Chris is currently guitarist on Bruce Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project European and South American 2024 Tour, and Chris is also featured and credited on Bruce’s latest single “Rain On The Graves”.
Tour dates:
https://www.themandrakeproject.com/live/
Check out the “Rain On The Graves” music video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kE4xNUB2Q5E&pp=ygUPYnJ1Y2UgZGlja2luc29u
Bruce Dickinson “The Mandrake Project” album:
Guitarist.
Songwriter.
Producer.
Known for his extraordinary guitar skills, Chris has performed and worked over the years with a host of world-class musicians including Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead), Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses), Josh Freese (Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Blaze Bayley (formerly of Iron Maiden), and many others.
​
Chris has been working as a session guitarist as well as a live/touring musician for the last 10 years, with many artists and bands whose music ranges from a wide variety of different styles and genres, including: Pop, Rock, Blues, EDM, Metal, Rap, Latin and more.
​
Chris has toured the United States 5 times. Originally from Switzerland, he attended ETM Music School in Geneva while playing with many bands touring parts of Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy. Chris also received guitar lessons from virtuoso guitarist Rusty Cooley in Houston, Texas before moving to Hollywood at the age of 18. He then attended the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California, where he now resides.
Song Featuring Lemmy Kilmister,
Out Now!
About half a year before his death in 2015, Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister finished what would be his last solo recording, a collaboration with guitarist Chris Declercq.
​
The song, "We Are The Ones", bears all of Kilmister's trademarks: gritty vocals with lyrics like "I can escape the feeling/I know just what I'm needing", a revved-up tempo and, of course, his rumbling bass playing.
​
Read the Rolling Stone article about the song and its production here!
Chris Has Worked With
-
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
-
Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)
-
Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses)
-
Josh Freese (Foo Fighters, A Perfect Circle)
-
Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth)
-
Blaze Bayley (formerly of Iron Maiden)
-
Paul Di’Anno (formerly of Iron Maiden)
-
Michael Kenney (Iron Maiden keyboardist)
-
Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio)
-
Roy Z (Bruce Dickinson, Halford)
-
Phil Campbell (Motörhead)
-
Chuck Garric (Alice Cooper)
-
Eric Dover (Alice Cooper, Slash’s Snakepit)
-
Scott Warren (Dio, Black Sabbath)
-
Yogi Lonich (Chris Cornell, Buckcherry)
-
Alan Krigger (Ike & Tina Turner)
-
David Moreno (Puddle of Mudd, Bruce Dickinson)
-
Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen)
-
Teddy Zig Zag Andreadis (Alice Cooper, Guns n’ Roses)
-
Skylark (The Doobie Brothers)
-
Cordell Crockett (Ugly Kid Joe)