• Birth 1956 (approx 42 years) • R.I.P. Thu 20 Aug 1998 (approx 68 years)Bands (2 numbers or more)
Releases (10 numbers or more)
- The Orange Album (Tue 01 Aug 1978)
- Frost and Fire (Sat 31 Jan 1981)
- King of the Dead (Mon 02 Jul 1984)
- Cirith Uncool / Sara’s Uncool (Sun 01 Dec 1985)
- One Foot In Hell (Tue 12 Aug 1986)
- Paradise Lost (Fri 23 Aug 1991)
- Servants of Chaos (Sat 05 May 2001)
- Falcon (Mon 24 May 2004)
- Half Past Human (Fri 28 May 2021)
- Dark Parade (Fri 20 Oct 2023)
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Guitars 1972-87🎸. Old official page was guitars from 1971 – 1988. Jerry, Doug Young, Tim McDonell and Tim Gibson had worked on the Mighty Mite. Classmates were Robert Garven, Greg Lindstrom, Patrick Galligan, Neil Beattie and Tim Baker. Brother of Richard Fogle. Jerry’s name day is 1 May. Timothy Michaelsen used to play Cirith Ungle on the radio at KKBZ in the Early 80s that’s how Timothy met this great guy, Jerry Fogle.
Jerry quit the band after the release of One Foot In Hell because he was depressed at the fact we had been together for about fifteen years and although we had sold quite a few albums and had lots of fans worldwide we could never seem to get the support we feel we deserved. Our goal was to get signed to a major record label, so we could go tour Europe, where we had always dreamed of going to play. We would work at the band room four or five nights a week answering fan mail, writing new songs and playing for our local fans. We kept waiting for a big break that never came. After Jerry left the band he stopped playing, and his life seem to spiral downhill. He was drinking pretty heavily, and he finally drank himself to death, alone sad and unhappy. I talked to him recently before his death, and he finally admitted that his leaving the band was a huge mistake which he had regretted all along. The sad thing about his death is the loss and squandering of so much talent. Listening to Jerry’s solos sometimes bring tears to my eyes, he played with so much feeling and emotion. One solo that comes to mind is the double lead in “Cirith Ungol”, the intertwining guitars weave a tale of sadness and hopelessness which I feel is the high point in our long and sad tale. I miss him very much, not that we were that close at the end, but I miss his talent which is lost forever!
Robert Garven, Metal Nightmare interview 2000
With Jerry Fogle gone we have lost one of the greatest unheralded guitarists ever to walk the earth.
Greg Lindstrom, interview
Jerry Fogle should be mentioned in the same breath as Tommy Bolin and Randy Rhoades. I’m going to make it my personal mission to get CDs to every guitar magazine I can so more people can discover what an incredible guitar player he was.
Greg Lindstrom, interview by Patrick Lefevre
I have no source from the band, but most likely his real name was Jerald Alan Fogle, who died 42 year old, but other explanation that it is not the same person. Los Angeles Time: Fogle, Jerald Alan, 42, of Ventura, computer programmer. Ted Mayr Funeral Home, Ventura.
He unfortunately died of liver failure 20th Aug 1998. Rest in peace.
Memorian:
- Cirith Ungol – Paradise Lost (Fri 23 Aug 1991): VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO: …Jerry Fogle, …
- Cirith Ungol – Servants of Chaos (Sat 05 May 2001): This album is dedicated to our fallen comrade Jerry Fogle. Rest in Peace.
- Falcon – Falcon (Mon 24 May 2004): Dedicated to the late Jerry Fogle, original guitarist of CIRITH UNGOL / This album is dedicated to our fallen comrade Jerry Fogle. Rest in Peace, Brother!
- Cirith Ungol – Half Past Human (Fri 28 May 2021): Rob: …Jerry Fogle…
- Cirith Ungol – Frost and Fire (40th Anniversary Edition) (1981/Fri 17 Dec 2021): We would like to dedicate this album to the memory of Jerry Fogle, …, and all our friends that have passed beyond the vell.
- Cirith Ungol – Dark Parade (Fri 20 Oct 2023): ROB: …JERRY FOGLE…
- CU@FB
Great guy!
Cirith Ungol was a great band, and Jerry a talented and awesome guitar player!! I remember back 1987 when my brother and I bought the album King Of The Dead. Was love at first listen. I remember much people here in my town just didn´t understand why we liked so much the band, but for us they where great and still is up today. RIP Jerry, you were underated by the mainstream, but you were great for we the fans!!!
he was great guitarist, when I listen he for first time, in King of the dead albun, I think sound like mystic, like tony Iommi.
I knew Jerry in those (early to mid 70s and 80s) days in Ventura fantastic player nice guy the real deal for sure! RIP
If the world we live in was ruled by justice and logic and if music world was ruled by music lovers and not by money-hungry sharks, Jerry would now be a guitar-icon like Eddy Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix or Yngwie Malmsteen. I’m talking as a guitar player and as a fan, he had a true unique style. His use of a raw alternate picking mixed with arpeggios and dream-like melodies still amazes me. The double leads he created on “Cirith Ungol” and “Nadsokor” are some of the best things I’ve ever heard from a six string… Rest in peace Jerry, I really want to think my love for your music can reach you, wherever you are.
Sad. Not only that Jerry died, but also the fact that he was so depressed because of the band not receiving the credit and recognition they deserved.
Cirith Ungol was definitely one of the finest metal bands ever, and the fact that they still have a huge fan base is the best proof.
Thanks Rob. Jerry’s death so long ago, i just discovered recently that news. Thats for that post Rob. I post quite a bit on really obscure sites in the hope they are read or discovered. I will most definely continue to contribute. The Cirith Ungol webpit allows this. Cirith Ungol band members and loyal fans have shouldered and kept Cirith Ungol alive. Jerry is still with the band except in a different way.