Solo career (2002–present) At the beginning of his career, Perez befriended conga player and Cuban exile Lazaro Valdez On March 14, 2010, Perez announced that he had signed with Sanctuary Artist Management intending to release a new solo album.
Scars on Broadway (2008–2012) After recording an album and posting their first track online, titled "They Say", Scars on Broadway collaborators
Daron Malakian and
John Dolmayan (both of
System of a Down) recruited new members to perform for upcoming live shows. In the same year, Malakian, Dolmayan, former System of a Down bassist
Shavo Odadjian and Perez performed together at Odadjian's Halloween party at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood on October 31, 2009. On April 13, 2010, Scars on Broadway announced that they were performing a comeback show at The Troubadour in West Hollywood on Sunday, May 2, 2010. During the show, they debuted a new song, reportedly titled "Talkin' Shit", and were joined on stage by Shavo Odadjian, on third guitar, for two songs. On September 22, 2012, Scars on Broadway performed their first concert in over 2 years at the Epicenter Festival in Irvine, Ca. Franky Perez did not appear, and he confirmed on Facebook that he was no longer in the band.
Other work In 2009,
Slash announced that Perez was part of his live band, along with
John 5,
Chris Chaney,
Jason Bonham and
Teddy Andreadis, to perform at his headlining appearance at the Quart Festival on June 30 in Kristiansand, Norway. He was once again part of Slash's live band, this time on lead vocals, at his show in Las Vegas on October 2 the same year. On September 10, Perez performed at the
Ozzy Osbourne tribute at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. Guests at the tribute included
Henry Rollins,
Tommy Lee, Slash,
Billy Bob Thornton,
Lemmy and
Corey Taylor among others. On June 20, 2009, Perez announced via his official Myspace that he was in the studio collaborating with Velvet Revolver guitarist
Dave Kushner. Perez had briefly been hired as vocalist of Velvet Revolver in 2008 before the band changed their mind. The songs recorded were released under the pseudonym of
DKFXP (a combination of both Perez and Kushner's initials), the first released on September 19 titled
Party of One. On November 16, another song, titled
The Collapse, was made available to download. On December 1, Perez listed all the songs that had been released for free previously, as well as the codes to download them, including the song
Beyond the Wire which was previously only available to US troops serving in the war. In October, Perez stated on his Twitter account that he and Kushner were jamming with
Weezer bassist
Scott Shriner and his Scars on Broadway bandmate, drummer
John Dolmayan. Also in 2009, Perez recorded a cover of
The Who's
Slip Kid with
heavy metal group
Anvil, released on
Songs of Anarchy a 2011 album featuring music from the
FX television series "
Sons of Anarchy". In 2012, Perez performed a cover of Stevie Wonder's, "Higher Ground" for the fifth-season soundtrack of 'Sons of Anarchy', along with Sons of Anarchy house band, The Forest Rangers. In 2010, a cover band of musicians and
Ducati enthusiasts, called Ducati All-Stars, was announced featuring guitarists
Billy Morrison (Camp Freddy,
The Cult,
Circus Diablo),
Steve Jones (
Sex Pistols),
Steve Stevens (
Billy Idol),
Chris Wyse (The Cult) on bass, Jason Bonham (
Led Zeppelin) on drums, and
Donovan Leitch (Camp Freddy),
Mark McGrath (
Sugar Ray) and Perez on vocals. They played their first show at the Roxy Theatre, Saturday, January 2. The group plan on performing more shows, including a possible tour of the West Coast and overseas. After performing together at the "Giving 2010" benefit event on May 3, 2010, Perez formed the cover band "Carnival of Dogs" with
Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Camp Freddy, formerly of
Guns N' Roses and The Cult),
Tracii Guns (
L.A. Guns,
Brides of Destruction) and
Phil Soussan (formerly of Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol and
Vince Neil). As of 2015, he is the exclusive singer on the vocal tracks for the new
Apocalyptica album,
Shadowmaker. He will also sing on the subsequent live shows. Regarding the possibility of having him as an official member, Apocalyptica co-founder
Eicca Toppinen said "it's too early to think about it but nothing is decided! Now we got the record done and then we will have touring more or less for 2 years and at the end of that time or sometime during those 2 years we will know. But it wouldn't be an impossible option to have Franky [...]". ==Discography==