1. Chris Traynor was born on June 22,1973 and is an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bush since 2001.
22 Facts About Chris Traynor
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Chris Traynor played in two bands with his partner Sibyl Buck, Champions of Sound and High Desert Fires.
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Chris Traynor has performed live with the British rock band Blur, recorded bass and guitars on Katy Perry's "Use Your Love" with producer Junior Sanchez, and recorded guitars for Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and producer Dave Stewart.
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Chris Traynor has done studio work with Blue Man Group and indie rock band Rival Schools.
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Chris Traynor is currently living in Los Angeles and is touring with Bush.
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Chris Traynor continually produces and writes music including soundtrack and television music.
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Chris Traynor's family was rooted in Queens, New York where he grew up.
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Chris Traynor's parent enrolled him in the first Suzuki method music programs in New York City.
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Chris Traynor would teach to very young children and Traynor's experience of it was when he was very, very young.
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Chris Traynor has studied guitar with Mark Lonergan from Band of Susans, Richard Lloyd of the rock band Television, Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft, and bluegrass phenomenon Michael Daves.
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Chris Traynor has written and produced songs with his former bands Institute, Rival Schools, Helmet and Orange 9mm.
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Chris Traynor played with this post-hardcore band in New York City that only released one album titled Drain.
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Chris Traynor cut his teeth in the early 1990s post-hardcore scene.
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Chris Traynor later returned in 2010 to help record their album Seeing Eye Dog.
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Chris Traynor joined in the middle of the Golden State Tour taking over for Nigel.
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Chris Traynor has completed five studio albums with Bush since becoming a permanent fixture.
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Chris Traynor is credited for song writing on The Kingdom and The Art Of Survival.
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In between Helmet's down time and Bush's break, Chris Traynor joined up with Rival Schools.
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Chris Traynor would reconnect with Page Hamilton who produced their first and only studio album titled Distort Yourself.
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The culmination of the time Chris Traynor spent with Rossdale resulted in the release of Rossdale's solo record WANDERlust, produced by Bob Rock.
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Chris Traynor toured in support of the album in 2008 and 2009.
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Chris Traynor's first guitar was a pre-Gibson Epiphone devon arch-top that originally belonged to his great-grandfather.