CHRIS ORTIZ PERSONAL BIO

CHRIS:
LIFE IS SHORT SO DO WHAT YOU LOVE, DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT AND DO IT NOW"

AKA:
SALTY (SALADO), FEARLESS CHRIS, WICKED CHRIS

BIRTH NAME:
CHRISTOPHER JAMES ORTIZ

PROVINCE OF BIRTH:
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (PURO BAYVIEW BITCHES!!!)

STYLE AND PROFILE:
GROWING UP ON METAL, PUNK AND HARDCORE, CHRIS HAS SPENT THE PAST 15 YEARS FORMING, LEADING, AND JOINING DIFFERENT BANDS AND CONSTANTLY EXPANDING HIS MIND AND HORIZONS BY ADDING HIS VARIOUS EXPERIENCES AND ADVENTURES TO HIS OWN REPERTOIRE AND STYLE. HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE GROUPS XOLOTL AND MOTIVO LOCO AS WELL AS EL GORDO. CHRIS PLAYS BASS GUITAR, DRUMS, SINGS AND WRITES HIS OWN MUSIC.

BODY OF WORK:

1990 GROUP:
GOTCHER BAND

ALBUM:
GOTCHER BAND (SELF TITTLED)
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: PLAYED BASS GUITAR ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM

1992 GROUP:
FEAR OF FLOWERS

ALBUM:
FEAR OF FLOWERS (SELF TITTLED)
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: LEAD VOCALS AND PLAYED BASS GUITAR ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM

1992 GROUP:
SAVAGE HEAD MACHINERY

ALBUM:
SAVAGE HEAD MACHINERY (SELF TITTLED)
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: PLAYED BASS GUITAR ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM

2000 GROUP:
MOTIVO LOCO

ALBUM:
THE ATTIC SESSIONS
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: PLAYED BASS GUITAR ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM

2002 GROUP:
XOLOTL

ALBUM:
THE LINES TO OUR MINDS
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: LEAD VOCALS AND PLAYED BASS GUITAR ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM

2005 GROUP:
PEKOE

ALBUM:
YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: PLAYED DRUMS ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM

2005 GROUP:
EL GORDO

ALBUM:
MOMENTO DE VERDAD
WROTE/RECORDED AND APPEARED ON THIS ALBUM: PLAYED BASS GUITAR ON THE ENTIRE ALBUM!!

MUSIC INFLUENCES RANGE FROM:
01. BAD BRAINS
02. JOHN COLTRANE
03. ERIC B. AND RAKIM
04. VOIVOD
05. THE JESUS LIZARD
06. JIMI HENDRIX
07. THE BEATLES
08. WAR
09. JAVIER SOLIS
10. LED ZEPPLIN