About Chris Ross

Name: Chris Ross
Age: Currently unknown
Location: Erskineville, New South Wales
Relations: 2 children
Instruments: Bass guitar, keyboard

Chris Ross caught our attention with the formation of Wolfmother, forming the band with members Myles Heskett and Andrew Stockdale in 2000. Chris on bass guitar and keyboards, Myles on drums and Andrew on vocals and guitar. They got high acclaim from Triple J and independent musician supporters from their self-titled EP which was recorded and mixed by Chris Ross and released through Modular in 2004. Wolfmother rose to fame after the release of the self-titled album in 2005 (and internationally in 2006) the band toured constantly on a national and international level for the next two years and won several awards including a Grammy for “Best Hard Rock Performance”, 3 ARIA awards and the very first J Award for “Best Australian Album”.

Chris brings a very energetic and unique atmosphere to live shows, and is most known to be playing the keyboard at a slant or vertically and jumping around the stage.

In 2007 Chris Ross and Myles Heskett toyed with a side-musical project called Doom Buggy, a loud psychedelic instrumental influenced band that utilises vocoders and they supported Tucker B’s in August ‘07.

Ross uses a Rickenbacker 4001 bass, a Fender P-bass (sunburst with maple neck), and recently a black Fender Jaguar Bass. His keyboard is a 1979 Korg CX-3 organ. His bass and keyboard are amplified with Ampeg SVT-CL heads through SVT-8×10 cabinets with custom grille cloth.

Some effects pedals he uses on his bass include an Electro Harmonix English Muffin’ (distortion) pedal, ProCo Rat (distortion), Electro Harmonix Micro Q Tron (filter), two Lehle Little switchers and an Electro Harmonix LPB-1 Booster. On His Keyboard, Ross uses an Electro Harmonix Black Finger compressor, and an Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Delay.

Chris Ross made an appearance on “Fuzz – The Sound That Revolutionized The World”, a documentary taking an in-depth look at the industry of noise making. Chris talks about his keyboard equipment and how he uses it for different musical effects and styles.

In 2008 Chris Ross and Myles Heskett decided to break free from Wolfmother to pursue their own musical projects, it was assumed that they would pick up where Doom Buggy was left, but instead went to pursue a new project called Palace of Fire, not much is known about them yet, other than they describe themselves as a “brand-new sonic beast sired by three men. It is both a dynamic shot in the arm and a cinematic exploration around the perimeter of the human condition. A primal blend of dark invocations and ceremonious, melodic, heavy rock.”