Chris Maitland

Chris Maitland
Born (1964-05-13) May 13, 1964 (age 60)
Cambridge, England
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Drums
  • backing vocals
Member ofGuilt Machine
Formerly of

Chris Maitland (born 13 May 1964) is an English drummer.

Maitland was born in Cambridge, England. After being the drummer for No-Man on their Autumn 1993 tour (and playing on two tracks on their Flowermouth album), Maitland was asked by the band's Steven Wilson to join his other main project, the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. He remained the band's drummer until February 2002, when he was dismissed[1] and replaced by Gavin Harrison. He played on the debut album by Blackfield in 2003, sharing drumming duties with Gavin Harrison. Harrison has described Maitland as a great drummer.[2]

Between 2004 and 2005, Maitland was a member of the progressive rock supergroup Kino. Throughout his career, Maitland has been involved with many West End musicals, and from 2005 onwards, he has been playing drums on the Mamma Mia! International Tour. Aside from these links listing professional drumming engagements, having trained at the Mackenzie School of Speech & Drama and taken LAMDA examinations regularly since the age of eight, between 1985 and 1993 Maitland became involved in theatre at Cambridge as an actor. Also during this period he built up a practice of private percussion pupils and from 1989 took on various posts as a professional drum-kit teacher.[3] As an actor, he has played a wide variety of roles, including Shakespearean roles.[3]

In February 2009, it was announced that Maitland would play drums on Arjen Anthony Lucassen's latest project, Guilt Machine.

On 17 April 2011 in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, Maitland was supposed to reunite on stage with former fellow Porcupine Tree's bass player Colin Edwin and no-man's singer Tim Bowness as part of the Memories of Machines project (a collaboration between Bowness and Giancarlo Erra of Nosound). However, the concert was eventually called off.[4]

In 2013 he joined as guest drummer with band Nosound for their studio album Afterthoughts.

Discography

Performer Year Album
No-Man 1993 Flowermouth
Barbieri/Bowness 1994 Flame
Porcupine Tree 1995 The Sky Moves Sideways
Porcupine Tree 1996 Signify
I.E.M. 1996 I.E.M.
Porcupine Tree 1997 Coma Divine
Mark Rattray and Maggie Moone Musical Magic
Porcupine Tree 1998 Metanoia
Porcupine Tree 1999 Stupid Dream
Porcupine Tree 2000 Lightbulb Sun
I.E.M. 2001 Arcadia Son
Porcupine Tree Recordings
Porcupine Tree 2002 Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991-1997
Porcupine Tree 2004 Warszawa
Blackfield Blackfield
Kino 2005 Picture
Guilt Machine 2009 On This Perfect Day
Nosound 2012 At The Pier
Steve Hogarth/Richard Barbieri 2012 Not The Weapon But The Hand
Nosound 2013 Afterthoughts

References

  1. ^ Bill Kopp (2 March 2020). "Prepare Yourself: Porcupine Tree's 'The Sky Moves Sideways' at 25". Rock and Roll Globe. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Gavin Harrison here!". Drummerworld.com. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Chris Maitland Official Website–Drummer, Bands, Musicals, Sessions/TV, Drum, Drums, UK". Chrismaitland.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. ^ Internetbureau 12Hoog (www.12Hoog.nl). "Cultuurpodium Boerderij - IO PAGES PROGFESTIVAL dag 3 met NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION & MARATHON". Cultuurpodiumboerderij.nl. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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