Chris Shiflett
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| Chris Shiflett | |
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 Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters
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| Birth name | Christopher Aubrey Shiflett |
| Born | May 6, 1971 |
| Genre(s) | Rock Punk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Associated acts | Foo Fighters Me First and the Gimme Gimmes No Use for a Name Jackson United Viva Death |
Christopher Aubrey "Chris" Shiflett (born May 6, 1971) is a guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters. Shiflett joined the band 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 energetic and well-known 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.
[edit] Equipment
Shiflett uses various Gibsons, and Gretschs. From the Gretsch website[1], Chris has a Brian Setzer Black Phoenix and "I just ordered a ’59 Nashville reissue, and I think that’s what Brian Setzer used to play, right? The only thing I changed was the bridge. It’s got to be the pinned-down bridge". On the Gibson side from the Jacksons website blog by Chris, Gibson ES-135, Gibson ES-347, Gibson SG custom, Les Paul black Custom[2] and 1959 Les Paul gold top (plays on the Grammy show), Fender Telecaster. On the 2008 tour in Chicago he was playing through a dual rack with the Mesas seen on the Grammy show. He used a Martin for the acoustic section of the Chicago show. Pictured to the right is a Gibson Firebird. To the left is a black Gibson ES-335.
[edit] Trivia
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- Chris has a tattoo on the inside of his bottom lip, which reads 'Gimme'
- He wore a Celtic FC wristband on Foo Fighters recent tour of the UK.
- His brother, Scott Shiflett, played in the newly reformed 1990s punk rock band Face to Face and also plays with Chris in Viva Death.
- Chris is married and has 3 sons Liam (whose photo appeared on Shifletts red guitar plectrum on the Foozer Tour in 2005. On the other side, "#1 Dad" is written), Daschiel (Dash) & Eamon.
(Liam and Daschiel appear on Chris's 2008 plectrums)
- On Thursday May 24, 2007, Steven from FUSE's "The Sauce" TV program, announced that Chris would be designing his own shoe, for the Macbeth Footwear www.macbethfootwear.com.
- Oldest brother Mike teaches guitar at Jensen Music in Santa Barbara.
- His parents reside in a town called Sequim, WA.
- On May 6, 2008 at Vector Arena New Zealand, Dave Grohl hired Chris a male stripper and fans sung him Happy Birthday.
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