George Fraska (Hosni)

George Fraska (Hosni)
At West Lake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
Background information
Birth name	George Hosni
Born	(1975-08-03) August 3, 1975 (age 41) Monrovia, Liberia, Africa
Origin	El Paso, Texas
Genres	Punk rock, new wave, ska, reggae, electronic, skate rock, post-punk, industrial
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer, record label owner
Instruments	Guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, synthesizer, drum machine, vocals,
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	The Smiley Kids, FOUR!, Startled Calf, The Scooterz
Website	Red Ear Records

George Fraska (Hosni) (born August 3, 1975) is a songwriter and producer, who was born in Monrovia, Liberia, Africa. He is known for his role as lead vocalist, guitarist, and drummer for several underground bands such as Startled Calf, The Smiley Kids, Four!, the Scooterz and many other projects. Including an Operation Ivy coverband called The Freeze Up's and a Minor Threat coverband called Minor Treat.

Fraska is a multi-instrumentalist who plays drums, keyboards, bass, and guitar. In 1991, when he was 16, Fraska founded his first official band, Startled Calf, as drummer along with his friends Ralph Jasso, Omar Rodríguez-López, and Jimmy Hernandez. The band was only around for a couple years but accomplished much in the local scene. Band members later went on to start other successful projects. The first Startled Calf releases were released on cassette.

In the mid 90's Fraska played in several different underground projects such as FOUR! Food Plaza, Jerk, Disgruntled Fish, The Messy Hairs, and Three Frisky Kids...FOUR! became his priority as they got busy and started touring more and more, playing shows with many bands such as Reel Big Fish, AFI, Propagandhi, The Aquabats, Less Than Jake, Swinging Utters, The Queers, Against All Authority, T.S.O.L./Joykiller, Rancid, Suicide Machines, The Rudiments, F.Y.P, Link 80, Skankin' Pickle, Youth Brigade, No Use for a Name, Citizen Fish/Subhumans, and many other bands.