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Brent Fitz

February 23, 2024

Brent Fitz (born March 27, 1970) is a Canadian-American musician and multi-instrumentalist. In his career, he has worked with Slash, Myles Kennedy, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Union, Gene Simmons, The Guess Who, Brad Whitford from Aerosmith, Derek St. Holmes, Ronnie Montrose, Indigenous, Lamya, Streetheart, Harlequin, and Econoline Crush.

Brent Fitz
Brent Fitz performing live with Slash at Festivalna hall, Sofia, during the Apocalyptic Love World Tour 2013.
Background information
Birth nameBrent Fitz
Born (1970-03-27) March 27, 1970 (age 53)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
GenresHard rock, pop, blues
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums, bass guitar, keyboards
Years active1986 - present
Websitewww.brentfitz.com

Biography edit

Early life edit

Brent is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he grew up with his parents Mervyn and Audrey Fitz and a sister, Brenda, who is also a professional musician.[1][2] He attended and graduated from John Taylor Collegiate in 1988.[3] His parents continue to take a keen interest in his career, with his mother Audrey cited as saying "we get to look at his tour schedule and follow him across the world".[4] After leaving Winnipeg in the mid 1990s, he lived for some time in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, as does his sister.[5][6]

Fitz started piano lessons at the age of five and drums at the age of ten, playing percussion in his middle school and high school jazz and concert band music programs. He received piano and theory training through The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Ontario and graduated in 1994.[3] In 1985, Brent answered an ad for a teaching job at a local drum shop in Winnipeg, and despite being only 15 at the time, was hired based on his excelled musical ability and people skills.

Move to LA edit

Fitz got his professional start at age 15, playing in various Winnipeg clubs and outlying areas in a cover band named New Alliance. After graduating high school, he formed the band Seventh Heaven with two local musicians and two Los Angeles natives that had recently relocated to Winnipeg.[7] After several years of touring, Brent formed another band with Seventh Heaven's guitarist, which evolved into Shake Naked.[8] Of this period, his father related that 'we used to go to every gig he played in Winnipeg bars, ladies of the night would pass us, going through to go to the bathroom".[4] Schedules with Seventh Heaven and Shake Naked were much more extensive and involved touring most of Canada. In 1993, Fitz joined Kenny Shields from the band Streetheart and toured across Canada for the next three years. In 1996, while attending the NAMM music trade show in Anaheim, California, connections to the city of Los Angeles within the band Seventh Heaven, allowed Fitz to have the opportunity to seek work in that market as a performer and session player.[8]

Working with previous Shake Naked vocalist Lenita Erickson later proved fruitful as Erickson's friend Bruce Kulick of Kiss fame invited Fitz to join him in a recording effort after first hearing him play piano, and later seeing him play drums at The Roxy in Hollywood, with former Duran Duran singer, Lamya .[8] That band would become known as Union[9] and would also include John Corabi on vocals (formerly of The Scream and Mötley Crüe), James Hunting of David Lee Roth on bass, with Kulick on guitar. This four-piece released their self-titled debut in 1998.[10] A live record titled "Live In The Galaxy" was released in 1999, and the band recorded a second album titled "The Blue Room" that was released in February, 2000.

Vince Neil edit

In September 2000, Fitz briefly joined the Bulletboys on tour in support of their Best Of collection,[11] and recorded several new songs at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles with famed Led Zeppelin producer, Andy Johns. Soon after, he also toured and recorded with Gilby Clarke, and recorded drum tracks for the Slimmer Twins album Lack Of Luxury, featuring Kix guitarist Ronnie Younkins.[12][13] In early 2001, Fitz received an invitation to tour with Vince Neil who re-released his two solo-records that summer.[14] Performing on several international tours, and recorded the album "Live At The Whisky" in 2002.[15] In the same year he joined Neil for the Rock Never Stops Tour from may through to July,[16] followed by a support slot for Poison in 2003.[17] He continued to feature with Neil on tour, although the imminent Mötley Crüe reunion at the end of 2004 put the band on hiatus.[18]

Alice Cooper edit

In the first half of 2005 Fitz joined the Canadian band Theory of a Deadman as the band embarked on tour to support the album "Gasoline".[19] The band had fired their original drummer Tim Hart, while Robin Diaz played the parts on the album. According to guitarist David Brenner, Fitz is 'a music theory nut' who also contributed backing vocals and piano. He was 'able to come in and play these other guys' parts and really make them his own'.[20] Fitz appeared in four music videos with the band, and made several TV appearances including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In July 2006, while still touring with Theory of a Deadman, Fitz temporarily left the band to tour with Alice Cooper, filling in on drums for Eric Singer while Singer was touring with Kiss.[21] Later that year, Fitz toured the US with Mato Nanji as Indigenous in support of the album Chasing the Sun.[22] He also took part in the sessions for the Harlequin album Waking the Jester released in 2007.[23]

In 2007, Fitz recorded with the recently reformed Canadian rock act Econoline Crush on the album Ignite.[24] He subsequently became a permanent member of the band, while still remaining as regular back-up drummer with Alice Cooper.[25] Fitz appeared in the video for the Econoline Crush hit song "Dirty".

Bruce Kulick edit

In 2009, Fitz joined the Las Vegas-based production of 'Monster Circus' as keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist. Monster Circus performed at The Hilton Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band featured Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, bassist Rudy Sarzo, guitarist Tony Montana of Great White, guitarist Dave Kushner from Velvet Revolver, and John Corabi and Bruce Kulick (from Fitz's former band Union).

In June 2009, Fitz appeared on the television show Gene Simmons Family Jewels (season 4, episode 2: Memphis Blues); he and Bruce Kulick helped with some recording studio work Gene Simmons arranged for his son Nick's musical aspirations. Fitz also recorded drums for most of the tracks on Kulick's 2010 album release BK3, including tracks featuring guest artists Gene Simmons, Nick Simmons, John Corabi, and Doug Fieger of The Knack. Fitz appeared on a second episode in June 2010, this time performing live with Bruce Kulick and Nick Simmons at The Cat Club in Hollywood, California.

Slash edit

In March 2010, Fitz became drummer for then-former Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash.[26] The band which also features Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy, eventually became known as Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, and released three albums: 'Apocalyptic Love' in 2012, 'World on Fire' in 2014 and 'Living The Dream' in 2018. Two live albums have been recorded also, 'Made in Stoke' 2011, and 'Live at The Roxy' in 2015. With the band, Fitz has performed on several US talk shows in including: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Ellen, Conan (twice), Lopez Tonight (twice) and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, as well as performed live on Howard Stern. Fitz also appeared in several music videos including 'By The Sword', 'Back From Cali', 'Beautiful Dangerous' featuring Fergie, 'You're A Lie', 'Bad Rain' and 'Anastasia'. The band has two #1 singles on the US Active Rock charts: 'You're A Lie', and 'World on Fire', as well as two top 5 songs: 'Standing In The Sun' and 'Bent to Fly' (which spent over 27 weeks on the chart). The band headlined the 2014 MTV Euro Awards in Glasgow, Scotland, playing 'Crazy Train', with a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who received the lifetime achievement award from MTV.

Albums edit

References edit

  1. ^ Helen Fitz (grandmother) obituary, published in the Winnipeg Free Press, January 2, 2003.
  2. ^ "Brenda Fitz (@Brenda_Fitz) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  3. ^ a b Resume on Linkedin.
  4. ^ a b Scurfield, Maureen (July 20, 2012). "Rock drummer rolls back into Winnipeg". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. ^ Brenda Fitz LinkedIn entry.
  6. ^ "Brenda Fitz". 52 Peak Club. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  7. ^ "Maidenfans.com – Interview with Chris Jericho".
  8. ^ a b c "Paul Miles – Chronologically Crue".
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  10. ^ Discogs.com listing of the (re-)release with credits.
  11. ^ Listing and overview of members and former members of the band.
  12. ^ The Slimmer Twin bio August 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, indicating he played on their album Lack of Luxury (2000).
  13. ^ Credited on the song 'Warm Country Sun' featured on the Gilby Clarke album Swag (March 2002).
  14. ^ Fiasco, Lance (May 14, 2001). "Motley Crue's Vince Neil to Re-issue two albums on Beyond Music/VNS Records". idobi.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  15. ^ Allmusic.com listing of the album.
  16. ^ Tourdates listing October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine with (promo) details on KNAC.com.
  17. ^ Blabbermouth.net news item from March 5, 2003.
  18. ^ Kaufman, Gil (November 24, 2003). "Motley Crue Reuniting For Tour, Possible LP; Tommy, Vince Have Yet To Speak". MTV.com. Viacom. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  19. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (2012). . Billboard.com. Rovi. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  20. ^ Rosen, Steven (September 28, 2006). "Theory Of A Deadman: Rock N' Roll Quality". Ultimate-Guitar.com. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  21. ^ Blabbermouth.net News item.
  22. ^ Righi, Len (October 12, 2006). "Waidestock! is hip deep in punk, emo and rock bands (p. 2)". The Morning Call. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  23. ^ Allmusic.com credits for the album.
  24. ^ Allmusic.com credits for the Ignite album.
  25. ^ Bravewords.com news-item on his participation in the Australian tour. Dates May 13, 2007.
  26. ^ Chamberlain, Rich (July 9, 2010). "Brent Fitz talks Slash, Grohl, Freese and more". Musicradar.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brent Fitz.
  • Official website
  • Brent Fitz at IMDb
  • YouTube - Brent Fitz with Vince Neil - "Wildside" live from Winnipeg 2003 solo tour w/Poison.
  • YouTube TV interview on The Rush in Vancouver, BC.

February 23, 2024
brent, fitz, born, march, 1970, canadian, american, musician, multi, instrumentalist, career, worked, with, slash, myles, kennedy, theory, deadman, alice, cooper, vince, neil, union, gene, simmons, guess, brad, whitford, from, aerosmith, derek, holmes, ronnie,. Brent Fitz born March 27 1970 is a Canadian American musician and multi instrumentalist In his career he has worked with Slash Myles Kennedy Theory of a Deadman Alice Cooper Vince Neil Union Gene Simmons The Guess Who Brad Whitford from Aerosmith Derek St Holmes Ronnie Montrose Indigenous Lamya Streetheart Harlequin and Econoline Crush Brent FitzBrent Fitz performing live with Slash at Festivalna hall Sofia during the Apocalyptic Love World Tour 2013 Background informationBirth nameBrent FitzBorn 1970 03 27 March 27 1970 age 53 Winnipeg Manitoba CanadaGenresHard rock pop bluesOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Drums bass guitar keyboardsYears active1986 presentWebsitewww brentfitz com Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 1 1 Move to LA 1 1 2 Vince Neil 1 1 3 Alice Cooper 1 1 4 Bruce Kulick 1 1 5 Slash 2 Albums 3 References 4 External linksBiography editEarly life edit Brent is a native of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada where he grew up with his parents Mervyn and Audrey Fitz and a sister Brenda who is also a professional musician 1 2 He attended and graduated from John Taylor Collegiate in 1988 3 His parents continue to take a keen interest in his career with his mother Audrey cited as saying we get to look at his tour schedule and follow him across the world 4 After leaving Winnipeg in the mid 1990s he lived for some time in Los Angeles California and currently resides in Las Vegas Nevada as does his sister 5 6 Fitz started piano lessons at the age of five and drums at the age of ten playing percussion in his middle school and high school jazz and concert band music programs He received piano and theory training through The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto Ontario and graduated in 1994 3 In 1985 Brent answered an ad for a teaching job at a local drum shop in Winnipeg and despite being only 15 at the time was hired based on his excelled musical ability and people skills Move to LA edit Fitz got his professional start at age 15 playing in various Winnipeg clubs and outlying areas in a cover band named New Alliance After graduating high school he formed the band Seventh Heaven with two local musicians and two Los Angeles natives that had recently relocated to Winnipeg 7 After several years of touring Brent formed another band with Seventh Heaven s guitarist which evolved into Shake Naked 8 Of this period his father related that we used to go to every gig he played in Winnipeg bars ladies of the night would pass us going through to go to the bathroom 4 Schedules with Seventh Heaven and Shake Naked were much more extensive and involved touring most of Canada In 1993 Fitz joined Kenny Shields from the band Streetheart and toured across Canada for the next three years In 1996 while attending the NAMM music trade show in Anaheim California connections to the city of Los Angeles within the band Seventh Heaven allowed Fitz to have the opportunity to seek work in that market as a performer and session player 8 Working with previous Shake Naked vocalist Lenita Erickson later proved fruitful as Erickson s friend Bruce Kulick of Kiss fame invited Fitz to join him in a recording effort after first hearing him play piano and later seeing him play drums at The Roxy in Hollywood with former Duran Duran singer Lamya 8 That band would become known as Union 9 and would also include John Corabi on vocals formerly of The Scream and Motley Crue James Hunting of David Lee Roth on bass with Kulick on guitar This four piece released their self titled debut in 1998 10 A live record titled Live In The Galaxy was released in 1999 and the band recorded a second album titled The Blue Room that was released in February 2000 Vince Neil edit In September 2000 Fitz briefly joined the Bulletboys on tour in support of their Best Of collection 11 and recorded several new songs at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles with famed Led Zeppelin producer Andy Johns Soon after he also toured and recorded with Gilby Clarke and recorded drum tracks for the Slimmer Twins album Lack Of Luxury featuring Kix guitarist Ronnie Younkins 12 13 In early 2001 Fitz received an invitation to tour with Vince Neil who re released his two solo records that summer 14 Performing on several international tours and recorded the album Live At The Whisky in 2002 15 In the same year he joined Neil for the Rock Never Stops Tour from may through to July 16 followed by a support slot for Poison in 2003 17 He continued to feature with Neil on tour although the imminent Motley Crue reunion at the end of 2004 put the band on hiatus 18 Alice Cooper edit In the first half of 2005 Fitz joined the Canadian band Theory of a Deadman as the band embarked on tour to support the album Gasoline 19 The band had fired their original drummer Tim Hart while Robin Diaz played the parts on the album According to guitarist David Brenner Fitz is a music theory nut who also contributed backing vocals and piano He was able to come in and play these other guys parts and really make them his own 20 Fitz appeared in four music videos with the band and made several TV appearances including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno In July 2006 while still touring with Theory of a Deadman Fitz temporarily left the band to tour with Alice Cooper filling in on drums for Eric Singer while Singer was touring with Kiss 21 Later that year Fitz toured the US with Mato Nanji as Indigenous in support of the album Chasing the Sun 22 He also took part in the sessions for the Harlequin albumWaking the Jester released in 2007 23 In 2007 Fitz recorded with the recently reformed Canadian rock act Econoline Crush on the album Ignite 24 He subsequently became a permanent member of the band while still remaining as regular back up drummer with Alice Cooper 25 Fitz appeared in the video for the Econoline Crush hit song Dirty Bruce Kulick edit In 2009 Fitz joined the Las Vegas based production of Monster Circus as keyboardist guitarist vocalist Monster Circus performed at The Hilton Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nevada The band featured Dee Snider of Twisted Sister bassist Rudy Sarzo guitarist Tony Montana of Great White guitarist Dave Kushner from Velvet Revolver and John Corabi and Bruce Kulick from Fitz s former band Union In June 2009 Fitz appeared on the television show Gene Simmons Family Jewels season 4 episode 2 Memphis Blues he and Bruce Kulick helped with some recording studio work Gene Simmons arranged for his son Nick s musical aspirations Fitz also recorded drums for most of the tracks on Kulick s 2010 album release BK3 including tracks featuring guest artists Gene Simmons Nick Simmons John Corabi and Doug Fieger of The Knack Fitz appeared on a second episode in June 2010 this time performing live with Bruce Kulick and Nick Simmons at The Cat Club in Hollywood California Slash edit In March 2010 Fitz became drummer for then former Guns N Roses Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash 26 The band which also features Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy eventually became known as Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators and released three albums Apocalyptic Love in 2012 World on Fire in 2014 and Living The Dream in 2018 Two live albums have been recorded also Made in Stoke 2011 and Live at The Roxy in 2015 With the band Fitz has performed on several US talk shows in including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Kimmel Ellen Conan twice Lopez Tonight twice and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as well as performed live on Howard Stern Fitz also appeared in several music videos including By The Sword Back From Cali Beautiful Dangerous featuring Fergie You re A Lie Bad Rain and Anastasia The band has two 1 singles on the US Active Rock charts You re A Lie and World on Fire as well as two top 5 songs Standing In The Sun and Bent to Fly which spent over 27 weeks on the chart The band headlined the 2014 MTV Euro Awards in Glasgow Scotland playing Crazy Train with a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne who received the lifetime achievement award from MTV Albums editSlash featuring Myles Kennedy amp The Conspirators 4 2022 Phil X amp The Drills Stupid Good Lookings Vol 1 2019 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy amp The Conspirators Living The Dream 2018 The Guess Who The Future IS What It Used To Be 2018 Sass Jordan Racine Revisited 2017 Chemia Let Me 2015 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy amp The Conspirators Live at the Roxy 9 25 14 2015 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy amp The Conspirators World On Fire 2014 Jake E Lee Red Dragon Cartel Red Dragon Cartel 2014 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy amp The Conspirators Apocalyptic Love 2012 Slash featuring Myles Kennedy Made in Stoke 24 7 11 2011 Beggars amp Thieves We Are The Broken Hearted 2011 Syndicate Syndicate 2011 Slash Live in Manchester Slash album 2010 Slash iTunes Session 2010 Slash Slash Deluxe Edition 2010 Bruce Kulick BK3 2010 Econoline Crush Ignite 2008 Harlequin Waking the Jester 2007 Various Artists WWE Wreckless Intent 2006 Theory of a Deadman Gasoline 2005 Various Artists Numbers from the Beast a tribute to Iron Maiden 2005 Voodooland Give Me Air 2003 Vince Neil Live at the Whisky One Night Only 2003 Bruce Kulick Transformer 2002 Gilby Clarke Swag 2002 Bruce Kulick Audiodog 2001 Union The Blue Room 2000 Union Live in the Galaxy 1999 Union Union 1998 Various Artists Forever Mod A Portrait of a Storyteller a tribute to Rod Stewart 1998 Various Artists Return of the Comet a tribute to Ace Frehley 1997 References edit Helen Fitz grandmother obituary published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 2 2003 Brenda Fitz Brenda Fitz Twitter twitter com Retrieved 2016 11 23 a b Resume on Linkedin a b Scurfield Maureen July 20 2012 Rock drummer rolls back into Winnipeg Winnipeg Free Press Retrieved October 6 2014 Brenda Fitz LinkedIn entry Brenda Fitz 52 Peak Club Retrieved 2016 11 23 Maidenfans com Interview with Chris Jericho a b c Paul Miles Chronologically Crue kissunderground Interview with Brent Fitz Archived from the original on 2005 03 10 Retrieved 2008 02 27 Discogs com listing of the re release with credits Listing and overview of members and former members of the band The Slimmer Twin bio Archived August 27 2011 at the Wayback Machine indicating he played on their album Lack of Luxury 2000 Credited on the song Warm Country Sun featured on the Gilby Clarke album Swag March 2002 Fiasco Lance May 14 2001 Motley Crue s Vince Neil to Re issue two albums on Beyond Music VNS Records idobi com Retrieved October 5 2014 Allmusic com listing of the album Tourdates listing Archived October 6 2014 at the Wayback Machine with promo details on KNAC com Blabbermouth net news item from March 5 2003 Kaufman Gil November 24 2003 Motley Crue Reuniting For Tour Possible LP Tommy Vince Have Yet To Speak MTV com Viacom Retrieved October 5 2014 Rivadavia Eduardo 2012 Theory of a Deadman Biography Billboard com Rovi Archived from the original on July 27 2014 Retrieved October 7 2014 Rosen Steven September 28 2006 Theory Of A Deadman Rock N Roll Quality Ultimate Guitar com Retrieved October 7 2014 Blabbermouth net News item Righi Len October 12 2006 Waidestock is hip deep in punk emo and rock bands p 2 The Morning Call Retrieved October 7 2014 Allmusic com credits for the album Allmusic com credits for the Ignite album Bravewords com news item on his participation in the Australian tour Dates May 13 2007 Chamberlain Rich July 9 2010 Brent Fitz talks Slash Grohl Freese and more Musicradar com Retrieved October 5 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brent Fitz Official website Brent Fitz at IMDb YouTube Brent Fitz with Vince Neil Wildside live from Winnipeg 2003 solo tour w Poison YouTube TV interview on The Rush in Vancouver BC Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brent Fitz amp oldid 1201429988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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