Chris Burney

Infobox musical artist
Name = Chris Burney


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Christopher Burney
Alias = Christopher Van Malmsteen
Born = birth date and age|1969|5|25
Origin = Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Genre = Pop punk, Punk rock, Alternative rock
Occupation = Musician, Guitarist
Years_active = 1994-present
Instrument = Guitar
Label = Jive
Associated_acts = Bowling for Soup
URL = [http://www.bowlingforsoup.com Official site]

Chris Burney ( a.k.a Christopher van Malmsteen, born May 25, 1969 in Wichita County, Texas) is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the pop punk band Bowling for Soup. He graduated from Midwestern State University, in 1993.

Background

Christopher van Malmsteen was born in Wichita Falls, Tx. He graduated in 1993 in Physical Education from the Midwestern State University. In 1994, together with Jaret Reddick, Erik Chandler and Lance Morril, he formed the pop punk band, Bowling for Soup. He plays a Les Paul guitar. He also has a three year old French bulldog named Sherman Mabobber Burney. Chris is quite proud of his extensive DVD collection, and is a guns and ammo enthusiast, as well as golfing. Some of Burney's favorite programs include Rescue Me, Lost, the Shield, HBO's Band of Brothers, Robot Chicken, Family Guy, and King of the Hill. When Chris is not on the road, he enjoys a rousing game of PGA Tour Golf, coupled with double Jack Daniels and Diet Coke, tall. Chris has extensive tattoo work done, most notably a tattoo sleeve on his left arm which features various cereal mascots (Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, etc). The text "cereal killer" appears on the arm. Chris is missing a front tooth and has a replacement prosthetic in its place. On August 9th 2007 the band decided to name the fake tooth "Byron" during a Rye, NY concert. Chris is an avid sports fan, from European football to college baseball. In Burney's opinion, the most overused sports cliché of all time is "This team just didn't want it enough."

His nickname van Malmsteen comes from the Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.He was also briefly involved in The Persecuted in the early 1990s while he was in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Discography

Bowling for Soup

*1994: "Bowling for Soup"
*1996: "Cell Mates
*1998: "Rock on Honorable Ones!!"
*1999: "Tell Me When to Whoa!"
*2000: "Let's Do It for Johnny!"
*2002: "Drunk Enough to Dance"
*2004: "A Hangover You Don't Deserve"
*2005: "Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies"
*2006: "The Great Burrito Extortion Case"