Chris Sanders (musician)

Chris Sanders
Chris Sanders and one of his RR Jackson guitars.
Background information
Birth name	Chris Sanders
Born	July 4, 1984[citation needed]
Place of birth	Washington[citation needed]
Genres	Neo-classical metal, Heavy Metal, Hard rock, Blues-Rock, Blues
Occupation(s)	Musician, Songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Years active	1994 - present
Labels	Polydor, Reprise, Capitol, MCA
Associated acts	Northern Light Orchestra, Lizzy Borden, Nadir D'Priest, Happenin' Harry and the Haptones
Notable instruments
Jackson	Randy Rhoads
Sanders performing on guitar

Chris Sanders is an American rock guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the touring guitarist for the heavy-metal band Lizzy Borden and has also worked with Nadir D'Priest of the 80's rock band London, the Great Northern Orchestra and with his own group Knight Fury. Sanders has performed at music festivals and stadium size concert events.

History

Lizzy Borden

Sanders joined the band Lizzy Borden in 2007,^[1][2] He toured with Lizzy Borden on their U.S./U.K. tours which included billings at some rock & heavy-metal music festivals such as Rocklahoma(U.S.),^[3] KobetaSonik (Spain),^[4] The Sweden Rock Festival (Sweden),^[5] Bang Your Head (Germany) June 2008,^[6] and Keep It True (Germany).^[7] He also appears in the music video for "Under Your Skin"^[8] performing both piano and guitar. His final show with the band was in June 2010 to focus full-time on his own project Knight Fury with bassist David Ellefson of Megadeth.^[9]

Other Projects

Previous to joining Lizzy Borden Sanders joined forces with former London frontman Nadir D'Priest.^[2] Critics compared Sanders playing style to the late Randy Rhodes saying "I was reminded of another young guitarist I once had the pleasure of seeing ...; The guitarist was none other than Randy Rhoads".^[10]

In 2009 Chris Sanders joined other musicians to record with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra inspired Northern Light Orchestra contributing as lead guitarist on the song "I Feel the Warmth".^[11] (Release date October 20, 2009).

See also

• Musicians Institute
• Jackson Guitars

References

1. ^ "MusicMight :: Artists :: LIZZY BORDEN". Rockdetector.com. http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/united+states/california/lizzy+borden. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "About Chris Sanders". All Access Magazine.Com. October 8, 2009. http://www.allaccessmagazine.com/vol7/issue15/chris-sanders.html. Retrieved August 6, 2010. 
3. ^ "Rocklahoma III by Commish". Classicrockrevisited.com. http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/concertsRocklahomaIII.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
4. ^ 1:21 PM (2009-06-26). "Lizzy Borden Issues Kobetasonik Festival Recap - in Metal News". Metal Underground.com. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=45639. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
5. ^ "Lizzy Borden Confirmed For Stockholm Rock Festival | News". Rock My Monkey. 2010-05-26. http://www.rockmymonkey.com/news/article/2010/05/Lizzy_Borden_Confirmed_For_Stockholm_Rock_Festival. Retrieved 2010-08-09. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - LIZZY BORDEN Frontman Promises 'Special Set' For BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Appearance". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99634. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
7. ^ "New Tour dates posted - This is the Official Website of". Lizzy Borden. http://www.lizzyborden.com/main.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
8. ^ "Under Your Skin". Lizzy Borden. April 24, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQHNKUljgk. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
9. ^ "Roman Midnight Music CD Reviews & Interviews podcast - Interview: Chris Sanders". blogtalkradio.com. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/romanmidnightmusic/2011/07/02/episode-22-interview-chris-sanders-guitarist-with-lizzy-borden-knight-fury-northern-light-orch. Retrieved 2011-07-01. 
10. ^ "D'Priest - A Night of Rock'N'Terror". SugarBuzzMagazine.Com. October 30, 2007. http://www.sugarbuzzmagazine.com/bands/dpriest/dpriest.html. Retrieved August 6, 2010. 
11. ^ "Christmas Music | Free Christmas Music | Northern Light Orchestra". Carangel.com. http://www.carangel.com/northern-light-orchestra/freechristmasmusic.html. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 

External links

• Northern Light Orchestra official website

Persondata
Name	Sanders, Chris
Alternative names
Short description	rock guitarist/composer
Date of birth	1984
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death