Christian Martucci

Christian Martucci (born June 5, 1977) is an Italian American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. As of 2014, he is the lead guitar player for the American hard rock band Stone Sour and from January 1, 2019 Black Star Riders. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a founding member of Thousand Watt Stare, Black President,[2] the Strychnine Babies and the Chelsea Smiles. He was Dee Dee Ramone's guitarist from late 1999 to 2002[3] and appeared as "Chris the Creep" in Ramones's last book, Legend of a Rock Star, A Memoir: The Last Testament of Dee Dee Ramone. In recent years, he has become more known for performances with (Slipknot and Stone Sour) frontman Corey Taylor and as a touring guitarist for Stone Sour. In 2014, he became the permanent replacement for Stone Sour's guitarist Jim Root.[4] On 17 September 2018, it was announced he would replace Damon Johnson as lead guitarist in Black Star Riders[5] from January 1, 2019.

Christian Martucci
Christian Martucci performing live with Stone Sour in 2018.
Background information
Birth nameChristopher Anthony Martucci[1]
Born (1977-06-05) June 5, 1977
OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instruments
Years active1995–present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitechristianmartucci.com

In 2020 it was announced that Martucci would be joining Corey Taylors solo band.[6] The band recorded 25 songs in 2 1/2 weeks live in the studio with producer Jay Ruston. The album CMFT was released on October 2, 2020, by Roadrunner Records.[7][8]

In February 2021 Martucci formed the side project Dirty O'Keeffe[9] with Billy Gould (Faith No More), Dave Raun (Lagwagon), and Steven Shepard (Trash N’ Privilege). They have released one single to date (Brick Or Bullet), which features Martucci on lead vocals as well as lead guitar.

Martucci uses or has used guitars by a variety of brands including Gibson, Gretsch, Marvin, Zemaitis, Dean and Charvel.[10] Christian uses Dimarzio pickups[11] and Marshall amps.[12]

Discography

Filmography

References
  1. "Corey Taylor - Black Eyes Blue Lyrics".
  2. Pfeiffer, John (15 April 2009). "Shoreworld: Deena Shoshkes, Black President and Bouncing Souls". The Aquarian Weekly. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. "Interview: Christian Martucci Talks to Us About the New Black Star Riders Album – Another State of Grace". 13 August 2019.
  4. "STONE SOUR: Guitarist CHRISTIAN MARTUCCI Is 'Permanent Replacement' For JIM ROOT". Blabbermouth. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. "Stone Sour Guitarist Christian Martucci to Join Black Star Riders". Loudwire.
  6. "Corey Taylor announces debut solo album 'CMFT' and shares first two songs". NME. 29 July 2020.
  7. "CMFT by Corey Taylor on Apple Music". Retrieved 2020-09-29 – via Apple Music.
  8. "Slipknot's Corey Taylor Announces Debut Solo Album 'CMFT,' Drops First Two Singles". Billboard. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  9. "Faith No More, Stone Sour, Lagwagon members form Dirty O'Keeffe, unleash "Brick or Bullet": Stream". 9 February 2021.
  10. "Career in gear: Stone Sour's Christian Martucci shares the guitars he can't live without". 24 August 2018.
  11. "Christian Martucci | DiMarzio".
  12. "Christian Martucci".
  13. "New York Doll | Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database | HBLL".
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