KRIS ROE

'Kristopher Lee Roe' (born January 12, 1977 in Anderson, Indiana) is a singer, guitarist and songwriter in the alternative rock band The Ataris who formed in 1994, His band The Ataris released their fifth full length album "Welcome the Night" on February, 20th 2007 on the band's own imprint isola recordings through the Sanctuary Group.
He plays guitar left-handed and known for playing an upside-down, right-handed guitar, which many wrongly believe is similar to a style made famous by guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Although Hendrix actually strung the guitar to be correct for a left-handed guitarist, and Roe leaves the strings upside down. Roe is also indeed right-handed contrary to popular belief.
Other writers Kristopher cites as inspiration are, Douglas Coupland, Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh and Charles Bukowski, "In a lot of my lyrics," Kris reveals, "I like to encode a lot of hidden messages... I like our audience to read into things. Writing should be very in depth, very detailed. Every essence of the moment should be described."
Kristopher is also an art photographer and has taken many of the photographs in The Ataris records. You can view his art photgraphy at [1] He has stated that he hopes to eventually publish a book of his photographs in the near future.
He has just recently shaved his head for a role in a 35th street play.

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★ Kristopher Roe Photography Myspace

★ Kris Roe on Answers.com