Fullerton, California

Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 126,003.

Culture and recreation

Fullerton is home to a vibrant music scene. It was a center for the Orange County hardcore punk music, scene, producing acts such as The Adolescents, Agent Orange, Social Distortion, and TSOL. Gwen Stefani, lead vocalist of the alternative rock group No Doubt, was a student at CSUF and the group performed there regularly. Other popular groups from the area include The Offspring, Thrice, and Lit.

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Orange County hardcore punk music - The Adolescents - Agent Orange - Social Distortion - TSOL - Gwen Stefani - Alternative rock - No Doubt - The Offspring - Thrice, - Lit

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Contributing greatly to Fullerton's musical heritage was the Fender musical instrument company, whose products such as the Stratocaster and Telecaster electric guitars, Precision Bass bass guitar, and Twin Reverb guitar amplifier revolutionized the music business and contributed greatly to the development of rock and roll. (A list of notable rock performers who did not use a Fender product at some point in their careers would be very short.) Leo Fender sold the company to CBS in 1964; production continued in the Fullerton plant until 1985, when the then-ruined company was sold to a group of private investors. (It was later reconstituted as Fender Musical Instrument Corporation, with its major production facilities in neighboring Corona, California and across the US-Mexico border in Ensenada, Baja California, and its headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.) In 1980, Leo Fender and his original partner George Fullerton (relation to the Fullerton founder of the same name unknown) reunited and started a new company, G&L (George and Leo) Guitars, which currently occupies the old Fender factory in Fullerton.

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Fender - Stratocaster - Telecaster - Electric guitar - Precision Bass - Bass guitar - Guitar amplifier - Rock and roll - Leo Fender - CBS - Corona, California - Ensenada, Baja California - Scottsdale, Arizona - George Fullerton - G&L

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The Muckenthaler Cultural Center on Malvern Avenue near Euclid Avenue houses a museum, art galleries, two symphony orchestras, and a theater group.

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The Fullerton Museum Center is a multidisciplinary exhibit space housed in the old Carnegie Library downtown.

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Carnegie - Downtown

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The Fullerton Civic Light Opera, one of the largest theatre companies in Southern California, is based at the Plummer Auditorium.

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Fullerton maintains 45 city parks and is home to the Craig Regional Park and Ralph B. Clark Regional Park. The Fullerton Arboretum comprises 26 acres (105,000 m²) of sculpted gardens and unusual plants in northeastern Fullerton. Additionally the city features approximately 200 acres (0.8 km²) of recreational land in the Brea Dam Recreational Area, plus an equestrian center and trails, two golf courses, and the Janet Evans Swim Complex.

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Craig Regional Park - Ralph B. Clark Regional Park - Fullerton Arboretum - Janet Evans

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