CHRIS HOLMES
Chris Holmes (born June 23, 1958 in Glendale, California) is a heavy metal guitarist and songwriter who grew up in La Canada, California. Holmes started his musical career in the Pasadena, California area in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is best known as the lead guitarist of heavy-metal band W.A.S.P. Together with Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper, he was one of the founding members of the band. Holmes was a member of W.A.S.P. first from 1982 to 1990, and again from 1996 to 2001. (More from Wikipedia)
Another former Runaway, Lita Ford became prominent in heavy metal in the 1980’s; her manager was Sharon Osbourne. Ford had a hit single with “Kiss Me Deadly”; she and Ozzy Osbourne (Sharon’s husband) recorded one of the great heavy metal duets in 1988, “Close My Eyes Forever” (included on her third album Lita). Lita Ford married Chris Holmes of the controversial heavy metal band W.A.S.P.
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