Chuck Wright

Chuck Wright

Chuck Wright is an American bassist, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Quiet Riot. He originally joined Quiet Riot in 1982, performing bass on several tracks for their hit album, Metal Health, as well as contributing backing vocals. He left and rejoined Quiet Riot multiple times, including in August 2006 to support the album Rehab. He is currently back in the band.

Chuck's career in mainstream heavy metal first took off with his band Giuffria's hit "Call To The Heart" in early 1985. After sold out arena tours with Deep Purple then Foreigner, he left Giuffria to re-join Quiet Riot. His reputation as one of the most accomplished bass players later landed him working with such music icons as Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, Slash, Gregg Allman, Carmine Appice, Ronnie Montrose and Pat Travers. He has over 80 International record releases and has played bass and produced albums covering styles from Ambient Trance, to Reggae to Rap to Country to Rock. Chuck has toured the world performing from Moscow to Tokyo over the past 20 years. He was also directly involved in seven film scores, most notably being the Universal picture release “Kull The Conqueror”, where he was joined by Guns-N-Roses drummer Matt Sorum and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Along the way, he's also worked with the following bands/artists: House Of Lords, Bad Moon Rising, Blackthorne, Christian Tolle Project, Doro, Impellitteri, Kuni, MSG, Magdalen, Murderer's Row, Pata, Paul Shortino's The Cutt, Stephen Pearcy, Adler's Appetite, Love/Hate, Stuart Smith, Ken Tamplin, and has recorded various tribute albums with other luminaries.

Chuck also plays a fretless bass and is endorsed by Ampeg, Dean Markley Strings, Spector Bass, Schecter Guitar Research and Sick Boy Motorcycles.

Discography

With Giuffria

• Giuffria (1985)

With Quiet Riot

• Metal Health (1983)
• Condition Critical (1984)
• QR III (1986)
• Terrified (1994)
• Down to the Bone (1995)

With House Of Lords

• House of Lords (1988)
• Sahara (1990)
• Power And The Myth (2003)
• Live In The U.K. (2005)
• Antholgy (2008)

Other releases

• Ted Nugent - If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em (1988)

• Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel/demos (1987)

• Ann Lewis - Meiki (1988)
• Impellitteri - Stand in Line (1988)
• Nobuhiko Satoh - Turning Point (1988)

• Doro Pesch - Doro (1990)
• Cheap Trick - Busted (1990)
• Rock vs Rap - Mash Up (1990)
• Sam Kinison - Leader of the Banned (1990)

• Atsuki - Dinosaur (1991)
• Bad Moon Rising - Bad Moon Rising (1991)

• 28IF (1992)
• Impellitteri - Grin and Bear It (1992)

• Bad Moon Rising - Blood (1993)
• Blackthorne - Afterlife (1993)
• CMC's - All in a Day (1993)
• Magdalen - Revolution Mind (1993)

• Magdallan - The Dirt (1994)
• Reggae Worship - Volume 1 (featuring The Children of Zion) (1994)

• Carol Huston - Grace (1995)
• Chaos is the Poetry - Chaos is the Poetry (1995)
• Pata - Raised on Rock (1995)
• Reggae Worship - Volume 1 (featuring The Children of Zion) (1995)
• Shack of Peasants - Classic Blues Volume 1 (1995)

• Every Day Life - Disgruntled (1996)
• Kuni  - Masque (1996)
• Lanny Cordolla - Salvation Medicine Show (1996)
• Magdalen - End Of Ages (1996)
• Murderers' Row (1996)
• Stuart Smith  - Heaven and Earth (1996)

• Honey - Paradise (1997)

• Eyes - Eyes (featuring Jeff Scott Soto) (1998)
• Odd Man Out - Odd Man Out (1998)

• Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper (1999)

• Arsyn - Degeneration (2000)
• Christian Tolle Project - Better Than Dreams (2000)
• David Glen Eisley - War Dogs (2000)
• Garth Brooks Tribute - Friends In Low Places (2000)
• Odd Man Out - Y2K (2000)
• SX-10 - Mad Dog American featuring Sen Dog and Everlast (2000)
• Teddy Andreas - Innocent Loser (2000)

• Atsushi Yokozeki Project - Raid (2001)
• Katt Lowe - And The Othersyde (2001)
• Luminosity (2001)
• Milkweed (2001)
• Mr. Big - Actual Size (2001)
• Tribute To Blondie (2001)

• A Tribute To Limp Bizkit - mutated..manipulated..translated (2002)
• Ephesians Project (2002)
• Freddy Cannon - "Have A Boom Boom Christmas" (2002)
• Tribute To Bruce Springsteen - Made In The U.S.A. (2002)

• Catena  (2003)
• David Glenn Eisley - The Lost Tapes (2003)
• Hedeki - Drunk Punk (2003)
• Jeff Eaton - Wish You Were Here (2003)
• Kevin Gales - I Didn't Count On This (2003)
• Maskless - with Raven James (2003)

• Audrey Forrest (2004)
• Mr. Big - Greatest Hits (2004)
• Mr. Big - Influences And Connections (2004)
• Numbers Of The Beast - An All Star Salute To Iron Maiden (2004)

• Michael Schenker - Heavy Hitters (2005)

• Odd Man Out - Greatest Hits (2006)
• Stephen Pearcy - Stripped (2006)
• Travers and Appice - Bazooka (2006)

• Matt Sorum - Hollywood Zen (2007)

• Adrian Galysh - Earth Tones (2008)
• Saints Of The Underground - S.O.T.U. (2008)

External links

• Chuck Wright official website
• myspace page