Brent Fitz

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Brent Fitz
Birth name	Brent Fitz
Born	March 27, 1970 (1970-03-27) (age 38) Manitoba, Canada
Genre(s)	Pop rock Hard rock Alternative Rock Rock Blues
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Drums Piano Keyboards Rhythm guitar
Years active	1986 - present
Associated acts	Union, Lamya, Vince Neil, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Econoline Crush
Website	www.brentfitz.com
Notable instrument(s)
DW Drums Sabian Cymbals Pro-Mark Sticks Remo Drum Heads

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, Econoline Crush and Alice Cooper.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Albums 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Fitz is a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he attended and graduated from John Taylor Collegiate in 1988.^[1] After leaving Winnipeg in the 90's he lived for some time in Los Angeles, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. ^[2]

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) ^[3] 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^[4] which evolved into Shake Naked.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] That band would become known as Union ^[8] and would also include John Corabi on vocals formerly of The Scream and Mötley Crüe, Jamie Hunting of David Lee Roth on bass, as well as Bruce on guitar. Brent briefly played in Bulletboys in 2000 ^[9], 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.^[10] Performing on several international tours, Brent appeared in a live performance with Vince on VH1's TV show "Remaking" 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.^[11]. Brent played piano and sang with the band for several acoustic peformances 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.

[edit] Albums

• 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: Humongously Yours, 2001
• Bruce Kulick - Audiodog, 2001
• Gilby Clarke - Swag, 2002
• Slimmer Twins - Lack of Luxury, 2002
• Bruce Kulick - Transformer, 2002
• Vince Neil - Live at the Whisky: One Night Only, 2003
• Voodooland - Give Me Air, 2003
• Living Under Venus - Soulframe, 2004
• Lawsuit - Stoned to Death, 2004
• 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

[edit] 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. Photo 1 Photo 2

[edit] References