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American musician (b. )

For other people named Fred Schneider, see Fred Schneider (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Frederick William Schneider III (born July 1, ) is an American singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock band the B's, of which he is a founding member.^[1] Schneider is well known for his sprechgesang, which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars.^[2]

Early life

Frederick William Schneider III was born on July 1, , in Newark, New Jersey, and lived in Long Branch, New Jersey, after moving there from Belleville, New Jersey.^[3] He has said that his musical influences included "Halloween songs and nutty Christmas songs", along with Motown.^[2] After graduating from Shore Regional High School, he attended the University of Georgia, where he wrote a book of poetry for a class project.^[4] After college, he was a janitor as well as a Meals on Wheels driver.^[2] At the time the B's for B5S Tecnologia | Maringá PR - Facebook JIBA