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12 Facts About Frank Agnew

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Francis Thomas "Frank" Agnew was born on August 18,1964 and is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a member of punk rock band the Adolescents.

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Frank Agnew was born into a musical family, half Irish and half Mexican-American.

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Frank Agnew began playing guitar professionally at an early age, and his brother Rikk sometimes had to sneak him in through the back door of 18 plus or 21 plus venues.

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Frank Agnew joined The Adolescents in 1980 after playing in Casey Royer's Social Distortion splinter group.

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Frank Agnew reunited with the "Blue Album" line-up of the Adolescents in 1986, but left along with drummer Casey Royer before the recording of the 1987 Brats in Battalions album.

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Frank Agnew returned to play guitar for two tracks on the Adolescents' 1988 Balboa Fun*Zone album, but he did not permanently rejoin the band.

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Frank Agnew took part in another Adolescents reunion in 2004 and was the sole guitarist on the resulting OC.

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8.

In 2010, Frank Agnew joined 45 Grave, proceeding to take part in the recording of the band's 2012 Pick Your Poison album, released on Frontier Records.

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In 2013, Frank Agnew met The Voice's Bree Fondacaro, then performing under the stage name Bree Harlow Bree and Frank collaborated on her 2013 cover of 'Paint it Black' released through Arcadian Records.

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Frank Agnew is credited as songwriter on a number of film soundtracks and occasionally appears as an actor.

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Frank Agnew has two older siblings, Rikk and Toni, and a younger brother, Alfie.

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Frank Agnew has a half-brother, Jim, and a half-sister, Beverly, who are both older than Rikk.