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Fred Sablan
Fred Sablan, 1997 performing with the band CRACK
Background information
Birth name	Fred Sablan
Genre(s)	Punk rock, experimental, hard rock, alternative metal,
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter,
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, guitar
Years active	1989–present
Label(s)	Ipecac
Associated acts	Marilyn Manson, Goon Moon, Crack
Notable instrument(s)
Bass, Guitar

Fred Sablan is multi-talented musician, from Los Angeles, California. In the late nineties, Sablan performed as the guitarist for the punk band Crack. Which was described by journalist Todd S. Inoue as "Cupertino's punk-noise surrealists." ^[1] Sablan's most notable presence to the Manson fanbase came from his involvement as both a bassist and occasional guitarist for Jeordie White aka Twiggy's side project Goon Moon, Sablan also is involved in his own personal project, titled Birthday Twin which is described as being "punk-experimental-blues." Sablan describes this project to be "born out of all kinds of music,...i record whatever i feel like with the emphasis being on film score and live mood creating"

His personal influences include, Morricone, Spacemen 3, Mogwai, NEU!, David Axelrod, Primal Scream, Harry partch, Terry Riley, Slayer, Silver Apples, UNKLE, Bert Jansch, Bad Brains, Iggy Pop, CAN,and Sonic Youth.

July 25th, 2010 the band lineup for Marilyn Manson hinted that Fred Sablan had been contributing to the recording sessions of the new album, as Fred was listed as a member.

Trivia

fred, the tree man

Marilyn Manson painted Fred as a Tree man in one of his recent in progress paintings ^[2] (shown bottom right)

Official Links

Twitter
Fred Sablan's Blogspot
Facebook
MySpace

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