Chris Warren (musician)

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Christopher Warren is a currently retired musician from New York who has performed in numerous bands, his last being in Bro-Kin.

Warren is mostly famous for being the vocalist in The DX Band (sometimes referred to as The Chris Warren Band), a group who performed the entrance theme of professional wrestling stable D-Generation X called "Break It Down". His vocals have been often compared to Rage Against the Machine's lead singer, Zach de la Rocha's,^{[verification needed]}. The band Reveille has encountered similar confusion. Warren also did the vocals for Triple H's post-DX theme "My Time", the Run-DMC DX version "Kings" (in addition to making a cameo appearance in the music video), the WWE "Superstars" TV theme and an un-released recording with Bro-Kin for WWE's Tough Enough II which never made it onto the show.

Warren made a couple of appearances at WWF shows performing "Break It Down" at both WrestleMania XIV and SummerSlam 1998. He was booed heavily at Wrestlemania XIV for a screeching version of America the Beautiful, which the fans and national media in attendance considered disrespectful. However, it was revealed in 2002 that the version was a work and that the WWF had instructed the band to disrespect the anthem in order to generate further heat on the DX stable.

As of August 20, 2006, Warren's last band (Bro-Kin)'s music was made available to listen to online for the first time ever from Chris Warren's Myspace website.

1 Personal life
2 Spouse
3 Discography
4 Bands played in
5 External links

[edit] Personal life

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Chris Warren was born in Long Island, New York in 1974. When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced and Chris moved to a town 20 minutes from New York City with his mother. When he was 9, his mother re-married and they moved once again to a town across the Hudson River. It was there that he found something that he loved, music.

Chris always hung out with the older kids who played instruments and were in bands when he was young. He spent every weekend with his cousins, who were into music too. When Chris was 10 years old he received "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath for Christmas. After that Aerosmith and KISS came into his life, which heavily influenced him to decide he wanted to become a rock star.

Time passed, and Chris tried to learn how to play guitar. However, he did not have the patience to practice. When a friend of his wanted to swap a drum kit in return for a guitar, Chris traded and started playing the drums. He played the drums much better than the guitar, and it wasn't long before he joined bands and jammed with them.

After overcoming drug problems 5 years later, Chris went back to the drums and starting playing with a new group of guys and called themselves 'Meth'. The only problem was that there was no singer. Chris gave it a shot, and soon discovered that he had a talent for singing. From then on, he gave up the drums and focused on vocal work.

It wasn't long before a friend recommended Chris to the WWF in 1997. Chris impressed Jim Johnston (head of WWF music) so much that he offered him a contract. Over the course of the next 4 years, Chris recorded such entrance themes as D-Generation-X's 'Break It Down', Triple H's 'My Time', the 'Superstars' TV theme and part of the Run-DMC entrance music 'Kings'.

It was in 1998 that Chris made his TV debut at WrestleMania XIV, performing an alternative version of 'America The Beautiful' and the National Anthem, as well as the DX entrance music later on in the night. Five months later Chris again performed the DX entrance music live, at Summerslam 1998.

In 1999, Chris recorded the vocals for the Triple H theme 'My Time'. This song was featured on the platinum album 'WWF The Music, Vol. 4'. Chris was not as much involved with the WWF as he would have liked, after 1999. His last appearance was on the Run-DMC 'Kings' music video, which became a hit on MTV in the year 2000.

Chris fronted a modestly successful New York rap rock/metal band called Bro-Kin in 2001, however with no record label interest after years of hard work and gigging, enthusiasm waned and the band have been on hiatus since 2004.

Chris is currently retired from the music industry and works for the Union in New York City. He films and edits amateur documentaries on local bands in his spare time. He is now living in Rockland County, New York.

On 13th February 2007, Chris Warren and fellow DX band member Drew Stiles were interviewed by Lee Tyers on The Squared Circle radio, the interview is available for download under External Links.