Chris Wolstenholme

Chris Wolstenholme (sometimes credited as Christopher Wolstenholme) (born Christopher Tony Wolstenholme on December 2, 1978) is the bass player, and occasional singer/guitar player for the rock band Muse. He has also played keyboards for the band at their live shows on occasion.

He grew up in

Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, Devon. There were two bands in the Teignmouth community. Chris played in one, Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard played in the other. After two years of drop outs in Matt's and Dom's band, Chris who played drums in his band transferred to their band. Chris was used to playing drums and had never played a bass in his life, with a 'great spirit of sacrifice' started to play bass guitar instead in the band. The quiet, gentle giant (relative to the other two members) of the band, currently lives in Teignmouth with his wife Kelly, and their children.

During Muse's stint on The Cure's Curiosa festival in 2004, Chris broke his wrist playing football with The Cooper Temple Clause. He was unable to play bass meaning the band dropped out of the rest of the tour. But instead of cancelling their headlining spot at the UK's V Festival, a replacement in the form of Morgan Nicholls (The Streets) was drafted in - Chris was relegated to 'balloon duty' and Keyboards, but he soon recovered.