Chris Olley

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Chris Olley

Background information
Origin	Nottingham, England
Website	http://www.chrisolley.co.uk/

Chris Olley is a Nottingham based musician. He is the lead singer and guitarist for Six By Seven and also the bands primary creative influence. Chris Olley and James Flower have been the only constants in the different line-ups of Six By Seven over the years. Although born in England, he spent much of his early years in Germany, a fact alluded to on the Six By Seven debut single 'European me.' Consequently some Six By Seven releases have featured tracks sung entirely in German, most notably the B-Side 'Helden' a cover of David Bowies heroes track.

Chris Olley also releases music as part of his Twelve project. fuck me USA is a new project of his, which also features fellow Six By Seven member James Flower.

In 2006 Chris Olley toured with Julian Cope (which is when he came up with the idea for fuck me USA).

In 2006 Julian Cope's Jehovahkill album was re-released as a deluxe edition with an extra cd. Chris Olley is acknowledged for the editing and tape transfer of disc 2 (in SNSM studios).