Music Career
Chris Jericho | |
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Chris Jericho live with Fozzy at the Kleine Klub (Saarbrücken) |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Christopher Keith Irvine |
Also known as | Moongoose McQueen |
Born | (1970-11-09) November 9, 1970 (age 42) Manhasset, New York, U.S. |
Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter, actor |
Instruments | Vocals, bass, piano |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Megaforce, ASH, Riot Entertainment, Century Media |
Associated acts | Fozzy |
Website | chrisjericho.com |
Jericho is the lead singer for the rock band, Fozzy. Since their debut album in 2000, Fozzy have released five studio albums; Fozzy, Happenstance, All That Remains, Chasing the Grail, Sin and Bones, and one live album, Remains Alive.
In 2005, Jericho performed vocals on a cover of "The Evil That Men Do" on the Iron Maiden tribute album, Numbers from the Beast. He made a guest appearance on Dream Theater's album, Systematic Chaos on the song "Repentance", as one of several musical guests recorded apologizing to important people in their lives for wrongdoings in the past.
In the mid 1990s, Jericho wrote a monthly column for Metal Edge magazine focused on the heavy metal scene. The column only ran for about a year. He started his own weekly XM Satellite Radio show in March 2005 called The Rock of Jericho, which aired Sunday nights on XM 41 The Boneyard.
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