TONY FREDIANELLI
ANTHONY JOSEPH FREDIANELLI
D.O.B. ~ APRIL 2, 1969
Anthony Joseph Fredianelli was born on April 2, 1969 in Southern California. Tony is married (to Kristi) and he has a son named Joseph. Tony comes from a musical family, His father, Ronald, is a 50's pop icon (he is in a group called The Gaylords and has been in the music buisness for over 50 years) and Terry, his mother, was a Las Vegas showgirl. He has 4 siblings (Ronald Jr., Chris, Tiffany, and Missy). Tiffany is in a band (AUTOMATIC TAXI STAR) and his older brother Chris plays the background music for Third Eye Blind.
Tony loves sunglasses, and you cant really tell because he is always wearing sunglasses, but Tony has the nicest blue eyes. Tony has also changed his hair color a numerous amount of times and he plans on changing it a lot more. His favorite autor is Edgar Allen Poe, his favorite movie is The Godfather, and his drink of choice on the tour bus is Jack Daniels. Tony's nickname is 'Monk' and he has collected an enormous amount of monkeys and monkey related gifts from fans while on tour.
Tony started playing guitar professionally when he was just a teen. He released his first album, The Forgotten Scroll, in 1987 with his band Apocrypha. The band released 2 more albums The Eye's Of Time(1988) and Area 54(1990) on Shrapnel records. He also released a solo album called Breakneck Speed(1993). All the words and music on the albums was written by Tony.
Tony was the original guitarist for Third Eye Blind. He left the band because they couldnt afford the plane ticket from Las Vegas (where Tony lived) to San Francisco (where the band rehearsed). After he left 3EB he formed his own band called Majik Alex. He played in a coverband called Loveshack with his sister Tiffany. He was also in the family musical, Famiglia, that was written by his father.
Tony rejoined 3EB to play the backgground music for the Sundance Film Festival. Less then 24 hours later on January 25, 2000 3EB reacquired Tony as their lead guitarist. He made his first live performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. 3EB plans on releasing 'Symphony of Decay' on their independent label in which Tony will be playing and writing on. Third Eye Blind has just completed 2 very successful tours. The Dragon and Astronauts Tour and The Red Summer Sun Tour.
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