22 Facts About Chris Shiflett

Christopher Aubrey Shiflett is an American musician.

Chris Shiflett is the lead guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, which he joined in 1999 following the release of the band's third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose.

Chris Shiflett has made several solo albums; his third, Lost at Sea, was released in October 2023.

When Chris Shiflett was 11, he started learning how to play the guitar.

Chris Shiflett is a supporter of Arsenal FC, having discovered the club while reading John Lydon's autobiography in the early 1990s.

Chris Shiflett began his music career in a band called Lost Kittenz with current members of Sugarcult.

Chris Shiflett later moved on to be the resident lead guitarist for the San Francisco Bay Area punk rock band No Use for a Name.

In 1999, when a friend told him that Guns N' Roses were auditioning for a guitarist, Chris Shiflett asked the friend to get him an audition instead with the Foo Fighters, who after recording There Is Nothing Left to Lose as a trio held open auditions to hire another guitarist.

Dave Grohl said part of his motivation to hire Chris Shiflett was that he had a history in the underground punk scene, including opening for Grohl's former band Scream as bassist of the group Rat Pack.

Chris Shiflett has noted several times that one of his favorite songs that he plays with Foo Fighters is "All My Life" from their fourth studio album One by One.

Chris Shiflett has said that he was afraid of being fired even before he started to play with the band, as previous guitarist Pat Smear had asked to return.

For numerous projects, Chris Shiflett performed under the name Jake Jackson.

Chris Shiflett played with the cover band Chevy Metal along with the late Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins.

In 2009, Chris Shiflett played in a band called The Real McCoy, which was founded by Andy McCoy, the guitarist of the former Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks.

In 2011, Chris Shiflett performed at the 2011 Wisconsin protests in Madison.

Chris Shiflett performed at the opening rally at the one and a half mile march from Hollywood and Vine to Hollywood and Highland March 19,2011.

In 2013, Chris Shiflett announced he would be releasing a new album with The Dead Peasants, called All Hat and No Cattle.

April 2017 saw Chris Shiflett release West Coast Town, the first album to bare solely his name, which was a collection of original honky tonk tracks.

In June 2023, Chris Shiflett announced a new guitar-based podcast entitled Shred with Shifty.

Chris Shiflett uses various Gibsons and Gretschs, but over the past few years has been using mostly Fender Telecasters, Fender Telecaster Deluxes, and Fender Telecaster Thinlines.

Chris Shiflett assembled some Telecaster Deluxes and Telecaster Thinlines out of Warmoth guitar parts with his tech.

Chris Shiflett has a signature Fender Telecaster Deluxe based on the Warmoth Telecasters, that is his main guitar.