Chris Dale


Chris Dale is a bassist currently playing in the band Sack Trick.

Career

Atom Seed

In late 1989 Chris joined the hard rock band, Atom Seed, replacing original bassist Chris Huxter. After constant touring in the UK and the début EP released in early 1990, the band released their début album, Get in Line, on FM Revolver Records in 1991. Atom Seed next signed to London Records releasing several EP's and wrote and recorded a second album, Hard Sell Paranoia, in 1992. The label decided to shelf the album and Atom Seed ultimately decided to split in 1993.

Skunkworks

In 1994 Dale, along with Machine bandmate Alex Elena, sent in a tape of their recently recorded Machine demo to Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden for his solo work via Sanctuary Management. They got a call back and were asked to learn a few songs from Balls to Picasso and some Deep Purple and AC/DC covers for an audition. As it turned out there were no more auditions so Dale and Elena got the job.
The group toured the Balls To Picasso album and recorded Alive in Studio A, a rerecording of Balls To Picasso and a live recording in London, and Skunkworks. The Skunkworks project was intended to be a band of the same name but due to Castle Records being unwilling to release anything under any other name it was published as a Bruce Dickinson release, consequently Skunkworks sounds different sound from other solo Dickinson releases.
Dale co-wrote the album track "Innerspace" as well as two tracks – "I'm in a Band with an Italian Drummer" and "Americans Are Behind". Bruce used the latter tracks as B-sides on singles and they were later included on the 2005 expanded edition of the album. Dickinson encouraged Dale to continue writing, though disbanded the line-up prior to his next solo album.

Sack Trick

began as Dale's solo project with fellow Skunkworks bandmates Alex Dickson and Alessandro Elena. The first album, The Mystery Rabbits was released in 1999 released by ORG Records and soon followed up by the concept album, Penguins on the Moon in 2000. In 2005 the band self released the Kiss tribute album, Sheep in KISS Make Up.
Sack Trick have an evolving/rotating membership of musicians and friends on each of the albums and especially live – depending on who is available. The band still continue to play, albeit, usually once a year in Roskilde, Denmark, at Gimle's annual Christmas party – having played for the tenth year running as of 2011.

Tank

In 2009 Dale joined Tank, after being asked by friend and ex-Rainbow singer, Doogie White, who had just joined the band himself. They would both be replacing singer/bassist, Algy Ward. Chris already knew guitarist Cliff Evans and original Tank drummer, Mark Brabbs, who had rejoined the newly reformed band. After several festival slots that summer, Tank went on to release War Machine in 2010 and War Nation in 2012.

Other Work

Chris has worked on several projects as a band member and a session musician including;
Chris also writes for MetalTalk.net and is a DJ on the web radio station, TotalRock, in addition to being a bass technician for touring bands such as Mr. Big, Therapy? and the Tony Hadley band.

Discography

with Atom Seed:
with Bruce Dickinson:
with Sack Trick
with Balance of Power
with Seven Days
with AntiProduct
with Ace Sounds:
with Ricky Gervais:
with Lapsed Catholic
with I Play Rock:
with Tribuzy:
with Tank:
Various Artists

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