Chris Wilson (drummer)

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Chris Wilson (born Christopher Ryan Wilson on May 5, 1981 in Provo, Utah) is the current drummer for the band The Summer Obsession.

He first started playing in a band called ECO, and eventually joined the Punk Rock band Good Charlotte, of which he was a member from 2003-2005. He played with the band for part of their second album, The Young and the Hopeless, and the entirety of their third album The Chronicles of Life and Death. He was introduced to the members of Good Charlotte through mutual friends in the band The Used. Wilson left Good Charlotte in May 2005, citing personal health reasons. He now plays drums for a fledging Virgin Records band called The Summer Obsession.

In September 2006, Chris accused Joel Madden and Benji Madden of keeping money from him the entire time he was in Good Charlotte via a blog on his MySpace page. He said, "Why don't you start telling the kids about how I never made one cent off of any merch, CDs, DVDs, royalties (of songs I played on), publishing (songs I played on), or TV performances (in which I signed contracts stating exactly how much I was supposed to receive). Where did it go?" (Later in the blog, he says that he was paid a roadie's salary while he was on tour with the band.) He also said that the Maddens refuse to give him his gear, which included four drum sets, wardrobe case, cymbals, etc. He also claims the brothers took advantage of him while he was in the midst of a personal crisis, a state they helped put him in. "The reason why I lost my mind was because I joined a band with two of the most egotistical, self-centered, back-stabbing, corrupted individuals who are filled with broken promises," he wrote. "You guys were my best friends and yet I wasn't good enough. What is going on? Come back to reality! You are complete contradictions to everything you would try to make fun of. You know what is crazy? I live in a f---ing van, you live in mansions! Where's the justification there?"

[edit] Trivia

• He is is 6' 1.
• His natural hair color is brown but he usually shaves it all off.
• Former bandmate Benji Madden has stated that Chris leaving Good Charlotte was the worst part of 2005 for him.
• Reportedly left Good Charlotte due to money issues. The twins mentioned in an interview that he left because the band owed Chris money when in reality they did not.