Charlie Quintana, Drummer for Cracker, Social Distortion Dies at 56
El Paso, Texas-born Quintana played with a series of punk bands including The Plugz, Crazados and The Havalinas and toured/recorded with everyone from Bob Dylan and Jond Doe to Joan Osborne
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Quintana was born in El Paso, Texas. He was a member of 1970s punk band The Plugz (which became a popular roots band in the 1980s), Cruzados, The Havalinas, Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds, and toured and/or recorded with Joan Osborne, John Doe, Cracker, Bob Dylan, Mark Curry, Jimmy and the Mustangs, 47C and many others. He was briefly a member of Agent Orange, appearing on their 1996 album Virtually Indestructible. Quintana toured with Social Distortion member Mike Ness's solo band and recorded with him on his second solo offering Under the Influences (1999).
Quintana joined Social Distortion in 2000 as the replacement
for Chuck Biscuits (of D.O.A. and Danzig), and following the death of the
band's guitarist Dennis Danell. He was present on Social Distortion's
critically acclaimed comeback Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll (2004), and their
2007 Greatest Hits compilation. In April 2009, Quintana left Social Distortion
to explore other musical opportunities, and to spend more time with his
family. He was replaced by session drummer Josh Freese, who appeared on
the next Social Distortion album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes in 2011.
Shortly after the album was released, David Hidalgo, Jr. became the band's new
drummer.
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