Franz Stahl

Franz and his brother Peter were raised in Bailey\'s Crossroads, Virginia, which they reference by putting the letters "BXR" in Scream\'s albums. Their father, Arnold, was a lawyer and also managed the DC rock band The Hangmen, who scored a regional hit with 1965\'s "What a Girl Can\'t Do". After learning guitar, Franz started playing in local Virginian bands with bassist Skeeter Thompson. In 1981 Franz and Thompson formed Scream in Alexandria, along with Peter and drummer Kent Stax.\n', '

After Scream broke up in 1990, Franz and Peter formed the band Wool, which even released the album Box Set for London Records but broke up in 1996. As Stahl visited a friend who was producing Japanese musician J, he found out that the drummer was fellow DC musician Scott Garrett, and that they needed a guitarist for the tour. Stahl accepted, and played around Japan as a member of J\'s backing band. Du…