Fletcher Dragge is the lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

 player

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

 of the punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band

Musical ensemble

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 Pennywise

Pennywise (band)

Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....

, which was formed in 1988.

Before he joined Pennywise, he was also in the local punk rock band CON/800. He has also produced

Record producer

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 records for bands like 98 Mute

98 Mute

98 Mute was a hardcore punk band from Hermosa Beach, California. They were formed in 1993, and signed to Theologian Records in 1995. Their first, self-titled album was released in 1996, and the band was featured on several skate videos and compilations of Californian punk. In 1997, the group toured...

, 1208

1208 (band)

1208 is a punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California that formed in 1994.The name "1208" came from the apartment number they first shared. To date, they have released two full-length studio albums on Epitaph Records: Feedback Is Payback and Turn of the Screw...

, Engrave, and Cigar.

Due to his large frame (6'8", and at least 350 lbs) Fletcher plays a 1 and 1/4 size RG420 guitar, custom built for him by Ibanez

Ibanez

is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...

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Fletcher was also a student at Mira Costa High School

Mira Costa High School

Mira Costa High School is a four-year public high school located in Manhattan Beach, California, United States that first began operating in 1950. It is the only high school in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District...

 (where former Pennywise

Pennywise (band)

Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....

 lead singer Jim Lindberg

Jim Lindberg

James William Lindberg is an American singer and guitarist. Active since the 1980s, when he played in local bands in his early career, Lindberg is best known for being the frontman and songwriter of the influential punk rock band Pennywise, where he had remained as a member for 21 years...

 attended) from 1981 to 1984.

Fletcher, along with the other members of Pennywise, supported both anti-liberal and anti-conservative views on the government, leading many to call him and the others anarchists, Despite this, Fletcher, is a supporter of Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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-Libertarian

Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...

 candidate Ron Paul

Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

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Fletcher has been one of the most memorable guests on Loveline

Loveline

Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in North America, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, typically actors and musicians. Its flagship station is KROQ-FM in Los Angeles....

. His first time on the show in 1995, he became incredibly inebriated and vomited all over the studio, followed by chasing host Dr. Drew around attempting to purposely vomit on him. On June 7, 1999, the next time Pennywise was invited back, proceeded to drink alcohol throughout the entire show, and midway through the show claimed he had a bomb, barricaded the door, and threatened to blow up the studio.