Christopher Wolstenholme

Chris Wolstenholme

Muse member
Name	Christopher Tony Wolstenholme
Born	2nd December 1978
Hometown	Rotherham, Yorkshire
Plays	Bass guitar, double bass, guitar, backing vocals, keyboard, harmonica
Band members	Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard
Associated acts	Fixed Penalty, Rocket Baby Dolls, and Muse

Chris' childhood

Chris was born on the 2nd of December 1978 in Rotherham, Yorkshire (home of the Chuckle Brothers) but also moved to Devon during his teenage years (at age 11). His mum would buy records regularly, influencing his interest in music. He started by learning to play the guitar, followed by the drums. Chris played drums with a local band named Fixed Penalty, before leaving to learn and play the bass when he met Dom and Matt, creating the Rocket Baby Dolls.

Music

Chris plays bass and provides backing vocals, as well as the occasional synthesizer lines (such as on Hysteria). When the band started playing Plug In Baby live, he asked for a new set of strings to be put on his bass each time they played it, to get just the right sound he wanted. Chris is a fan of Status Quo.

Previous jobs

• Guitar shop assistant

Trivia

• Chris is married with kids. He once lost his wedding ring at a gig in Japan, but got it back when a fan returned it (for which they received a lifetime supply of Muse gigs).
• Wolstenholme is well-known as the least vocal member of the band, leaving the majority of interviews and other promotional activities to Howard and Bellamy.
• Wolstenholme hates the photo on the top right.
• Wolstenholme injured his arm during a football match with Didz Hammond of The Cooper Temple Clause.
• Wolstenholme supports The Millers (Rotherham United FC).
• Wolstenholme had an IBM T60 laptop, but it is now broken due to tonic water spills and space bar demolition. Instead, he now owns a Macbook Pro.
• Chris a fan of video games and the Nintendo 64. His favorite game is "The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time".
• Apart from Black Holes & Revelations, Wolstenholme has spawned a baby with wife Kelly around the time each album is out. (Baby No.5 was the cause of Muse having to cancel shows in Kansas City and St. Louis.)
• Wolstenholme's children are named Alfie, Ava Jo, Frankie, Ernie and Buster.
• According to Wolstenholme's biography from Taste Media, Wolstenholme once almost choked on a Smarties cap.
• Chris smokes but gave it up when the smoking ban came into force. Recently he took it up again & has been seen smoking a pipe.
• Chris was lucky enough to once get to stand in on a sound-check with his idols, Status Quo.
• Chris is often seen headbanging during music videos and live performances. In 2006 he explained in an interview how he damaged his neck & hired a sports therapist to work out the knots from years of physical abuse. Wolstenholme rarely headbanged during the Black Holes tour, but has started headbanging again.

Miscellaneous

• Wolstenholme's tattoos
• Wolstenholme's hair
• Wolstenholme's perfect girlfriend
• Wolstenholme's injuries
• The Legend of Pedro

See also

Archived interviews with Christopher Wolstenholme

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