Warren Oakes
Warren Oakes | |
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Birth name | William Warren Oakes |
Born | (1981-01-23) January 23, 1981 (age 43) Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
Origin | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
Genres | Folk punk, punk rock |
Occupation(s) | Restaurateur, musician, drummer |
Instruments | drums, percussion |
Years active | 2001- present |
Labels | No Idea, Fat Wreck Chords, Sire |
William Warren Oakes[1] (born January 23, 1981)[2] is an American drummer best known for his eight years spent as the drummer for the punk rock band Against Me!.[3]
On June 8, 2009, Oakes announced that he was leaving the band to pursue a career as a restaurateur.[4] He is now a part owner of Boca Fiesta,[5] a restaurant located in Gainesville, Florida that focuses on the fusion of southern and Mexican cuisine, as well as a venue space, The Backyard,[6] that houses music shows, dance nights, and many more events.
Oakes is also well known for popularizing the freeganism movement, with the publication of his zine, Why Freegan?[7]
Oakes formed the band Sunshine State along with Troy Perlman, Mike Magarelli and Kyle Flick in 2013.[8] With the release of their first album Pour in 2014, Oakes gave an interview with Punk News where he spoke about the changes to a new career, new band, and their upcoming performances.[9]
On March 5, 2022 SPIN magazine wrote an article to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Against Me! album Reinventing Axl Rose saying: "It’s the transformative folk-punk album’s 20th birthday."[10]
Oakes responded to the magazine's publication by saying: "Had a nice little trip down memory lane doing an interview for, and reading, this incredibly in-depth oral history of a very fun time in my life. Happy 20th Axl, I’ll buy you your very first pint of Guinness for your 21st next year!"
Discography
Year of Release | Title | Label | Charts |
2002 | Reinventing Axl Rose | No Idea Records | |
2003 | As the Eternal Cowboy | Fat Wreck Chords | #36 Independent Albums |
2005 | Searching for a Former Clarity | Fat Wreck Chords | #114 US #1 Heatseeker #9 Independent Albums |
2007 | New Wave | Sire Records | #57 US |
2008 | STOP - Rock the vote version | Sire Records | - |
References
- ^ http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&cae=465733336&affiliation=BMI&keyid=950689&keyname=OAKES+WILLIAM+WARREN [dead link]
- ^ SPIN –. SPIN Media LLC. January 1986. p. 80. Retrieved October 19, 2010 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Against Me! Drummer Ditches Fame For Burritos – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. June 10, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- ^ "A Farewell From Warren Oakes – MySpace-blog | van Against Me!". Blogs.myspace.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- ^ "BOCA FIESTA". BOCA FIESTA. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "THE BACKYARD AT BOCA FIESTA & PALOMINO". THE BACKYARD AT BOCA FIESTA & PALOMINO. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Skidelsky, William (July 19, 2009). "The freegans' creed: waste not, want not". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Music: Sunshine State: 'State or Die'".
- ^ Punknews.org. "Interviews: Warren Oakes (Sunshine State, Against Me!)". www.punknews.org. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ "'Goddammit, We're Gonna Take This Somewhere!': The Oral History of Against Me!'s Reinventing Axl Rose". SPIN. March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
External links
- Against Me!
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- Laura Jane Grace
- James Bowman
- Andrew Seward
- Atom Willard
- Kevin Mahon
- Dustin Fridkin
- Warren Oakes
- George Rebelo
- Jay Weinberg
- Inge Johansson
- Against Me! (2000)
- Crime as Forgiven by Against Me!
- Against Me! (2001)
- New Wave B-Sides
- Against Me! (1997)
- Vivida Vis!
- (The Original Cowboy
- Total Clarity
- Black Crosses)
- "The Disco Before the Breakdown"
- "Cavalier Eternal"
- "Sink, Florida, Sink"
- "Don't Lose Touch"
- "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)"
- "White People for Peace"
- "Thrash Unreal"
- "Stop!"
- "I Was a Teenage Anarchist"
- "White Crosses"
- "High Pressure Low"
- "Russian Spies" / "Occult Enemies"
- "True Trans"
- "Unconditional Love"
- "Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ"
- "Stabitha Christie" / "First High of the Morning"
- "333"
- "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts"
- Discography
- We're Never Going Home
- Tranny
- Bought to Rot
- Stay Alive
- At War with the Silverfish