Dr. Frank
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Frank Portman is an American musician
, singer, guitarist
, and author
. He is the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the Berkeley, California
punk rock
band The Mr. T Experience
, and has remained the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1985, performing on ten studio albums and five EP
s. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, releasing the album Show Business is My Life
in 1999 and the EP Eight Little Songs in 2003. In recent years he has pursued a writing career in young adult literature
, authoring the novels King Dork
(2006) and Andromeda Klein
(2009).
in Millbrae, California
on the Peninsula
in the San Francisco Bay Area
. He then moved to nearby Berkeley
and attended the University of California, Berkeley
.
bass
player Byron Stamatatos. The group was short-lived but released a song entitled "No More Riots" on the southern California punk compilation Not So Quiet on the Western Front
released by Maximum Rocknroll
in 1982. After high school Portman left Millbrae for UC Berkeley but kept in touch with Stamatatos. While a student there he hosted a program on campus radio station KALX
which prominently featured local punk rock music, and met fellow DJ Jon Von Zelowitz. While working at the station Portman recorded a rap
version of the Dr. Seuss
children's poem Green Eggs and Ham
. He also met Alex Laipeneiks, who had been a high school friend of Portman's younger brother. In the Summer of 1985 Portman, Zelowitz, Stamatatos, and Laipeneiks formed The Mr. T Experience
. It was at this time that Portman began using the stage name "Dr. Frank," which he continues to use in his musical endeavors to this day.
The Mr. T Experience recorded their first album Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
in July 1986. They began to build a local following through tours and airplay on college radio stations and quickly became part of the thriving late-1980s Bay Area
punk rock movement centered around the 924 Gilman Street
venue and the Lookout! Records
label. At this time Portman briefly also played drums
with the band Sweet Baby
, but quickly returned to his main focus The Mr. T Experience, who released their second album Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
in 1988. Included on the album was the song "The History of the Concept of the Soul," which was essentially Portman's college thesis condensed into an 80-second punk song. In 1990 the band signed to Lookout! Records, a label they remain on to this day and through which Portman has also released all of his other musical output.
Portman continues to be the guitarist
and vocalist for The Mr. T Experience, also acting as the band's primary songwriter. Zelowitz also contributed significantly to the band's songwriting and served as a second guitarist and occasional singer until his departure from the group in 1992, after which the band essentially became Portman's project. Despite multiple lineup changes over the years, he remains the band's sole songwriter and only remaining original member. The band has released ten full-length albums, several EPs, and numerous singles over the course of their career, with nearly all material written and sung by Portman. After some solo acoustic performances he recorded a solo album entitled Show Business is My Life
in 1999 and an EP
, Eight Little Songs, in 2003. Many of the songs from this EP were re-recorded with The Mr. T Experience for the 2004 album Yesterday Rules
, their most recent and stylistically diverse release. Portman continues to perform occasionally as a solo artist. He also occasionally plays in The Bomb Bassets
with his longtime friend Dallas Denery.
Portman's musical style is generally characterized as pop punk
, heavily influenced by the Ramones
and other melodic rock groups. This is the style most generally associated with The Mr. T Experience. His compositions cover a variety of topics but are concerned primarily with personal relationships; he is known to introduce much of his material with the throwaway line "This is a song about a girl." Over the years his other musical tastes and interests have pushed the band to explore many styles, branching out from the Bay Area pop punk sound which he helped define. This change is evidenced on a number of solo acoustic songs interspersed between the pop punk standards on most of the band's late-1990s albums. Portman's solo recordings have further explored these other styles and influences, including country
, bossa nova
, Rock & Roll
, and 1960s beat music
.
entitled "Dr. Frank's What's-It." His young adult novel
King Dork
was published in April 2006. The film rights to the book were optioned by Gary Sanchez Productions
that November. In May 2009 Portman reported that a new deal had been reached with Sony Pictures and that a director had been attached to the film. The Internet Movie Database
forecasts King Dork for a 2014 release.
Portman's second novel, Andromeda Klein
, was published on August 25, 2009. He has indicated that it will be followed by a King Dork sequel entitled King Dork Approximately.
.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, singer, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. He is the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band The Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California and currently recording for Lookout! Records. They have released ten full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured internationally...
, and has remained the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1985, performing on ten studio albums and five EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, releasing the album Show Business is My Life
Show Business is My Life
Show Business is My Life is the solo album released in 1999 by Dr. Frank, singer/songwriter for The Mr. T Experience. The cover shows a red background with Dr...
in 1999 and the EP Eight Little Songs in 2003. In recent years he has pursued a writing career in young adult literature
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
, authoring the novels King Dork
King Dork
King Dork is a young adult novel by Frank Portman first published in 2006. It received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association. The novel features protagonist and disaffected slacker Tom Henderson in the fall of his high school sophomore year...
(2006) and Andromeda Klein
Andromeda Klein
Andromeda Klein is Frank Portman's second young adult novel published in 2009.The story focuses on high school occultist, Andromeda, who simultaneously tries to save her beloved local library from modernization and solve the various mysteries surrounding: her missing much-older boyfriend; the...
(2009).
Education
Portman attended Mills High SchoolMills High School
Mills High School is a public high school in Millbrae, California. It is one of seven high schools in the San Mateo Union High School District....
in Millbrae, California
Millbrae, California
Millbrae is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, just west of San Francisco Bay, with San Bruno on the north and Burlingame on the south. The population was 21,532 at the 2010 census.-History:...
on the Peninsula
San Francisco Peninsula
The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco. Its southern base is in Santa Clara County, including the cities of Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Mountain...
in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
. He then moved to nearby Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
and attended the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
.
Musical career
Portman's musical career began during his high school years in 1979, when he played in a band called the Bent Nails alongside future Mr. T ExperienceThe Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California and currently recording for Lookout! Records. They have released ten full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured internationally...
bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player Byron Stamatatos. The group was short-lived but released a song entitled "No More Riots" on the southern California punk compilation Not So Quiet on the Western Front
Not So Quiet on the Western Front
Not So Quiet on the Western Front is a classic hardcore compilation released in 1982 by Alternative Tentacles. It documented the northern California and Nevada punk scene...
released by Maximum Rocknroll
Maximum RocknRoll
Maximum rocknroll is a widely distributed, monthly not-for-profit fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors...
in 1982. After high school Portman left Millbrae for UC Berkeley but kept in touch with Stamatatos. While a student there he hosted a program on campus radio station KALX
KALX
KALX is a freeform FM radio station that broadcasts from the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California. KALX, a community- and student-run radio station licensed to the University of California, Berkeley, broadcasts in stereo with 500 watts of power...
which prominently featured local punk rock music, and met fellow DJ Jon Von Zelowitz. While working at the station Portman recorded a rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
version of the Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....
children's poem Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a best-selling and critically acclaimed book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2001, according to Publishers Weekly, it was the fourth-best-selling English-language children's book of all time....
. He also met Alex Laipeneiks, who had been a high school friend of Portman's younger brother. In the Summer of 1985 Portman, Zelowitz, Stamatatos, and Laipeneiks formed The Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California and currently recording for Lookout! Records. They have released ten full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured internationally...
. It was at this time that Portman began using the stage name "Dr. Frank," which he continues to use in his musical endeavors to this day.
The Mr. T Experience recorded their first album Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1986 by Disorder Records. It was the band's first full-length album and established their presence in the prolific San Francisco Bay Area music scene of the late...
in July 1986. They began to build a local following through tours and airplay on college radio stations and quickly became part of the thriving late-1980s Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
punk rock movement centered around the 924 Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, not for profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as "The Gilman." It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California about a mile and a half west of the North Berkeley BART station and a quarter-mile west of San...
venue and the Lookout! Records
Lookout! Records
-History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock...
label. At this time Portman briefly also played drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
with the band Sweet Baby
Sweet Baby
Sweet Baby was a pop punk band that originated from Berkeley, California, and was part of the 924 Gilman Street scene. They were signed to Ruby Records....
, but quickly returned to his main focus The Mr. T Experience, who released their second album Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
Night Shift at the Thrill Factory is the second album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1988 by Rough Trade Records. Lookout! Records re-released the album in 1996 with a number of bonus tracks....
in 1988. Included on the album was the song "The History of the Concept of the Soul," which was essentially Portman's college thesis condensed into an 80-second punk song. In 1990 the band signed to Lookout! Records, a label they remain on to this day and through which Portman has also released all of his other musical output.
Portman continues to be the guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and vocalist for The Mr. T Experience, also acting as the band's primary songwriter. Zelowitz also contributed significantly to the band's songwriting and served as a second guitarist and occasional singer until his departure from the group in 1992, after which the band essentially became Portman's project. Despite multiple lineup changes over the years, he remains the band's sole songwriter and only remaining original member. The band has released ten full-length albums, several EPs, and numerous singles over the course of their career, with nearly all material written and sung by Portman. After some solo acoustic performances he recorded a solo album entitled Show Business is My Life
Show Business is My Life
Show Business is My Life is the solo album released in 1999 by Dr. Frank, singer/songwriter for The Mr. T Experience. The cover shows a red background with Dr...
in 1999 and an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Eight Little Songs, in 2003. Many of the songs from this EP were re-recorded with The Mr. T Experience for the 2004 album Yesterday Rules
Yesterday Rules
-Performers:*Dr. Frank - vocals, guitar*Ted Angel - guitar*Bobby J - bass*Jim "Jym" Ruzicka - drums-Album information:*Produced by Kevin Army*Engineered by Kevin Army and Mark Keaton at Sharkbite Studios*Mastered by John Golden for John Golden Mastering...
, their most recent and stylistically diverse release. Portman continues to perform occasionally as a solo artist. He also occasionally plays in The Bomb Bassets
The Bomb Bassets
The Bomb Bassets are an American rock and roll band.Formed by brothers Dallas Denery of Sweet Baby and John Denery of The Hi-Fives; Mr. T Experience frontman Dr. Frank and producer Kevin Army on bass, they were joined by Mr. T drummer, Jym....
with his longtime friend Dallas Denery.
Portman's musical style is generally characterized as pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
, heavily influenced by the Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
and other melodic rock groups. This is the style most generally associated with The Mr. T Experience. His compositions cover a variety of topics but are concerned primarily with personal relationships; he is known to introduce much of his material with the throwaway line "This is a song about a girl." Over the years his other musical tastes and interests have pushed the band to explore many styles, branching out from the Bay Area pop punk sound which he helped define. This change is evidenced on a number of solo acoustic songs interspersed between the pop punk standards on most of the band's late-1990s albums. Portman's solo recordings have further explored these other styles and influences, including country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
, bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
, Rock & Roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
, and 1960s beat music
Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul...
.
Writing career
In recent years Portman has published a blogBlog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
entitled "Dr. Frank's What's-It." His young adult novel
Young adult literature
Young-adult fiction or young adult literature , also juvenile fiction, is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 14 to 21. The Young Adult Library Services of the American Library Association defines a young adult as "someone between the...
King Dork
King Dork
King Dork is a young adult novel by Frank Portman first published in 2006. It received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association. The novel features protagonist and disaffected slacker Tom Henderson in the fall of his high school sophomore year...
was published in April 2006. The film rights to the book were optioned by Gary Sanchez Productions
Gary Sanchez Productions
Gary Sanchez Productions is a production company operated by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. They also founded the video site Funny or Die.It is named after supposed entrepreneur and financier Gary Sanchez, and is represented by Creative Artists Agency.-Film:...
that November. In May 2009 Portman reported that a new deal had been reached with Sony Pictures and that a director had been attached to the film. The Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
forecasts King Dork for a 2014 release.
Portman's second novel, Andromeda Klein
Andromeda Klein
Andromeda Klein is Frank Portman's second young adult novel published in 2009.The story focuses on high school occultist, Andromeda, who simultaneously tries to save her beloved local library from modernization and solve the various mysteries surrounding: her missing much-older boyfriend; the...
, was published on August 25, 2009. He has indicated that it will be followed by a King Dork sequel entitled King Dork Approximately.
With the Bent Nails
- "No More Riots" on the Maximum RocknrollMaximum RocknRollMaximum rocknroll is a widely distributed, monthly not-for-profit fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors...
double LPLP albumThe LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
compilation Not So Quiet on the Western FrontNot So Quiet on the Western FrontNot So Quiet on the Western Front is a classic hardcore compilation released in 1982 by Alternative Tentacles. It documented the northern California and Nevada punk scene...
(1982) - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
With The Mr. T Experience
Albums and EPs listed only, for a complete listing of releases see The Mr. T ExperienceThe Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California and currently recording for Lookout! Records. They have released ten full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured internationally...
.
- Everybody's Entitled to Their Own OpinionEverybody's Entitled to Their Own OpinionEverybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1986 by Disorder Records. It was the band's first full-length album and established their presence in the prolific San Francisco Bay Area music scene of the late...
(1986) - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Night Shift at the Thrill FactoryNight Shift at the Thrill FactoryNight Shift at the Thrill Factory is the second album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1988 by Rough Trade Records. Lookout! Records re-released the album in 1996 with a number of bonus tracks....
(1988) - vocals, guitar - Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue BloodBig Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood-Performers:*Dr. Frank - vocals, guitar*Jon Von Zelowitz - vocals, guitar*Byron Stomatos - bass*Alex Laipeneiks - drums*Eric Mead - guitar on "T-Shirt Commercial"*Janis Tanaka - bass on "T-Shirt Commercial"*Eban Ostby - drums on "T-Shirt Commercial"...
(1989) - vocals, guitar - Making Things With LightMaking Things with LightMaking Things with Light is the third album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1990 by Lookout! Records. It was the band's first album to include bass player Aaron Rubin, replacing former bassist Byron Stomatos...
(1990) - vocals, guitar - Milk Milk LemonadeMilk Milk LemonadeMilk Milk Lemonade is the fourth album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1992 by Lookout! Records. It was the band's last album to include guitarist Jon Von Zelowitz, who left the group later that year....
(1992) - vocals, guitar - Strum ünd Bang, Live!?Strum ünd Bang, Live!?Strum ünd Bang, Live!? is an EP by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1993 by Munster Records. It is out of print, however all of the tracks were re-released on the CD version of Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood on Lookout! Records.Despite its title, the EP...
(1992) - vocals, guitar - Gun CrazyGun Crazy (album)Gun Crazy is an EP by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1993 by Lookout! Records. It was the band's first release as a three-piece, following the departure of guitarist/vocalist and founding member Jon Von Zelowitz earlier in the year...
(1993) - vocals, guitar - Our Bodies Our SelvesOur Bodies Our SelvesOur Bodies Our Selves is the fifth album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1993 by Lookout! Records. It was the band's first album as a three-piece, after the departure of founding guitarist Jon Von Zelowitz the previous year. It was also their last album...
(1993) - vocals, guitar - ...And the Women Who Love Them (1994) - vocals, guitar
- Love is Dead (1996) - vocals, guitar
- Revenge is Sweet, and So Are YouRevenge is Sweet, and So Are YouRevenge Is Sweet, and So Are You is the seventh album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1997 by Lookout! Records.-Track listing:-Performers:*Dr...
(1997) - vocals, guitar - Road to RuinRoad to Ruin (The Mr. T Experience album)Road to Ruin is the eighth album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1998 on Clearview Records. The album is a cover of the Ramones' 1978 album Road to Ruin in its entirety.-Background:...
(1998) - vocals, guitar - AlcatrazAlcatraz (album)-Performers:* Dr. Frank – vocals, guitar* Joel Reader – bass* Jim "Jym" Ruzicka – drums* Eric Noyes – hammond organ on tracks 1, 3, 8, & 10, piano on tracks 1 & 4* Gabe Meline – hammond organ on track 13, piano on track 10, ARP on track 5...
(1999) - vocals, guitar - The Miracle of ShameThe Miracle of ShameThe Miracle of Shame is an EP by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 2000 by Lookout! Records. It is the band's only release to include bassist Gabe Meline as an official member, though he had previously recorded with the band in a studio capacity on the 1999...
(2000) - vocals, guitar - Yesterday RulesYesterday Rules-Performers:*Dr. Frank - vocals, guitar*Ted Angel - guitar*Bobby J - bass*Jim "Jym" Ruzicka - drums-Album information:*Produced by Kevin Army*Engineered by Kevin Army and Mark Keaton at Sharkbite Studios*Mastered by John Golden for John Golden Mastering...
(2004) - vocals, guitar
Solo releases (as Dr. Frank)
- Show Business is My LifeShow Business is My LifeShow Business is My Life is the solo album released in 1999 by Dr. Frank, singer/songwriter for The Mr. T Experience. The cover shows a red background with Dr...
(1999) - vocals, all instrumentation - Eight Little Songs (2003) - vocals, all instrumentation
- "Andromeda Klein" (2009) - vocals, all instrumentation