- Kris Hudson-Lee
Kris Hudson-Lee (born Kristian Keith Hudson on
8 May 1973 inRotherham ,England ) is thebassist with progressive rock singer/songwriterGuy Manning [ [http://www.guymanning.com Burnside - The Official Guy Manning Website] ] and is a director of theClassic Rock Society . His former bands include Crimes of Passion [ [http://www.crimesofpassion.org crimesofpassion.org ] ] , Deadline,Joe Lazarus and Telefunken.Early life
Born at Moorgate Hospital, Moorgate, Rotherham, his formative years were spent living in
Parkgate , a heavily industrialised town near Rotherham where he attended Ashwood Road School before his parents moved toRawmarsh .He attended Swinton Comprehensive School (now
Swinton Community School ) between 1984 and 1990, leaving with 9 GCSE's and 3 A-Levels.Career
He was originally tutored on
piano andclarinet , however he quickly moved tobass guitar - quoting "you can't headbang with a piano". He was privately tutored for a number of years before joiningOuter Limits in April 1995. Outer Limits disbanded shortly after having only had 2 rehearsals [ [http://www.krishudsonlee.eu krishudsonlee.eu ] ] .In April 1997 he joined Doncaster band Telefunken with Daniel Evans,
Christoper Perkins ,Paul Peters andWayne Gough . Due to possible trademark infringement Telefunken changed intoJoe Lazarus in 1998 and continued with exactly the same members. They signed a deal with Badge in mid-1998 and recorded and released their first and only EP, "Stuff", in late 1998. In April 1999, they disbanded.During the Summer of 1999, Hudson-Lee worked with Anston based musician Mel Lampro and ex-Joe Lazarus guitarist
Paul Peters on a project entitledI am me , however this didn't last beyond July and Hudson-Lee was at a loose end.In August 1999, Hudson-Lee auditioned for, and got a position with Rotherham based band
Promise which in turn evolved into Deadline and finally into Crimes of Passion. In February 2008, he announced via his blog that he was quitting Crimes of Passion in June 2008. [ [http://krishudsonlee.blogspot.com/2008/02/road-goes-ever-on-and-on.html krishudsonlee.eu: The road goes ever on and on ] ] He announced later on his blog that he had joined Guy Manning.Notes
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