Chris Crippin

Canadian musician (born 1974)

Everything After
Hedley

Musical artist

Chris Crippin (born August 4, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the rock band Hedley.^[3] Crippin departed the band in 2017.

Outside of Hedley, Crippin worked on more than 130 records as a drum tech and session drummer.^[4] He was the drum technician on the 2000 album Drawing Black Lines by the American band Project 86. He also played drums for Bif Naked. In 2018, Crippin started a new project called MrCrippin.

Early life

Crippin began to have an interest in music at a very young age. It wasn't until his mid-teen years when he started learning how to play drums.^[5] He began enrolling in drum lessons in June 1989, working with Pete Barone. He was hired by Ray Ayotte, founder of Ayotte Drums, to work in his shop in Vancouver.^[6]

Career

In 1996, Crippin formed the band, The Human Resistance Program.^[7] He also worked as a drum technician and played drums for several different artists.^[5] Crippin worked with producer Bruce Fairbairn on four albums.^[6] He also was the drum technician on the albums, Drawing Black Lines (2000) and L.D. 50 (2000) by Project 86 and Mudvayne respectively.^[8] In 1999, Crippin joined Bif Naked and spent two years touring with the musician.^[5] While touring with the artist, he was also involved in his own music projects such as Sun Like Star, Gasm, 7Lies, and Noise Therapy.^[4] He later joined Everything After, working with Chad Kroeger and Garth Richardson, before disbanding in 2004.^[9] Crippin formed a new project called Bomb the Past, a group he fronted.^[5]

Crippin spent 11 years with Hedley and released six studio albums with the group. In 2018, it was reported that Crippin had been officially fired by the band in March 2017.^[10]

Amidst the allegations against lead singer Jacob Hoggard from Hedley, Crippin spoke out against his former band mate. He stated he was "extremely rude" and was "hard to work with."^[11] Since then, Crippin started his own band called MrCrippin in 2018^[10] and released his debut single "Big Brother" in 2021.

Crippin has also worked as a drum technician for the likes of 3 Inches of Blood, Billy Talent, From Autumn to Ashes and Rod Laver.^[8] He live tech for musicians including Gene Hoglan and Ian Browne.^[6]

Personal life

Crippin owns a home studio in Gatineau, Quebec.^[6] He also owns two companies, Crippin Health Inc. and Mrdrumsalot Music Inc.^[12]

Discography

with Project 86

Drawing Black Lines (2000)

with Hedley

Hedley (2005)
Famous Last Words (2007)
The Show Must Go (2009)
Storms (2011)
Wild Life (2013)
Hello (2015)

Albums

List of albums with selected details
Title	Album details
#MeTooDriveBy	Released: April 12, 2024^[13] Label: MrDrumsAlot Music Inc. Format: Digital download

Singles

List of singles as MrCrippin^[14]
Title	Year	Album
"Big Brother"	2021	Non-album singles
"Fight"
"Lucky"
"Dream"
"Take It to Heart"

Additional credits

Title	Year	Artist(s)	Notes	Ref.
Drawing Black Lines	2000	Project 86	Drum technician	^[8]
L.D. 50	2000	Mudvayne	Drum technician	^[8]
In a Perfect World	2001	Rod Laver	Drum technician	^[15]
Purge	2001	Bif Naked	Drums	^[8]
Cul-De-Sac	2003	V Shape Mind	Drum technician	^[16]
Self-Destructive Pattern	2003	Spineshank	Drum technician	^[17]
A Cruel World	2005	Bloodsimple	Drum technician	^[18]
Abandon Your Friends	2005	From Autumn to Ashes	Drum technician	^[19]
Art of Dying	2006	Art of Dying	Drum technician	^[20]
Fire Up the Blades	2007	3 Inches of Blood	Drum technician	^[21]
Dead Silence	2012	Billy Talent	Drum technician	^[22]

References

^ "Jacob Hoggard". CTV.ca. 2008-01-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
^ "Famous Last Words". iTunes. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^ Bliss, Karen (2008). Hedley Fan Lowdown. Inside Music Books. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-894917-75-9.
^ ^a ^b "About – MrCrippin". mrcrippin.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "MrCrippin – About". mrcrippin.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Drums Etc [v26-n4] August-September 2014". Issuu. Drums Etc. August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
^ @ChrisCrippin (August 26, 2021). "This was The Human Resistance Program. The subject matter of the music was largely about what's happening today. I think this is around '96 maybe. That's me in the middle. Amazing band, amazing music, of course it went no further than our friends CD collection" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Chris Crippin - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ Jason Ankeny. "Hedley – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Judy Trinh (November 8, 2018). "Hedley singer's behaviour got worse with fame — and went unchecked by those around him, ex-drummer says". CBC. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ Katie Colley (July 11, 2019). "Former Hedley Drummer Chris Crippin Says Jacob Hoggard Was Douchey And Extremely Rude". ET Canada. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ "Lawsuit of the week: Former Hedley drummer claims he was duped". BIV.com. Business Intelligence for B.C. December 18, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "#MeTooDriveBy – Album by MrCrippin". Spotify. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
^ "MrCrippin on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "In a Perfect World – Rod Laver Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Cul-De-Sac – V Shape Mind Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Self-Destructive Pattern – Spineshank Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "A Cruel World – Bloodsimple Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Abandon Your Friends – From Autumn to Ashes Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Art of Dying – Art of Dying Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Fire Up the Blades – 3 Inches of Blood Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
^ "Dead Silence – Billy Talent Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2023.