
Name: Christopher Dowling.
Hometown: LONDON
First Guitar: EKO Ranger, 12 yrs of age.
Background Biograpy: Chris Dowling got his first guitar when he was 10 years old, He was also taught to play by the legendary Marc Bolan. By the age of 15 Chris had his first gig in front of a thousand people and since then there has been no stopping him and his musical talents. Over the next 15 years Chris has played in and with a phenominal amount of different people and places including gigs in Spain on the same bill as artist such as Queen and Rod Stewart, Then in 1990 Chris was introduced to the Nutfinder by fellow band member Dangerous Dave and the Monster Raving Loonys were born. Over the Next 5 years Screaming Lord Sutch, Crucial Chris, Dangerous Dave and Smiley Were put to work by the Nutfinder while at the same time being locked into the political movement The Monster Raving Loony Party, Chris had put thousands of man hours into performing covers and now needed to concentrate his efforts on writing original material. He formed a band called Shark Attack, based at the Mucky Duck, Ockham. Where American Werewolf in London was filmed. This band became well known within the biker fraternity and played many bike shows up and down the country, including the Bulldog Bash and Anglesey. Sadly the band split as many do in this industry. Then still linked with the Nutfinder and What's Next Covers band, Chris became known as they Human Jukebox and so he set out to start a new original band with the Nutfinder called The Brainchild. With their first demo album, Titled, Work it out for yourself - which now forms part of the new debut album "Coversational Tennis" due for release in 2009• Crucial Chris' Acoustic Version Of The Hymm, Live at the Haut Boy...1 Man, 1 Acoustic Guitar, No Effects. Recorded live onto a hand held video camera