Chris Houston (musician)

Chris Houston
Born Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Associated acts Forgotten Rebels

Chris Houston is a Canadian punk rock musician and songwriter, who was in the band the Forgotten Rebels[1] in the late 1970s. He co-wrote "Surfin' on Heroin",[2] one of the band's most famous songs.

Following the band's album This Ain't Hollywood, he left to pursue a solo career. He recorded songs for four of the five It Came from Canada compilation albums, including a solo rendition of "Surfin' on Heroin". He released his solo debut Chris Houston and the Sex Machine domestically as a vinyl LP in 1986 on label Caucasian Records.[3] On cassette tape, he released Hate Filled Man in 1987 on Caucasian-Driveway Records.[4]

He lived in Vancouver B.C. for a spell, working as a writer for the CBC Television teen series Pilot One,[5] and now lives and performs in his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.

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Citations
  1. ↑ Dillon, Charlotte. "Chris Houston Biography". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Song Details (Song Number: 626973)". CMRRA. Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  3. ↑ ""Chris Houston and the sex machine" (sound recording) / Chris Houston", Collections Canada (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada), AMICUS No. 38491473, retrieved 14 January 2012
  4. ↑ ""Hate filled man" (sound recording) / Chris Houston", Collections Canada (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada), OCLC 83436711, AMICUS No. 9129133, retrieved 14 January 2012
  5. ↑ "The Evil Twang's songs from the dark side". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 1990.

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