2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
On December 2, 1978, in a town called Rotherham, which is located in England, the future musician, vocalist of a rock band, Christopher Tony "Chris" Wolstenholme, was born.
Youth. The Emergence of a Group
Christopher grew up in his hometown, and as a teenager he moved to Teignmouth, Devon, where his passion for music began. It was there that Chris began playing drums in one of the local post-punk bands. In the same building where his group rehearsed, there was another one, which included Bellamy Matthew and Howard Dominic. One day, the two approached Wolstenholme and asked him to join their band, as they needed a bass player. It should be noted that at that time Chris practically did not know how to play the guitar, but he accepted the offer of Matthew and Dominic, urgently starting to learn how to play this instrument. This is how Muse was formed.
Private life
Chris Wolstenholme's personal life has been great. Already in 2003, his third child was born. In the same year, Christopher married a girl named Kelly, with whom he had long maintained a close relationship. Now the couple has six children, the youngest will soon be three years old, the eldest -17 years. Wolstenholme is not without reason called an exemplary family man. Being on tour, and just outside his family nest, the musician does not forget about his loved ones, constantly calling and inquiring about the state of affairs.
In 2010, the rock musician's family moved to Ireland, to Dublin, and in 2011 returned to London. Despite living away from his hometown since childhood, Chris Wolstenholme continues to cheer for his Rotherham football team.
Chris holds a Distinguished Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Plymouth.
Bad habits
In the summer of 2010, the media aired an interview with Chris and his band in which he confesses his alcohol addiction. Chris Wolstenholme did not hesitate to talk about this problem, and when the time came, he went into treatment and went through a rehabilitation course. As the musician later said, he was inspired to such measures by the story of his father, who was also an alcoholic and died when Chris was seventeen years old. The rehabilitation was successful, since then Christopher does not drink alcohol at all, and as a result, his relationship has improved not only with his family, but also with his colleagues.
Another of Chris' bad habits is smoking. He smoked more than a pack of cigarettes every day, and in 2010 he started smoking a pipe. Attempts to get rid of this addiction were made by him repeatedly, he even tried to smoke electronic cigarettes. However, it was only five years ago that he finally managed to quit smoking.
Muse
Chris Wolstenholme has undoubtedly had a very big influence on the work of his band. This is definitely due to his great love for hard rock. Both the fans and the band members themselves admit that it was Wolstenholme who brought some zest and rigidity to their compositions. In 2011, the popular music magazine Gigwise, or rather, its readers, recognized Chris as the best bassist of all time. Obviously, such a title must be earned.
But Wolstenholme not only participates in the group as a bass player, he is also a backing vocalist of the band. He wrote and performed several songs on his own. Some of them are related to the topic of alcoholism, others talk about love. In particular, talking later about the meaning of his songs, Chris explained that with the help of them he thanked his wife, who saved him from alcoholism, pulled him out of this hole.
"Christopher Wolstenholme is a man who brought something new to rock music, his style and manner of playing keep you in suspense throughout the concert," is how music critics say about him today.
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