Christopher Wolstenholme
| Muse member | |
|---|---|
| Name | Christopher Tony Wolstenholme |
| Born | 2nd December 1978(Age 32) |
| 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
On the 2nd September, 2010, Chris invited fans out for a game of football in Manchester via Muse's Twitter. This resulted in a number of fans thinking that Muse's account has been hacked up until the moment when Chris tweeted a photo of himself and a football. Soon after, he got his own Twitter account (@CTWolstenholme).
He mostly uses Twitter to organise football matches with fans and chat with them about random things. He has also cracked a few jokes about Dom by tweeting that Dom can't kick a ball because his pants are too tight. When asked about Dom being straight, he replied that he thinks so, but when he looks at his wardrobe, he has serious doubts.
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 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 is 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[1].
- According to Wolstenholme's biography from Taste Media, Wolstenholme once almost choked on a Smarties cap.[2]
- Chris smokes but gave it up when the smoking ban came into force. In 2009 he took it up again & has been seen smoking a pipe. [3] In mid February 2011 he announced on twitter that was no longer smoking.[4] He smoked a Gamucchi Electric cigarette but announced that he was back to smoking regular cigarettes in May 2011. [5]
- 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.[6]
- In an interview with The Times magazine, he admitted to being a "raging alcoholic" and talked about the depths of his addiction. His father died of alcoholism when he was forty which brought Chris to realise he was well on that way. Half-way during the recording of The Resistance he checked into rehab and has been clean ever since.
- Chris is a ps3 fan according to one of his tweets; "You're a Nintendo fan, are you getting the 3DS? It makes me dizzy, personally" to which Chris responded with "Im more of a PS3 guy".
- Chris owns a massive collection of around 70 guitars. Including his touring "stuff."
- Chris plays as a centre forward when playing football.
Miscellaneous
- Wolstenholme's tattoos
- Wolstenholme's hair
- Wolstenholme's perfect girlfriend
- Wolstenholme's injuries
- The Legend of Pedro
- Wolstenholme's Twitter Account