Chris Mike

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Chris Mike (real name: Christoph Michael Müller ) (born October 12, 1961 in Einbeck ) is a German guitarist , music producer and composer .

Life

Although born in Lower Saxony, Chris spent his childhood - due to his father's job - in several southern German regions, starting with Großostheim near Aschaffenburg , via Bopfingen (Baden-Württemberg), where he started school in 1968, via Munich (1972–1973), via Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale (1974–1977, secondary school) to Langensendelbach near Forchheim (1977–1978, secondary school). Post-high school Chris began training as an office administrator at the Nuremberg Citroën representative Car Ley , whose co-owner of the future president of the 1. FC Nuremberg , Gerd Schmelzer was. In 1981 Chris graduated.

In 1982 he met Margit Göller (born November 26, 1962) in Bamberg , whom he married in 1983. Daughter Annika-Patrizia (born October 16, 1983) emerged from the marriage. The marriage lasted 14 years and divorced in June 1997. Chris has been living in Ebensfeld near Lichtenfels since the end of 2011 .

Musical career

Chris found his love for the guitar back in 1975 when he first heard Guitar King from Hank the Knife and the Jets . To learn the instrument, he began finally in 1976, impressed by the title Verde from Ricky King . From then on Chris looked for titles in which the "Twang" guitar of the 1960s / 1970s dominated. He received impressions for this from Hank the Knife and the Jets, The Shadows , The Spotnicks , Duane Eddy , Ricky King and Johnny Cash . In November 1980 he founded his first band Midnight Shadows with some friends . Style: Rockabilly & Country. Chris acted as band leader and lead guitarist. His “twang solos”, played on a Fender Stratocaster or a Fender VI bass, became his trademark and that of the band. The band produced three singles by 1985 ( Harry Boy , Jugglin Joe , Paris ) and the album Guitarfire , of which over 80,000 copies were sold within 14 months.

The sudden end came on November 17, 1985. Singer Werner Harter and guitarist Marco Geipel died in a car accident after a performance in the Hemmerleinhalle in Neunkirchen am Brand . Chris stayed afloat until 1991 as a studio guitarist and disc jockey (DJ).

In 1992 he founded the independent label CRI-LEX Records in Bamberg, Franconia, with his business partner Alexander Drißl . The label produces artists such as Rockin 'Roary , Sigi-Der Mann aus den Bergen, The Chat, Chainbreaker, General B. Power’s , Silvia Amadas (ex-partner of Drafi Deutscher ), Jörg Simon, Country Anne and many more. At the beginning of 1996, Drißl left the company and withdrew from the music business. After his divorce in 1997, Chris Mike broke down his tents in Bamberg and moved the company and his place of residence to Eckental near Nuremberg . The label was expanded to include a music publisher , a digital video studio and its own sound carrier distribution.

In 1997 he founded a new band called Thunder-the legend , which successfully established itself in the country scene. Since 2015, Chris Mike and Thunder - The legend have been the first German band to use the virtual medium Second Life for virtual live performances.

Instruments

Chris Mike prefers to use Fender electric guitars , mainly Stratocaster and Fender VI bass models.

Producer activity

Between 1992 and today, Chris Mike produced among other things

Discography

With the band "Midnight Shadows" (later: Thunder)

  • 1982 Harry Boy - 7 ″ single, download (self-distribution)
  • 1983 Jugglin Joe - 7 ″ single, download (self-distribution)
  • 1983 Paris - 7 ″ single, download (self-distribution)
  • 1984 Guitarfire - 12 ″ LP & MC (METRONOME)

Recordings as solo artist "Mike Spit" (vocalist)

  • 1991 Hasta Manana - 7 ″ single, download (EMI)
  • 1992 Romantic Duets (with Sylvia Engel) - Musiccassette / Vinyl LP (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2009 Some Broken Hearts never Mend - CD single, download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2011 The Ways Of A Woman In Love - CD single, download (CRI-LEX Records)

Recordings as a solo artist (instrumentalist guitar)

  • 1993 Margit-Serenade - 7 ″ single, download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 1995 (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - 7 ″ single (gold status), download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 1998 Sound Of The Romantic Guitar - CD-Album, Download (CRISMA Music)
  • 1998 Christmas In Guitar Sound - CD-Album & MC, Download (CRISMA Music)
  • 2000 ... Plays Best Of Guitar - CD-Album, Download (CRISMA Music)
  • 2001 Darkness Of Sept. 11th - Maxi-CD, (Benefit CD for September 11th), Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2007 Rhapsody In Black - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2010 Golden Hits in Guitar Sound - CD-Album, Download (CRISMA Music)
  • 2011 Radio 2000-Guitar on 45 - Maxi-CD, Download (CRISMA / CRI-LEX Records)

With the band "Thunder - the legend" (style country rock )

  • 1999 Return Of The Twanging Guitar - CD album & 12 ″ LP (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2000 Countrydancing - CD album, (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2000 Country-Christmas - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2001 Six-Bass-Impressions - CD-Album, Download (5 STAR Music NT)
  • 2002 The Rockabilly Days - CD album, (CRISMA Records)
  • 2003 We Save Our Souls For Country - CD-Album, (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2004 Walls Of A Prison - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2006 Things Change - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2007 Black Cheat - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2010 Drivin 'my Life away - CD single, download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2013 Take Hold Of My hands - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2014 She Passes By ... - CD-Maxi, 12 "Vinyl-Maxi, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2015 LIVE! - CD double album, download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2016 LIVE! -The Secondlife Sessions - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2017 Anniversary - 20 Years and not yet the End - CD-Album, Download (CRI-LEX Records)
  • 2018 New Country Rock Vol. 15 - CD-Album, Compilation, Title: "Drivin´My Life Away" (ZYX Music)

Awards

  • Rockin 'Roary's album The Guard Of Rock´n Roll wasawarded gold in1995 in the USA .
  • Jörg Simons' single Bei dir was awarded gold in 1995.
  • Chris Mike's own single (Ghost) Riders in the Sky also reached gold status in late 1995.
  • General B'Powers' single Love So Beautiful , as well as the video clip of the same name, won gold in 1994.
  • Nadine Spruß 'single My Own True Love won gold in 2001
  • King Eagle Award "Best Independent Single of the Year" for the production of single Rockin 'Up the Country of Rockin' Roary 1995
  • Travis Truitt's album KISS received the 2008 ACMF Award in Austria for “Best International Sound Carrier”.
  • Album BLACK CHEAT by Thunder - The Legend was awarded gold in Austria in 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. track4.de