Chris Joannou

Chris Joannou
Joannou performs with Silverchair in 2007.
Background information
Born	10 November 1979 (1979-11-10) (age 32) Newcastle, Australia
Genres	Art rock, hard rock, grunge
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1992–2010
Associated acts	Silverchair, The Mess Hall

Christopher John Joannou (born 10 November 1979) is a Macedonian Australian^[1] musician, best known as the bass player for the successful alternative rock band Silverchair. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, he has a twin sister and an older sister. He has a nephew and two nieces. He was the first of the three band members to cut his long hair short. Joannou was nicknamed 'Lumberjack' by Silverchair fans for his love of trees, and plaid shirts. Chris' bandmate Ben taught him how to play bass guitar, making him the only Band member who did not know how to play an instrument. However, he learned quickly.

As well as being a well known bassist, Joannou was the assistant producer for The Mess Hall albums Feeling Sideways and the ARIA award winning Notes From A Ceiling.

He has used mainly G&L and Fender Precision Basses, and almost exclusively uses Ampeg B-15 Portaflex combos. As reported to gearwire.com, Joannou uses an Ampeg SVT-2 into and Ampeg 810 cabinet and a new Ampeg B15 combo in his live set-up.

In 2006 Joannou spoke at the launch of a mental health scholarship set up to honor his cousin Nathan Trepezanov who had committed suicide at the age of 21 in January.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Chris Joannou Biography". Perfect People. 1979-11-10. http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/6411/chris-joannou.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
2. ^ Radio transcript about scholarship

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Name	Joannou, Chris
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Date of birth	10 November 1979
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