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Frank Piegaro Jr. (born 1977) is a touring and recording American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who currently plays lead guitar in Worriers and The Love Songs. He previously played in a multitude of different bands, most notably Star Fucking Hipsters (2006-2011), The Degenerics (1996-2003), and Ensign (2003-2011). He has appeared on recorded solo projects by Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) and Fat Mike.(NOFX).
Career
editPiegaro started playing guitar at an early age. In 1996, he formed The Degenerics, an influential New Brunswick area punk band, releasing two EPs and one album. He joined Ensign as lead guitarist in 2003, touring the U.S. and Europe and contributing to one recording.
In 2006, he helped form the classic line-up of Star Fucking Hipsters with Stza (Leftover Crack/Choking Victim) and Ara Babajian (Leftover Crack/The Slackers). He wrote and played on all releases, contributing both guitar and bass. He toured with them extensively, playing the U.S., Europe, and Australia regularly before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011.
Once established in the Bay Area, he joined as lead guitarist of The Love Songs in 2012, with whom he recorded two albums, played numerous gigs, and provided voice-over work for the band’s animated short film, "That Sucks". He played drums for the briefly reactivated Criminals in 2013 as well as joined Conquest For Death as lead guitarist on a tour of South Korea and Japan in 2015 in addition to writing and recording material for their final album.
Piegaro joined Worriers in 2018 as lead guitarist, with whom he has recorded two releases thus far and tours the U.S. in headlining gigs as well as support for Brian Fallon (2022), The Menzingers (2021), Jawbreaker (2022), and Alkaline Trio (2024).
Personal Life
editPiegaro lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Kamala Parks.
Selected Discography
edit(all guitar except where noted) :
Missing Children
Self - titled 7” EP (1994) (as vocalist and guitarist)
The Degenerics
Self - titled 7” EP (1997)
No Comply 7” EP (1998)
Generica (2000)
The Final Chapter 7” EP (2003)
Fanshen (as drummer)
Self - titled 7” EP - (1998)
Stormshadow / Fanshen split LP - (1998)
Static / Kinetic - (2004)
Ensign
Love the Music, Hate the Kids (2003)
Star Fucking Hipsters (as guitarist and selected bass)
Until We’re Dead (2008)
Never Rest In Peace (2009)
From The Dumpster To The Grave (2011)
The Fucking Split EP (2012)
The Love Songs
Oh, The Places You’ll Go Wrong (2016)
The Loneliest Whale (2019)
Worriers
You Or Someone You Know (2020)
The Old Friends EP (2021)
They/Them/Theirs (Acoustic) Single (2021)
Warm Blanket (guitar on “Provisional Hope”) (2023)
Trust Your Gut (2023)
Conquest For Death
A Maelstrom of Resentment and Remorse (2020)
Plot 66
Self - titled 7” EP (as bassist) (2021)
Guest and Session Appearances
editLeftover Crack
Constructs Of The State (guitar on “Bedbugs & Beyond”) (2015)
Cokie the Clown
You’re Welcome (guitar on “The Queen is Dead”) (2019)
Franz Nicolay
New River (as bassist and selected guitar) (2022)
Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits
Solar Cantata (selected guitar and bass) (as of yet unreleased/2024)
Additional Credits
editFilm:
Turn It Around : The Story of East Bay Punk (as Story Editor) (2017)
That Sucks (animated short film, as himself, Voice Actor) (2022)
Book:
Lose Well - Chris Gethard (interviewed for audiobook) (2018)
Architects of Self - Destruction : The Oral History of Leftover Crack (interviewed) (2021)