Chris Holmes Mean Man

American heavy metal guitarist / songwriting legend CHRIS HOLMES MEAN MAN (of W.A.S.P.) plus support.

£25 adv. // 7pm

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CHRIS HOLMES MEAN MAN

Christopher John Holmes aka Chris Holmes is an American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band W.A.S.P.. Together with Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper, he was one of the founding members of W.A.S.P.. Since 2015 Chris is back with "Chris Holmes and The Mean Men" with Oliver Tindall (lead singer and guitar), Lex Gifford (bass) and Stephen Jackson (drums).

W.A.S.P.

Prior to meeting Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper, and joining W.A.S.P., Chris Holmes played guitar with Los Angeles bands Buster Savage, LAX, and Slave.Chris Holmes joined W.A.S.P. from 1983 to 1990, playing on the first four studio albums and the first live album. In 1996, Holmes rejoined W.A.S.P., and remained lead guitarist until 2001. Holmes has not played with W.A.S.P. since.
Randy Piper's Animal Chris Holmes was contacted by friend and former bandmate Randy Piper to join Piper's new project, Animal. Holmes quickly relocated to Ohio to prepare for Animal's upcoming "900 lb Steam" tour. The tour was considered successful, and after its conclusion, Animal recorded tracks for a new album, After Animal.

After he returned to Los Angeles in late 2003, he began working with several Southern California-based metal groups, producing and contributing guitar tracks. In 2007, Holmes was involved in the filming of a Randy Rhoads documentary directed by Peter M. Margolis, which is yet to be released. Holmes appears briefly in a 2009 episode of VH1's Rock Docs, "Do It For The Band: The Women of Sunset Strip." In the Summer of 2009 Holmes released Secret Society's "Death by Misadventure."

Where Angels Suffer and solo career In 2010, he joined Where Angels Suffer with Randy Piper on guitar, Steve Unger (Metal Church) on bass, Rich Lewis (Animal), on vocals, and Stet Howland on drums (Blackfoot, Lita Ford, Killing Machine, Belladonna, Impellitteri, Sister and W.A.S.P.). Ira Black has since replaced Piper. The band toured Europe for the first time in 2011.
On November 26, 2012, Chris Holmes released his first solo album Nothing to Lose and decided to produce, manage and distribute it himself along with his wife Catherine Holmes. After his first album, Chris started recording his second solo album, Shitting Bricks. On May 2, 2015, that album was released worldwide and on the same day Chris Holmes played his first concert in Nantes, France, with his new band Mean Man . Two of the songs were filmed live, and uploaded to the official YouTube channel.

In September 2018, Chris recorded the EP "Under the Influence" at Replug studio, mixed by Raphael Gary and produced by Chris and Catherine Holmes. It was released on the 2nd December 2018 in Dublin.

After the EP , the album Unbereable influences was released including under the influence Since 2019 Chris has introduced new members to Mean Man: guitarist ( WASP VOCAL) Oliver Tindall, bassist Lex Gifford and Stephen Jackson, drums.
Chris Holmes is the subject of the 2020 documentary Mean Man: The Story of Chris Holmes , directed by Antoine De Montremy and Laurent Hart. December 2021 he was diagnosed with throat and neck cancer, future plans had to be set on hold because of the necessary treatmentNovember 2022 Chris and his band take the road again for a uk tour successful . Even on recovery Chris Holmes burn the stage so happy to see his fans.

Artist: Chris Holmes