Chris Holmes

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Chris Holmes (2014)

Christopher John "Chris" Holmes (born June 23, 1958 in Glendale , California ) is an American musician who became known in the 1980s as the guitarist of the heavy metal band WASP .

biography

Christopher John Holmes was born in Glendale and raised in Pasadena . As an 11-year-old, he came into conflict with the law when he was caught behind the wheel of a car. At the age of 13 he met the later Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen , who lived in his neighborhood. Later he played the Van Halen album Women and Children First with a guitar borrowed from Chris ( Ibanez Destroyer). At the age of 14, Holmes had already caused several total write-offs to cars, and at the age of 15 he left school without a degree to move to Los Angeles. There Holmes kept himself afloat with odd jobs and played in bands like Lax, Hit and Run or Slave, before he met Blackie Lawless in 1976 and played with him in the band Sister, from which WASP emerged in 1982 . Holmes played in the band until 1989 before he left and founded his band Psycho Squad . In 1997 Holmes returned to WASP and played on three other studio albums until 2001 before he left again. A subsequent European tour with Chris as a replacement for Tracii Guns at the LA Guns was canceled at short notice. After leaving WASP, he became guitarist for Animal , the band of former WASP guitarist Randy Piper . The band also worked with ex-WASP drummer Tony Richards . His guest appearance in this band did not last long. The musical documentary Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years by Penelope Spheeris from 1988, in which a completely drunk Holmes pestered his mother by the pool, can definitely be described as the low point of his career . In addition, he served several sentences for various offenses. Chris Holmes was married to rock musician Lita Ford . At the end of 2012 the album Nothing To Lose was released . a. Ex- Motörhead member Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor plays the drums.

Discography

Albums with WASP

  • 1984: WASP
  • 1985: The Last Command
  • 1986: Inside the Electric Circus
  • 1987: Live ... in the RAW (Live album)
  • 1989: The Headless Children
  • 1997: KFD
  • 1998: Double Live Assassins (live album)
  • 1999: Helldorado
  • 2000: The Best of the Best Vol.1 (Best of)
  • 2000: The Sting (Live)
  • 2001: Unholy Terror

Solo albums

  • 2012: Nothing to Lose

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WASP history .
  2. ↑ Paul A. Royd: WASP The good, bad taste . In: Metal Hammer , No. 10/1984, p. 9.
personal data
SURNAME Holmes, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holmes, Christopher John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendale , California