Kris Dollimore

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Kris Dollimore

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|1|2}}

| birth_place = Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England

| instrument = Guitar, vocals

| occupation = Musician, guitarist, songwriter

| genre = {{flatlist|

Rock
blues{{cite web |url=https://www.ukfestivalguides.com/artists/kris-dollimore/ |title=Kris Dollimore |website=ukfestivalguides |access-date=25 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/kris-dollimore-no-ghosts-in-this-house |last=Staunton |first=Terry|title=Kris Dollimore: No Ghosts In This House |website=loudersound.com |date=27 April 2011|access-date=25 August 2022}}

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| years_active = 1980s–present

| label = Sun Pier Recordings

| past_member_of= {{flatlist|

The Major Setback Band
The Godfathers
The Brotherland
The Damned

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|current_member_of= Del Amitri

| website = {{URL|krisdollimore.com}}

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Kris Dollimore (born 2 January 1966) is an English rock guitarist, who is best known for being a founding member of the Godfathers as well as a member of the Damned and Del Amitri. He also performs and records as a solo artist.{{cite web |url=https://www.krisdollimore.com/info |title=Kris Dollimore – Biography |website=krisdollimore.com |access-date=25 August 2022}}

Biography

Kris Dollimore was born on the Isle of Sheppey in northern Kent, where he lived until the age of 19 when he moved to London.{{cite web |url=http://www.bluesagain.com/p_interviews/kris%20dollimore.html |title=Interview – Kris Dollimore |last=Casoni |first=Christian |date=February 2010 |website=bluesagain.com |language=French|access-date=25 August 2022}} His first appearance on a recording was in 1984 as guitarist and lead vocalist on the sole album by the pub rock-ish Major Setback Band, which also included his older brother Ian on bass.{{cite web |url=https://www.music-news.com/review/UK/1956/Read |title=Kris Dollimore |date=19 January 2007 |website=music-news.com |access-date=25 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/wool035#google_vignette |title=Crashing Out! back cover image |website=45worlds.com |access-date=25 August 2022}} The following year, at age 19, he co-formed alternative rock band the Godfathers, with whom he recorded three albums.{{cite web |last=Clarkson |first=John |url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=15128 |title=Kris Dollimore – Interview Part 1 |website=pennyblackmusic.co.uk |date=28 September 2007|access-date=25 August 2022}}

After leaving the Godfathers in 1990, Dollimore participated in a demo recording session for Stiv Bators (Dead Boys, the Lords of the New Church). The demo tracks were released in 1996 on Bator's posthumously released Last Race album.{{Cite web|url=https://ninaantoniaauthor.com/archives/no-compromise-no-regrets/|title=Spiral Scratch: No Compromise, No Regrets |first=Nina|last=Antonia|website=ninaantoniaauthor.com |date=June 1991|access-date=25 August 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://ninaantoniaauthor.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/magyck-in-theory-practice.pdf|title=Magyck In Theory & Practice |first=Nina|last=Antonia|website=ninaantoniaauthor.com|access-date=25 August 2022}} Also in 1990, Dollimore formed hard rock band the Brotherland with bassist Nick Chown (the Bolshoi) and drummer Steve "Vom" Ritchie (Doctor and the Medics), with Dollimore handling guitar and vocal duties. They released one album in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://bandtoband.com/band/the-brotherland/nightmares-and-dreams |title=The Brotherland – Nightmares And Dreams |website=bandtoband.com |access-date=25 August 2022}}

In 1993, Dollimore was asked to join the Damned, with whom he toured for about two years and recorded the album Not of This Earth in 1995. Also in 1995, he toured with Adam Ant, supporting the Wonderful album.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/music/reviews/adam-ant-1200441322/|title=Adam Ant|first=Troy J.|last=Augusto|website=variety.com|date=25 April 1995|access-date=25 August 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-ant-s-not-too-old-to-stand-and-deliver-1612880.html

|title=The Ant's not too old to stand and deliver|first=Nicholas|last=Barber|website=independent.co.uk|date=26 March 1995|access-date=25 August 2022}} He joined Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri in 1997 for their Some Other Sucker's Parade tour{{cite web |url=http://delamitri.com/band/kris-dollimore/ |title=The Band – Kris Dollimore |website=delamitri.com |date=31 October 2013 |access-date=25 August 2022}} and participated in the recording of their 2002 album Can You Do Me Good? With fellow Del Amitri guitarist Iain Harvie, Dollimore served as musician and producer on American singer-songwriter Eileen Rose's Party Dress EP and Long Shot Novena album, released in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Both releases were recorded at Dollimore and Harvie's Troy Town Studios in Rochester, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2264486-Eileen-Rose-Party-Dress-EP/image/SW1hZ2U6MzcxNjE4OA== |title=Eileen Rose – Party Dress EP |website=discogs.com |access-date=25 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://eileenrose.com/long-shot-novena |title=Long Shot Novena |website=eileenrose.com |access-date=25 August 2022}}

Del Amitri went on hiatus in 2002,{{cite web |url=https://entertainermag.com/blog/2021/06/08/back-to-basics-del-amitri-sticks-with-formula-on-fatal-mistake/ |last=Fuoco-Karasinski|first=Christina |title=Back to Basics: Del Amitri sticks with formula on 'Fatal Mistake' |website=entertainermag.com |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=25 August 2022}} after which Dollimore formed the short-lived the Germans in 2003. The band, which included former Damned drummer Rat Scabies and Godfathers vocalist Peter Coyne, played a few gigs and recorded a demo before disbanding a year later.{{Cite web|url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=15462 |title=Godfathers – Interview |first=John|last=Clarkson|website=pennyblackmusic.co.uk|date=11 January 2008|access-date=7 October 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.terapija.net/english.asp?ID=4839 |title=Peter Coyne (THE GODFATHERS) |website=terapija.net|date=23 June 2008|access-date=7 October 2022}} In the 2000s, Dollimore began performing as a solo artist playing blues.{{cite web |last=Clarkson |first=John |url=https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=15127 |title=Kris Dollimore – Interview Part 2 |website=pennyblackmusic.co.uk |date=28 September 2007|access-date=25 August 2022}} He released his first solo album 02/01/1978 in 2007. The date in the title represents the day he received his first guitar on his twelfth birthday.{{cite web |url=https://www.krisdollimore.com/product-page/02-01-1978 |title=02/01/1978 – Details |website=krisdollimore.com |access-date=25 August 2022}} Dollimore has cited blues artists such as Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker as well as fingerstyle guitarist John Fahey as inspiration. His mainly self-penned and acoustic material is recorded, and usually performed, without a band. All his solo albums are released through his own label Sun Pier Recordings.{{cite web |url=https://www.krisdollimore.com/product-page/no-ghosts-in-this-house |title=No Ghosts In This House – Details |website=krisdollimore.com |access-date=25 August 2022}}

In 2008, Dollimore joined a reformed the Godfathers for a reunion tour but left again in 2009.{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Deming |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-godfathers-mn0000070265/biography |title=The Godfathers Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=7 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/08/14/godfathers-new-album-reunion-peter-coyne/ |title=The Godfathers plan to release first new album in 15 years in 2010 |website=Slicing Up Eyeballs |date=14 August 2009|access-date=7 October 2022}} Del Amitri, including Dollimore, reformed for tours in 2014 and 2018, and in 2021 released their first album in 19 years, Fatal Mistakes.{{cite web |last=Earls |first=John |url=https://bmusic.co.uk/news/del-amitri-discuss-the-bands-comeback-album-and-touring-in-2021 |title=Del Amitri discuss the band's comeback album and touring in 2021 |website=bmusic.co.uk |date=30 August 2021 |access-date=25 August 2022}}