Christian Martucci

Christian Martucci
Birth name	Christian Anthony Martucci
Born	(1977-06-05) June 5, 1977
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, Hardcore, Punk, Metal
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Years active	1995–present
Associated acts	Corey Taylor Thousand Watt Stare Black President The Chelsea Smiles Dee Dee Ramone The Strychnine Babies Dogtown Balladeers Vampire Love Dolls
Notable instruments
Gretsch 6120, Fender Telecaster

Christian Martucci (born June 5, 1977) is an American guitarist, bassist, vocalist and songwriter. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a founding member of Thousand Watt Stare, Black President,The Strychnine Babies and The Chelsea Smiles. He was Dee Dee Ramone's guitarist from late 1999-2002 and appeared as "Chris the Creep" in Ramones's last book, Legend of a Rock Star, A Memoir: The Last Testament of Dee Dee Ramone. In recent years he has become more known for his performances with (Slipknot/Stone Sour) frontman Corey Taylor and as a solo artist.

Biography

Christian Martucci began his career in the early 90's as guitarist (and sometimes bassist) for bands such as Vampire Love Dolls, The Dogtown Balladeers, and The Strychnine Babies. After relocating to Los Angeles from Philadelphia in 1999, a chance jam session at Slim Jim Phantom's Cat Club led to a long term gig as Dee Dee Ramone's guitarist. Martucci toured the world with Ramone from late 1999 until Ramone's death on June 5, 2002. One of their final tours is documented in Legend of a Rock Star: A Memoir: The Last Testament of Dee Dee Ramone.

Following Ramone's passing, Martucci formed The Disciples with Todd Youth and Howie Pyro. After playing their first show at The Troubadour in January 2003, the band were signed to Capitol Records and began recording their debut album with producer Michael Beinhorn (Social Distortion, Aerosmith). Sometime during the recording, the band changed their name and became The Chelsea Smiles. Howie Pyro left the band shortly after and the album was never released. Nearly two years later, Capitol released the "Nowhere Ride" EP in 2005; produced by Jerry Finn (Morrissey, Rancid).

The band toured the US with Social Distortion, The Backyard Babies, and the newly reformed New York Dolls. After their performance at the Avalon in LA, Martucci was interviewed and given a cameo appearance in the 2005 documentary film "New York Doll."

Martucci left The Chelsea Smiles in 2005 and began working on a new project with Greg Hetson (Bad Religion/Circle Jerks) and Charlie Paulson (Goldfinger). They enlisted drummer Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour) and bassist Jason Christopher (Junk Beer Kidnap Band). Due to Bad Religions heavy touring schedule, Hetson could no longer continue with the project. This led to the band switching to a 4 piece, with Martucci now on guitar and vocals.

They released "Black President" in September 2008 and toured extensively throughout 2008-2009 with T.S.O.L., Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, The Bouncing Souls and many others. Drummer Roy Mayorga left the band in 2009 to honor a prior commitment with Amebix and was replaced by Dave Raun (Lagwagon). Their final tour was supporting The Bouncing Souls on their 20th anniversary tour in Europe.

Between 2010-2011 he released an EP and full-length album with Los Angeles based rock band Thousand Watt Stare and began performing live with Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour).

In November 2011 Christian performed at the Henry Rollins hosted Drop In The Bucket benefit concert alongside Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Scott Ian, Dave Lombardo, John 5, and many others.

In April 2012 he was featured in Episodes 8 and 9 of "Slash In The Studio." Over 20 guitarists auditioned for the role as Slash's backup guitarist. Martucci came in 2nd place to guitarist Frank Sidoris, formerly of The Cab.

Martucci released his debut solo EP "Man Without A Name," produced by Davey Julson-Reiley in January 2012. Soon after he teamed up with producer Max Coane at The Fortress and released the follow up single "Riding The Blinds." As a solo artist Martucci and his band (featuring drummer Zak St. John and bassist Carl Raether) have spent 2013 as support for acts such as Duff McKagan's Loaded, Butcher Babies, Fozzy, and Jayne County. Christian also handled guitar duties for radio host Jason Ellis's TIGERBOX.

Christian uses Fender/Gretsch guitars and Marshall amps.

Discography

The Dogtown Balladeers

• Antique Wine and Roses - (1995)

The Trauma 208's

• Beggin' For Some Change - (1996)

Strychnine Babies

• Three Song Demo Tape - (1996)
• Six Songs for Self Destruction EP - (1997)
• Kill Society/Dead Love 7" - (1998)
• This is American Punk, Vol. 1 - (1998)
• New Religion EP - (2009)
• Six Songs for Self Destruction (Remastered) EP - (2009)

Dee Dee Ramone

• Live in Milan, Italy - (2001)

The Chelsea Smiles

• Nowhere Ride EP - (2005)

Black President

• Black President - (2008)

Thousand Watt Stare

• Thousand Watt Stare EP - (2010)
• Silver Dimes - (2011)

Christian Martucci

• Man Without A Name EP - (2013)
• Riding The Blinds (Single) - (2013)

Soundtrack

• Toolbox Murders Soundtrack - (2003) - Charlie Paulson & Christian Martucci perform California (Back To Hell) under the name "Shithead"
• Annapolis Soundtrack - (2006) - Nowhere Ride by The Chelsea Smiles
• Flatout 2 In-Game Soundtrack (2006) - Nowhere Ride by The Chelsea Smiles
• Park Soundtrack (2007) - Nowhere Ride by The Chelsea Smiles

Other contributions

The Shocker

• Up Your Ass Tray EP - Backing Vocals - (2003)

The Chelsea Smiles

• Thirty Six Hours Later - Songwriter - (2006)
• The Chelsea Smiles - Songwriter/Backing Vocals - (2009)

Lords Of Altamont

• Lords Have Mercy - Songwriter - (2005)
• The Altamont Sin - Songwriter - (2008)

The Kegels

• Insanity - Guest Vocals - (2012)

Filmography

• New York Doll - (2005)

References

http://metalassault.com/gig_reviews/2011/12/01/corey-taylor-and-friends-rock-henry-rollins-hosted-drop-in-the-bucket-benefit-event/ http://slashonline.com/2012/04/06/slash-auditions-guitarists-for-tour/