16 Facts About Chris Wolstenholme

Christopher Tony Wolstenholme was born on 2 December 1978 and is an English musician.

Chris Wolstenholme is the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse.

Chris Wolstenholme combines bass guitar with effects and synthesisers to create overdriven fuzz bass tones, a motif of many Muse songs.

Chris Wolstenholme sang lead on two songs he wrote from Muse's sixth album, The 2nd Law.

Chris Wolstenholme grew up in the English town of Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, Devon, where he played drums for a post-punk band.

Chris Wolstenholme met guitarist Matt Bellamy and drummer Dominic Howard from another band while both bands rehearsed in the same building.

Bellamy and Howard convinced Wolstenholme to take up bass and start a new band with them, initially called Rocket Baby Dolls.

Chris Wolstenholme's basslines are a central motif of many Muse songs.

Chris Wolstenholme combines bass guitar with effects and synthesisers to create overdriven fuzz bass tones.

Chris Wolstenholme mostly plays with his fingers, rather than a plectrum, as he prefers the sound for most songs.

Chris Wolstenholme contributed to Rick Parfitt's posthumous solo album Over and Out.

Chris Wolstenholme is a supporter of Rotherham United, his hometown football team.

Chris Wolstenholme holds an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Plymouth.

Chris Wolstenholme eventually realised that drinking would kill him, as it had his father.

Chris Wolstenholme's alcoholism did not affect his playing until the recording of Muse's fifth album, The Resistance, at which point he went into rehab.

Chris Wolstenholme wrote two songs about his experience, "Liquid State" and "Save Me", on Muse's sixth album, The 2nd Law.