The Leeds Gig Guide

Band Biography for chris sharkey:

chris sharkey was born in gateshead in '78 and now resides in armley, leeds.

he plays guitar in no particular style with lots of different people.


"Sharkey is at the cutting-edge of contemporary improv-fusion guitar technique, colliding headlong free-jazz phrasing with roaring thrash metal riffs and ghostly electronics."
JOHN FORDHAM - THE GUARDIAN

"Guitarist Sharkey’s astonishing technique sees him produce a vast array of otherworldly sounds from his battered looking Fender Strat, creating a torrent of angular flurries, gut-wrenchingly heavy, chugging, riffs and spaced out looping. He’s one of the most exciting young guitarists on the UK scene, and one that might just find fans in both free jazz and avant metal camps." - JAZZWISE

"Chris is a highly creative and seriously motivated artist.His stylistic range is really huge and I'm certain that he has an amazing future ahead of him." - JOHN SURMAN

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