Chris Chaney

Christopher A. Chaney (born June 14, 1970) is an American musician. He is best known as the former bassist of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he recorded two studio albums. He is the touring bassist for AC/DC, replacing longstanding member Cliff Williams on the band's Power Up Tour. Chaney has previously been a member of Alanis Morissette's touring and recording band for six years as well as Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders and Camp Freddy.

Chaney has played with a variety of recording artists, ranging from Joe Satriani, Joe Cocker, Shakira, Slash, Beth Hart, Adam Lambert, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, Sara Bareilles, Gavin DeGraw, Cher, John Fogerty, Lisa Marie Presley, Meat Loaf, Rob Zombie, Romeo Santos, James Blunt, Shinedown, Robben Ford, and Celine Dion.

Biography

Chaney was raised in Mill Valley, California. He attended Berklee College of Music, and then moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue music and played at the L.A. jazz club The Baked Potato and the Dragonfly in Hollywood. Chaney was first invited to tour with Alanis Morissette in 1995 on the Jagged Little Pill Tour and continued to work with Morissette until 2001, appearing on three studio albums and two live albums.

While working with Morissette, Chaney developed a reputation as a versatile professional bassist. He has since recorded and/or toured with a wide variety of artists. His next high-profile job was as the full-time replacement for Eric Avery in the 2002 reunion of Jane's Addiction, contributing to the album Strays. He then formed the band The Panic Channel with Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction; the group released the album (ONe) in 2006. In 2006, he joined the band Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, formed by Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. Chaney and Hawkins had previously worked together in Morissette's band. The group released the albums Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders in 2006 and Red Light Fever in 2010. Chaney is also bassist for all-star cover band Camp Freddy.

Chaney has played with several recording artists and over 25 film scores and soundtracks. In 2022, Chaney played bass on Beth Hart’s “A Tribute to Led Zeppelin” album and will join Eddie Vedder's band in the Earthlings tour.

On February 12, 2024, AC/DC announced that Chaney would support them on their upcoming European Tour as a replacement for Cliff Williams.

He is married to voice actress Tifanie Christun, daughter of Cheryl Saban and the stepdaughter of Haim Saban.

Influences Chaney's influences include Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, and Stevie Wonder.

Gear Chaney has endorsements with Aguilar Amps, Dunlop, and Audimute. In June 2025 Dusenberg released a signature bass for Chaney, based on a Fender P

As of the June 2003 issue of Bass Player magazine, Chaney's gear listing for recording and touring was as follows:

Basses

’62 and ’66 Fender Jazz Basses ’58, ’59, and ’60 Fender Precision Basses Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass with pearl-inlays and Basslines pickups Two Lakland Bob Glaub models Lakland hollowbody four-string Lakland Joe Osborn five-string Four Sadowsky Jazz Basses (two four-string and two five-string models) Guild M85 Guild Starfire Höfner hollowbody (strung with flatwound strings) Gibson EB-2 Gibson Ripper Epiphone Jack Casady model and El Capitan acoustic bass guitars Rob Allen fretless four-string semi-acoustic bass with Basslines pickups and La Bella tapewound strings Meisel plywood upright with Helicore strings. D'Addario strings

Amplifiers and speaker cabinets

Aguilar DB 900 DI Aguilar DB 680 preamp Avalon U5 DI/preamp Ashdown ABM500 2x10" combo amplifier Two Aguilar DB 750 heads (large venues) Two Aguilar GS 412 4x12" speaker cabinets (large venues)

Rackmounted gear and effects

Furman Power Conditioner Korg DTR-1 tuner Line 6 Echo Pro Line 6 Mod Pro Empirical Labs Distressor compressor Line 6 Bass Pod Pro Digital Music Corp. GCX switcher Digital Music Corp. Ground Control Pro Big Briar Moogerfooger Roland Jet Phaser Musictronics Mu-tron III envelope filter Prescription Electronic Depth Charge overdrive Z. Vex Wooly Mammoth overdrive DigiTech Synth Wah Budda Phatbass tube overdrive MXR M-80 DI Overdrive Big Muff EBS OctaBass Boss OC-2 Octave MXR M-88 octaver Pefftronics Rand-O-Matic Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron DigiTech Bass Whammy Carl Martin compressor Carl Martin stereo chorus

Discography

2020 Shapeshifting, Joe Satriani, bass and rhythm guitar (one track) 2019 Ex Nihilo, Figure 8, Bass 2014 Anticipated Releases: LP, Bryan Adams 2013 All That Echoes, Josh Groban, Bass 2013 Classic Album Collection, Rob Zombie, Bass 2013 Closer to the Truth, Cher, Bass 2013 Heartthrob, Tegan and Sara, Bass 2013 Unstoppable Momentum, Joe Satriani, Bass 2013 Live in NYC, Jane's Addiction, Composer and bass 2012 Fire It Up, Joe Cocker, Bass 2012 Into the Wild: Live at EastWest Studios, LP, Bass 2011 Formula, Vol. 1, Romeo Santos, Bass 2011 Ghost on the Canvas, Glen Campbell, Bass 2011 People and Things, Jack's Mannequin, Bass 2011 Sweeter, Gavin DeGraw, Bass 2011 The Great Escape Artist, Jane's Addiction, Bass 2011 This Loud Morning, David Cook, Bass 2010 A Public Disservice Announcement, Methods of Mayhem, Bass 2010 Hang Cool Teddy Bear, Meat Loaf, Bass 2010 Hard Knocks, Joe Cocker, Bass 2010 Red Light Fever, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Bass 2010 Slash, Slash, Bass 2010 Some Kind of Trouble, James Blunt, Bass 2010 The Band Perry, The Band Perry, Bass 2010 The Other Side of Down, David Archuleta, Bass 2009 A Very Special Christmas 7, Bass 2009 Believe, Orianthi, Bass 2009 For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert, Bass 2009 The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, John Fogerty, Bass 2009 The Boy Who Never, Landon Pigg, Bass 2008 Break the Silence, Jon Peter Lewis, Bass 2008 Gavin DeGraw, Gavin DeGraw, Bass 2008 Meet Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell, Bass 2008 My Love: Essential Collection, Celine Dion, Bass 2008 The Sound of Madness, Shinedown, Bass 2007 This Moment, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bass on tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 10 & 11 2007 Angels & Devils, Fuel, Bass 2007 Little Voice, Sara Bareilles, Bass 2007 The Best Damn Thing, Avril Lavigne, Bass 2006 (ONe), The Panic Channel, Bass 2006 Daughtry, Daughtry, Bass on "What About Now" 2006 Every Man for Himself, Hoobastank, Bass on tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 2006 Now & Then, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bass 2006 Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Bass 2006 Time Without Consequence, Alexi Murdoch, Bass 2006 Up from the Catacombs – The Best of Jane's Addiction, Jane's Addiction, Bass tracks 7 & 9 2005 Oral Fixation, Vol. 2, Shakira, Bass 2005 Oral Fixation, Vol. 1, Shakira, Bass 2005 Now What, Lisa Marie Presley, Bass 2004 All Things New, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bass on tracks 1–11 2004 E.P. #1, Ben Taylor, Composer 2004 Electro Addiction: An Electro Tribute to Jane's Addiction, Composer 2004 Pictures from Home, John Gregory, Bass 2003 Hotel Paper, Michelle Branch, Bass 2003 One Heart, Celine Dion, Bass 2003 Strays, Jane's Addiction, Bass 2002 Christmas Is Almost Here, Carly Simon, Bass 2002 Feast on Scraps, Alanis Morissette, Bass 2002 Never a Dull Moment, Tommy Lee, Bass 2002 Under Rug Swept, Alanis Morissette, Bass 2001 I Get Wet, Andrew W.K., Bass 2001 The Sinister Urge, Rob Zombie, Bass 2000 Love Life, Warren Hill, Bass 1999 Alanis Unplugged, Alanis Morissette, Bass 1999 Methods of Mayhem, Methods of Mayhem, Bass 1998 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Alanis Morissette, Bass 1997 Tibetan Freedom Concert, Bass on disc 2 track 11

Film scores and soundtrack credits 1998 City of Angels (Original Soundtrack), Bass 1998 The Waterboy, Bass 1999 Dogma (Original Soundtrack), Howard Shore, Bass (Electric) 1999 The Other Sister, Bass 2003 Now, DVD Composer 2003 Wicked: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Bass 2005 40 Year Old Virgin, Bass 2006 Employee of the Month, Bass 2007 300 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Collector's Edition), Tyler Bates, Bass (Electric) 2007 Treasure Planet (Original Motion Picture Score), James Newton Howard, Bass 2009 2012, Thomas Wander, Bass 2009 Watchmen (Original Motion Picture Score), Tyler Bates, Bass (Electric) 2010 Burlesque, Bass 2010 Date Night, Bass 2010 Due Date, Bass 2010 Red, Bass 2010 Dinner for Schmucks, Theodore Shapiro, Bass 2010 Get Him to the Greek, Bass 2011 Arthur, Bass 2011 Sucker Punch, Bass 2011 Real Steel, Bass 2011 Horrible Bosses, Bass 2012 Men in Black 3, Danny Elfman, Bass 2012 The Campaign, Bass 2013 The Hangover Trilogy, Hollywood Studio Symphony, Bass 2013 Identity Theft, Bass