Chris Eaton (Canadian musician)

Chris Eaton
Born	1971 Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Genres	Indie rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter Novelist
Associated acts	Rock Plaza Central

Chris Eaton (born 1971, Moncton, New Brunswick), is the founder and lead vocalist of Toronto-based indie rock band Rock Plaza Central, as well as a novelist.

Music career

Eaton began as a solo artist, with various musicians backing him, often using musical improvisation. In 2003, the current line-up of Rock Plaza Central formed during such a gig in Toronto, and they recorded their first album in that incarnation only a month later. Their second album, Are We Not Horses, was favorably reviewed by influential music journal Pitchfork Media.

Writing career

Eaton is also a published author.^[1][2] His first novel The Inactivist (2003), has been required reading on two university courses at McGill University in Montreal, as well as a graduate English course at the University of South Alabama.^{[citation needed]} His second novel, The Grammar Architect (2006), is a "cover" of a Thomas Hardy book, A Pair of Blue Eyes,^[3] using some of the plot, imagery, themes and even some passages of the original and creating something new and personal out of that.

References

1. ^ Teo, Mark (December 1, 2009). "Rock Plaza Central's Chris Eaton Working On New Book... About Chris Eatons", Chartattack.com. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
2. ^ Hughes, Josiah (December 1, 2009). "Rock Plaza Central Take a Break As Front-Man Chris Eaton Wraps Up New Novel", Exclaim!. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
3. ^ Medley, Mark (June 23, 2009). "Multi-hyphenate melodies", National Post, p. A2.

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