Chris Poland was born on December 1,1957 and is an American guitarist, best known as the former guitarist of the thrash metal band Megadeth.
15 Facts About Chris Poland
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Chris Poland would move to California and form the band The New Yorkers with Gar and Stu Samuelson, as well as Robbie Pagliari and other musicians.
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Chris Poland joined Megadeth in 1984 after being introduced to Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson by Jay Jones, who was Megadeth's manager at the time.
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Chris Poland left the band abruptly, and was replaced by guitarist Mike Albert before Megadeth embarked on their first tour.
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Chris Poland returned in October 1985 and then remained in the band until he and Samuelson were fired in 1987, due to alleged substance abuse, which had led Chris Poland to sell off Mustaine and Ellefson's guitar gear, along with his own.
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Chris Poland played bass with Circle Jerks briefly in 1989, replacing Zander Schloss.
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Chris Poland agreed to play the solos, but did not rejoin the band, at the urging of his manager, Janie Hoffman.
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Chris Poland played on demos of almost all of the songs that would end up on the studio album.
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Chris Poland settled and "ended a professional relationship with Mustaine and Megadeth".
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Chris Poland explained the circumstances in a 2018 interview with the As The Story Grows podcast, realizing that he would not be paid for the demos that were included on the reissue.
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In 2009, Chris Poland formed OHMphrey, a side-project with Robby Pagliari of OHM, and Jake Cinninger, Kris Myers, and Joel Cummins of progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee.
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In 2019, Chris Poland appeared on the track "Hammer ", on Megadeth bassist David Ellefson's solo release Sleeping Giants, with Mark Tremonti, Thom Hazaert, Dave McClain and Joey Radziwill of Sacred Reich, and Flotsam and Jetsam vocalist Eric AK.
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In January 2020, Chris Poland was inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame, alongside Geoff Tate, Don Dokken, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Prong, Graham Bonnet, and more.
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Chris Poland was inducted by Hazaert and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel who joined Chris Poland for a performance of "Peace Sells", with Butcher Babies bassist Ricky Bonazza, and Dead by Wednesday drummer Opus Lawrence and guitarist Dave Sharpe, who tour with Ellefson and Hazaert in Ellefson's "Sleeping Giants" solo band.
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Chris Poland performed "Paranoid" at the induction, with Vai, Satriani, and Tate.