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Chris DeGarmo (born Christopher Lee DeGarmo, June 14, 1963, in Wenatchee, Washington) is an American heavy metal and hard rock guitarist. He joined Queensrÿche in 1981 and played with the group during their most commercially successful period. Since departing from the band, DeGarmo has continued his involvement in the music business in a much smaller capacity. He is now a professional charter pilot.
CareerDeGarmo is best known for his seventeen-year tenure (1981-1998) as a lead and rhythm guitarist in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. He was a founding member of the Seattle/Bellevue-based band, and together with fellow guitarist Michael Wilton and vocalist Geoff Tate, was largely responsible for writing the band’s intricate compositions. He was the sole writer for the band's 1991 hit "Silent Lucidity," which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned the guitarist a BMI songwriter's award. In a departure from the band's normal assignation of duties, DeGarmo, rather than Tate, sang lead on "All I Want," from the Hear in the Now Frontier album. After the 1997 tour in support of that album, DeGarmo left the band for undisclosed reasons.
DeGarmo returned briefly in 2003 to record on Queensrÿche's Tribe. He also wrote and recorded the song "Justified" with Queensrÿche for their 2007 greatest hits album, Sign of the Times.
His post-Queensrÿche career includes collaborations with Jerry Cantrell (as a touring guitarist and an appearance on the 2002 Degradation Trip studio album) and with Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, and Vinnie Dombrowski in the short-lived project Spys4Darwin
. In 2003, he collaborated again with Queensrÿche on the recording of the Tribe album but did not rejoin the group.
On February 18, 2005, DeGarmo joined the remaining members of the popular rock band Alice in Chains and other Seattle area artists for the Tsunami Continued Care Relief Concert. His most recent studio work involved assisting the rock band Dredg for the production and arrangement of their 2005 studio album Catch Without Arms. DeGarmo currently lives in the Seattle area with his wife and children, and works full time as a charter pilot. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, Hawker (HS125) and Lear Jet type rating from the FAA.
DiscographyQueensrÿche- Queensrÿche (1983)
- The Warning (1984)
- Rage for Order (1986)
- Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
- Empire (1990)
- Operation: LIVEcrime (1991)
- Promised Land (1994)
- Hear in the Now Frontier (1997)
- Greatest Hits (2000)
- Classic Masters (2003)
- Tribe (2003)
- Sign of the Times (2007)
Spys4DarwinJerry CantrellQueensrÿche
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