Chis Shiflett é americano, nasceu em 6 de Maio de 1971 em Santa Barbara, California. É o atual guitarrista do Foo Fighters.
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Chris Shiflett nasceu no dia 6 de maio de 1971, é o guitarrista da banda Foo Fighters, entrando na banda após o lançamento do seu terceiro álbum, chamado There Is Nothing Left to Lose, em 1999. O primeiro álbum que ele gravou pelo Foo Fighters foi o posterior, chamado One by One. Shiflett também é guitarrista da banda cover de punk rock Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, desde 1995.
Shiflett começou sua carreira musical em uma banda chamada Lost Kittenz com os atuais membros do Sugarcult. Então, em 1995 entrou como guitarrista para a banda de punk rock No Use For A Name. Mas, logo após o outro guitarrista do Foo Fighters ter saído começaram os testes para a contratação do novo, e foi aí que Shiflett viu sua chance e conseguiu a vaga.
Sua saída foi repentina, no momento em que o No Use For A Name estava prestes a sair em turnê do álbum More Betterness. Ele foi substituído por Dave Nassie, do Suicidal Tendencies.
Chris tem um projeto paralelo sob o nome de Jackson United e já lançaram 2 cds.
Seu irmão Scott Shiflett tocou numa das mais conhecidas bandas de punk rock dos anos 90, Face to Face.
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Chris Shiflett (born May 6, 1971 in Santa Barbara, California) is best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters. Shiflett joined Foo Fighters after the release of their third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The first album he played on was One by One. Prior to joining the Foo Fighters, Shiflett was resident lead guitarist for the Bay Area punk rock band No Use for a Name. The Foo Fighters had lost both of their previous guitarists, Pat Smear (who played in punk legends The Germs and had been Nirvana’s touring guitarist) and his Foos replacement, Dave Grohl’s former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl, and were holding open auditions. Seeing an opportunity that he knew he could not pass up, he quickly parted ways with his former band to audition.
Chris Shiflett (born May 6, 1971 in Santa Barbara, California) is best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters. Shiflett joined Foo Fighters after the release of their third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The first album he played on was One by One. Prior to joining the Foo Fighters, Shiflett was resident lead guitarist for the Bay Area punk rock band No Use for a Name. The Foo Fighters had lost both of their previous guitarists, Pat Smear (who played in punk legends The Germs and had been Nirvana’s touring guitarist) and his Foos replacement, Dave Grohl’s former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl, and were holding open auditions. Seeing an opportunity that he knew he could not pass up, he quickly parted ways with his former band to audition.
His departure was abrupt, as No Use for a Name were just about to head out on tour in support of their then-recent album More Betterness!. He was replaced by Dave Nassie, who had previously contributed to Suicidal Tendencies lead singer “Cyco” Mike Muir’s solo projects. Shiflett began his music career in another band called Lost Kittenz with current members of Sugarcult. He also currently plays in the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, his own side-project, Jackson United as well as Viva Death with his brother Scott. For numerous projects, Shiflett performed under the name Jake Jackson.
Shiflett, after being in cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes has a tattoo on the inside of his bottom lip with the words “Gimme Gimme”.
Shiflett has been reported to have signed up for becoming the lead guitarist for The Real McCoy Band, Andy McCoy’s (of Hanoi Rocks fame) solo band.
Fonte: Wikipedia
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Shiflett inició su carrera musical en una banda llamada Lost Kittenz en la que tocaba con ahora miembros de Sugarcult. Tiempo después se unió como guitarrista residente de la energética y bien conocida banda punk del área de la Bahía de San Francisco, No Use for a Name. Su salida de este grupo fue abrupta, pues se encontraban a punto de salir de gira para promocionar su álbum More Betterness!. Fue reemplazado por Dave Nassie, un guitarrista de la notable banda de metal californiana Suicidal Tendencies.
Los Foo Fighters habían perdido ya a sus dos guitarristas anteriores, Pat Smear (que tocaba en la legendaria banda punk The Germs y fue el guitarrista de gira de Nirvana en sus últimos días) y Franz Stahl (ex compañero de banda de Grohl en Scream) cuando se editó su tercer álbum There is Nothing Left to Lose. Por este motivo, estaban audicionando guitarristas y fue ésta una oportunidad que Shiflett no podía desaprovechar. Fue así que se unió al grupo poco después de la salida dicho álbum, justo a tiempo para salir de gira con ellos. A partir del disco One by One, siguió tocando como miembro de tiempo completo.
También participa actualmente en la banda punk rock de covers Me First and the Gimme Gimmes junto con Fat Mike de NoFX, además de su propio proyecto alterno Jackson United.
Fonte: Wikipedia
