C.J (guitarist)

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C.J (Chris Jaghdar) is a British/ West Indian singer/songwriter, born in Germany in 1968, he is most well known for being the guitarist in U.K punk/ rock band The Wildhearts.

His early childhood was spent living in various military towns in and around Europe whilst his British father served in the army, the family eventually moved back to the U.K during his early teens. His first notable success was during the late 80's as the guitarist of London based hair rockers 'The Tattooed Love boys' who released their 'Bleeding hearts and needle marks' album in 1989.

He left the same year and formed 'The Wildhearts' with ex- 'The Quireboys' guitarist 'Ginger' (David Walls), despite being plagued by widely reported drug and alchohol problems the band enjoyed considerable mainstream success during the early 90s, including 2 U.K top 40 hits, in 1994 at their commercial peak C.J was unexpectadly kicked out during the recording of the P.H.U.Q. album due to personal differences between himself and Ginger.

He soon went on to enjoy further success with ex- Wildhearts keyboard player Willie Dowling in Honeycrack, before eventually forming his own band The Jellys with ex- Wildhearts drummer Stidi. They disbanded when he re-joined The Wildhearts with Stidi in 2001 and recorded The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed, he stayed in the band until they split again in 2005. They reformed again in 2006 with a new line up including C.J, he now also plays with his own band 'C.J & The Satellites'. He currently lives in Tokyo and London.