframe, 2004
* Lawsuit - Stoned to Death, 2004
* [http://www.rykodisc-media.com/ironmaiden/ Various Artists: Numbers from the Beast, a tribute to Iron Maiden] , 2005
*Theory of a Deadman - Gasoline, 2005
* Various Artists WWE Wreckless Intent, 2006
* Harlequin - Waking the Jester, 2007
* Econoline Crush - Ignite, 2008

Trivia

* Enjoying much success as an international recording/touring musician and living in the United States, Brent is still a vocal and overtly patriotic Canadian.
* Brent is a good hockey player and has taken part is various celebrity hockey events. [http://www.brentfitz.com/photos/TOD/images/photo44.jpgPhoto 1] [http://www.nowtoronto.com/_assets/blog/20070404_juno14.jpgPhoto 2]
* Brent is good friends with WWE wrestler Chris Jericho. They both grew up in the same neighborhood, but went to different high schools.
* Both Brent and Tommy Lee can claim to be the only drummers to have been in a band with "both" Motley Crue singers Vince Neil and John Corabi.

References

External links

* [http://www.brentfitz.com/ Official Brent Fitz Site]
* [http://www.promark.com/endorsers/endorser.cfm?endorser_id=b8e7a512-fd28-47d6-ba3f-6c5c83471580 Brent Fitz Pro-Mark Drum Sticks Endorsement Page]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=177724540 MySpace] - Brent Fitz
* [http://music.sympatico.msn.ca/Theory+of+a+Deadman/concerts/orange/Articles/TheoryofaDeadman.htm?isfa=1#msnPlayer_p] Theory Of A Deadman - Live and acoustic from The Orange Lounge Studios, Toronto.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9JkyQ2z6c Youtube] - Brent Fitz with Union - Promotional Video
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAa4NS1DfQU Youtube] - Brent Fitz with the Bulletboys live at Key Club - Hollywood, CA, 2000.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZWcbKlLg_M Youtube] - Brent Fitz with Vince Neil- Shout At The Devil- 6/5/04 Baltimore, MD
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qFYxWT-Ooc Youtube] - Brent Fitz with Union -- Honky Tonk Women (Live 1998)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D5750_WleA Youtube] - Brent Fitz with Vince Neil - "Wildside" live from Winnipeg 2003 solo tour w/Poison.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FneBdSg-I Youtube] - Brent Fitz with Theory of a Deadman rock video "Santa Monica"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ht-9AfOEgQ Youtube] - Brent Fitz with Theory of a Deadman rock video "No Surprise"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_WF2xPlNRw Youtube] - Brent Fitz plays Highway to Hell by AC/DC with Dee Snider
* [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2028430080 Myspace Vids] - Brent Fitz with Theory of a Deadman on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - "No Surprise"
* [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2029125873 Myspace Vids] - Brent Fitz with Theory of a Deadman rock video "Better Off"
* [http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=26128416 Myspace Vids] - Brent Fitz with Econoline Crush rock video "Dirty"