| Chris Sanders | |
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Chris Sanders and one of his RR Jackson guitars. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Chris Sanders |
| Born | July 4, 1984 |
| Place of birth | Washington |
| Genres | Neo-classical metal, Heavy Metal, Hard rock, Blues-Rock, Blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Labels | Polydor, Reprise, Capitol, MCA |
| Associated acts | Northern Light Orchestra, Lizzy Borden, Nadir D'Priest, Happenin' Harry and the Haptones |
| Notable instruments | |
| Jackson | Randy Rhoads |
| Sanders performing on guitar | |
Chris Sanders is an American rock guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the heavy-metal band Lizzy Borden and has also worked with Nadir D'Priest of the 80's rock band London, the Northern Lights Orchestra and with his own group Knight Fury. Sanders has performed at music festivals and stadium size concert events.
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Sanders joined the band Lizzy Borden in 2007,[1][2] He toured with Lizzy Borden on their U.S./U.K. tours which included billings at some rock & heavy-metal music festivals such as Rocklahoma(U.S.),[3] KobetaSonik (Spain),[4] The Sweden Rock Festival (Sweden),[5] Bang Your Head (Germany) June 2008,[6] and Keep It True (Germany).[7] He also appears in the music video for "Under Your Skin"[8] performing both piano and guitar. His final show with the band was in June 2010 to focus full-time on his own project Knight Fury with bassist David Ellefson of Megadeth and drummer Ken Mary of Alice Cooper.[9]
Previous to joining Lizzy Borden Sanders joined forces with former London frontman Nadir D'Priest.[2] Critics compared Sanders playing style to the late Randy Rhodes saying "I was reminded of another young guitarist I once had the pleasure of seeing ...; The guitarist was none other than Randy Rhoads".[10]
In 2009 Chris Sanders joined other musicians to record with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra inspired Northern Light Orchestra contributing as lead guitarist on the song "I Feel the Warmth".[11] (Release date October 20, 2009).