Gonzalo Quintana III (January 29, 1962 – March 12, 2018), also known as Charlie Quintana or Chalo, was an American rock and

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. He is best known as a founding member of the band

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and as the drummer for the punk rock band

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from 2000 to 2009.

Career

Quintana was born in

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. He was a member of 1970s punk band

(which became a popular roots band in the 1980s), Cruzados, The Havalinas,

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, and toured and/or recorded with

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, Cracker,

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, Mark Curry, Jimmy and the Mustangs, 47C and many others. He was briefly a member of

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, appearing on their 1996 album ''Virtually Indestructible''. Quintana toured with Social Distortion member

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'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

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(of D.O.A. and Danzig), and following the death of the band's guitarist

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. He was present on Social Distortion's critically acclaimed comeback '' Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll'' (2004), and their 2007 ''

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'' 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

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, who appeared on the next Social Distortion album, ''

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'' in 2011. Shortly after the album was released,

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became the band's new drummer.

Death

Quintana died of a heart attack on March 12, 2018, at the age of 56 at his home in

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References

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