Christopher Adis
Born in Dearborn Michigan
and raised in Wayne Michigan Chris started his music interests early in his
childhood. Being the youngest out of 5 siblings his family often shares stories
of him dabbling with toy instruments as a child. If you ever talk with his
brother Thom, most likely you will hear the story of how “Smoke On The Water” was often
played with a toy electronic instrument. Chris learned the piano later in his
childhood but lost interest in his early teen years. Around the age of 12 Chris
was introduced to the album 1984 by Van Halen. It was at that time that the
rock guitar became his main interest. Chris took about a year of guitar lessons
learning various forms of rock. Around the age of 13-14 Chris was introduced to
one of his main influences Jimi Hendrix. The first Hendrix album he owned was a
stolen cassette tape from a hockey teammate called “The Jimi Hendrix Concerts”.
After numerous times of listening to the tape Chris became fascinated with the
works of Jimi Hendrix. Through Hendrix, Chris also became very interested in
the blues scene listening to various major blues artists.
During high school Chris began
jamming with local friends playing mainly the guitar. Recording via a 4 track
with other musicians was more of a hobby for him rather then playing as a band.
Chris experimented with a lot of different types of music and sounds that were
ahead of it’s time. Around this same time Chris started playing rock bass on
the side with his uncle Frank (Bud) Bonderenka. They would often record songs
and jam together. Later they would start a small band together called Huron
River Drive. Playing mainly classic rock they would often play parties and were
a hit with fans. Chris was also recruited by other local bands to fill in on
bass at various times. At that time bass players were a rare breed. Guitar
players were to be found everywhere and Chris started to focus playing mainly
the bass. Jamming with local musicians introduced Chris to guitar player Paul
Moore. Together they started a small band Xtasy Sweet. Playing mainly glam
rock, Chris quickly lost interest but kept close ties with Paul Moore and later
became good friends.
Early in college Chris teamed up with
some talented musicians where they formed a Led Zeppelin tribute band called
Royal Orleans. The band was very talented but due to creative differences and
other outside interests the band unfortunately fell apart.
About this time Chris’ music
influences had changed significantly. Just after high school Chris had already
started loosing interest in straight forward rock music. He had listened to all
the classic and new rock at that time and although he enjoyed playing the music
in bands his personal listening enjoyment was drastically different. Chris
decided to join a band with alternative musical interests. Via some old jamming
buddies Chris joined the band Voodoo Art. Playing music other then rock was an
enjoyment but the seriousness of the band forced Chris to quit and focus mainly
on his college studies.
During college Chris mainly played
guitar as a side hobby. Feeling his band days were behind him, nothing
musically was taken seriously. Chris continued to expand his musical influences
by listening to obscure artists and various types of music. Occasionally he
would record on his own but never played in a band until late after graduation
when he hooked back up with Bud Bonderenka. Around 1998-99 the band Tsunami was
formed. Once again Chris was back playing in a classic rock band. It was at
that time that he discovered his enjoyment of playing in a band. Chris didn’t
care what type of music the band played. It was the love of jamming with a band
and a good group of guys. Recently Chris was introduced to Mark Perry via
another hobby of his, hockey. New Fossils was born. If you read this far you
are probably a looser since nobody really cares about the bass player anyway.
Go read the other bios for more details on the band New Fossils. Basically the
band ROCKS!
Current bass
equipment:
Carvin
Most Influential Musician:
Mike Patton
- Christopher
Adis
