Background
Frank Agnew was born into a musical family, half Irish and half Mexican-American.
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Agnew dropped out of high school, but later pursued a liberal arts degree at Fullerton College. After finishing his studies, he went to work in the computer industry. Over the years, Agnew has played with a number of bands, including 45 Grave, the Tribe, Adolescents, Der Stab, Legal Weapon, PinUps, Social Distortion and T.S.O.L.
Agnew joined The Adolescents in 1980 after leaving Social Distortion.
When The Adolescents broke up in the summer of 1981, Agnew joined Legal Weapon with fellow Adolescent Steve Soto, and then played as a touring guitarist with T.S.O.L. to promote their Dance With Maine LP. Frank reunited with the "Blue Album" lineup of the Adolescents in 1986, but left along with drummer Casey Royer before the recording of the 1987 Brats in Battalions LP. Agnew returned to play guitar for two tracks on the Adolescents" 1988 Balboa Fun*Zone LP, but he did not permanently rejoin the band.
Frank took part in another Adolescents reunion in 2004 and was the sole guitarist on the resulting O.C. Confidential album. In 2010, Frank Agnew joined 45 Grave, proceeding to take part in the recording of the band"s 2012 Pick Your Poison Civil Defense, released on Frontier Records.
In 2014 he began a collaboration with The Voice"s Bree Fondacaro in a group called the Fatalists. Agnew is credited as songwriter on a number of film soundtracks and also occasionally appears as an actor.
