CHRISTOPHER MAX

CHRISTOPHER MAX - ROCK ARTIST BIO: Born in 1962 in Hollywood, California and growing up as an official child of the 1960's in Laurel Canyon at the height of the Psychedelic Rock era, music industry veteran and prolific wunderkind, Rock recording artist Christopher Max was born the 2nd son of legendary American vocalist, world-renowned Pop star, hit record producer and musical visionary Eugene McDaniels. Starting to sing at only 2 years old, being inspired by Motown mega-artists The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and most notably Stevie Wonder, Christopher quickly became very serious about music and picked up the drums at 5, being heavily influenced by The Beatles' Abbey Road album, this being the first record he ever bought in his life at that point. "That record had a huge effect on me and the course of my life in general" says Christopher. After moving to Seattle, Washington with his mother Wanda and his brother London, Christopher grew up on a steady musical diet of Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Yes, and Sly and The Family Stone, which was his first major concert experience. "I came up on a fascinating mix of Rock, Pop, Funk, Jazz, Fusion, Prog Rock and even a bit of Classical music" Christopher says. "And it all began to come out later when I began my career as a professional recording artist." Moving to Boston, Massachusetts at the tender age of only 16, Christopher began studying and practising his drumming intensely at Berklee College of Music where his brother London was enrolled and they soon began working on a new spiritual album project in NYC. "I used to use my brother London's ID card to get into Berklee so I could practise my drums and sit in on the occasional music class!" Says Christopher. The boys later moved back to Hollywood at the start of the 80's, where they landed their first record deal with Warner Bros. Records along with their band partner from Berklee, Phil Roy, being signed by music industry Rock super producer Ted Templeman, thus suddenly becoming label mates with the likes of Prince, Madonna, The Doobie Brothers and Van Halen. "We were blown away when we got the Warners deal" says Christopher. They later renamed the band to World Sitizenz and re-signed to a new label deal with Manhattan/Capitol Records, being helped immensely in their music business dealings with their manager and attorney Steven Steinberg, who helped manage Fleetwood Mac and Ozzy Osbourne, along with his wife Sharon. At this time, they also had a new producer named David Holman, who was the mastermind recording engineer behind Olivia Newton-John's biggest hit records. As fate would have it, the band began to split up, and Christopher had a once in a lifetime chance run-in with legendary record producer Nile Rodgers, producer of mega-artists like CHIC, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, Diana Ross, INXS, and the list goes on, meeting up with Nile by pure co-ncidence on the legendary Melrose Avenue shopping street in West Hollywood. "Nile was looking for jean jackets, and he had no idea where to find them, so I helped him out!", says Christopher. "I later wound up signing a new record deal with EMI/Manhattan Records, along with a new publishing deal with Sony Music in NYC, and producing my 1st solo album with Nile Rodgers.", Christopher says, thus suddenly becoming label mates with a host of major long established Rock Stars, such as The Beatles, Queen, Michael Jackson, and a host of others. This all led him to previously unknown heights in his music career, with major TV appearances, MTV airplay, major radio interviews, Billboard chart hits, and a nationwide tour of the USA with his own live band. "It was a blast!" Christopher says of the moment. After moving to Woodstock, NY, home of the famous late 1960's mega-concert, fresh out from Manhattan in the early 90's, and later to London, UK and then to Amsterdam where he currently resides, Christopher decided to go back to his musical roots of Mainstream Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop, Prog Rock and Funk music, being heavily influenced by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Sly & The Family Stone, AC/DC, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Nirvana, as well as his longtime friend Lenny Kravitz...and of course, The Beatles. "I was literally born to Rock" says Christopher Max. And Rock he does indeed. As of this writing, Christopher Max spent nearly half of the entire year of 2025 in the Number One spot on the Rock Chart in The Netherlands here on REVERBNATION.COM. With Peace, Love and Rock'N'Roll being his life motto, Christopher Max has entered the new era of Rock music as a major force to contend with...if you dare.