Kris Hudson-Lee

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Kris Hudson-Lee (born Kristian Keith Hudson on 8th May 1973 in Rotherham,England) is the bassist with progressive rock singer/songwriter Guy Manning ^[1] and is a director of the Classic Rock Society. His former bands include Crimes of Passion^[2], Deadline, Joe Lazarus and Telefunken.

[edit] Early Life

Born at Moorgate Hospital, Moorgate, Rotherham, his formative years were spent living in Parkgate, a heavily industrialised town near Rotherham where he attended Ashwood Road School before his parents moved to Rawmarsh.

He attended Swinton Comprehensive School (now Swinton Community School) between 1984 and 1990, leaving with 9 GCSE's and 3 A-Levels.

[edit] Career

He was originally tutored on piano and clarinet, however he quickly moved to bass guitar - quoting "you can't headbang with a piano". He was privately tutored for a number of years before joining Outer Limits in April 1995. Outer Limits disbanded shortly after having only had 2 rehearsals ^[3].

In April 1997 he joined Doncaster band Telefunken with Daniel Evans, Christoper Perkins, Paul Peters and Wayne Gough. Due to possible trademark infringement Telefunken changed into Joe Lazarus in 1998 and continued with exactly the same members. They signed a deal with Badge in mid-1998 and recorded and released their first and only EP, Stuff, in late 1998. In April 1999, they disbanded.

During the Summer of 1999, Hudson-Lee worked with Anston based musician Mel Lampro and ex-Joe Lazarus guitarist Paul Peters on a project entitled I am me, however this didn't last beyond July and Hudson-Lee was at a loose end.

In August 1999, Hudson-Lee auditioned for, and got a position with Rotherham based band Promise which in turn evolved into Deadline and finally into Crimes of Passion. In February 2008, he announced via his blog that he was quitting Crimes of Passion in June 2008.^[4] He announced later on his blog that he had joined Guy Manning.