Editing Derf Scratch (section)

==Personal life==
The nickname Derf was actually given to him by his parents when he was a child, it is simply Fred spelled backwards, he carried the name practically all his life.<ref name="Lott 2013 pp. 134–147">{{cite journal | last=Lott | first=Bret | title=The Fixer: The Making of Frank Price | journal=The Virginia Quarterly Review | publisher=University of Virginia | volume=89 | issue=1 | year=2013 | issn=0042-675X | jstor=26446652 | pages=134–147 | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26446652 | access-date=2022-03-28}}</ref>

Derf was ostracized from the ''Saturday Night Live'' cast as it was suspected that he contributed to John Belushi's death by giving him his first taste of heroin. To make matters worse Derf did an interview with Bob Woodward for the book "Wired" in which he exposed a lot of the rampant drug use in John's circle of friends. On the night John Belushi died, Derf claimed he was looking for John who was late for a Blues Brother's rehearsal which Derf 
was to attend for the first time as the new bass player.

Scratch met his wife Tammy in 1992 who at the time called herself "Rita Blackwood". They married in 1996. She was a member of Derf Scratch and Friends who played keyboards and sang vocals.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.markprindle.com/scratch-i.htm |title=Derf "Fred" Scratch interview |publisher=MarkPrindle.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>

Scratch was a real estate agent who had passed his test during his early days with Fear.<ref name="interview" /> He shared a desk with his parents at the realtor and would tell them he was going to look for properties, but would go to Lee Ving's place to brainstorm ideas for the band.<ref name="interview" />