Cheetah Chrome

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cheetah Chrome
Occupation	American Musician
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1955(1955-02-18)
Age	69
Birthplace	Cleveland
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Aquarius

Cheetah Chrome Biography

Cheetah Chrome is one of the most popular and richest American musician who was born on February 18, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Eugene Richard O’Connor (born February 18th 1955) more popularly known by the nickname, Cheetah Chrome is an American musician who gained fame as a guitarist with Rocket From the Tombs and the punk rock group Dead Boys.

There were a few short reunions, which Chrome was part of in both 1987 and 2004. They returned in 2017 to promote and tour the 40th anniversary celebration of Young Loud and Snotty.

In 2003, after the release of The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs, he reformed Rocket from the Tombs with David Thomas, Craig Bell, with Steve Mehlman (Pere Ubu) on drums and Richard Lloyd (Television) replacing the late Peter Laughner. The reincarnation of the group toured in 2003 and 2006. In summer 2003 it entered the studio to record some of the band’s old material for the first time. The recordings were released as Rocket Redux (SmogVeil). Chrome did a US West coast tour in April 2004 (backed by Sweet Justice) as well as a 10 date Midwest/East coast tour as guitarist in Texas Terri’s band in July. At the end of July he headlined “Festimal” in Cedeira, Spain. In 2005, the members of RFTT flew to Germany to headline one night (the Buzzcocks headlined the other) of the International Punk Kongress in Kassel; then, in 2006, they reconvened in Cleveland to write material for a new record. This material became the single “I Sell Soul/Romeo and Juliet”, released in 2010, and the full-length album Barfly, released in 2011.

In 2007, Chrome played periodic solo shows, including headlining the Road To Ruins festival in Rome, Italy (backed by Unnatural Axe). Chrome also was chosen to advertise Gibson’s new range of Les Paul BFG.

Following the breakup of Dead Boys, Dead Boys broke up, Cheetah Chrome was a regular in New York City (mostly at Max’s Kansas City) doing shows with the Stilettos as well as his own group Cheetah Chrome as well as the Casualties. The group recorded a single for ORK Records, “Still Wanna Die/Take Me Home”, composed with Atlantic Records co-founder Herb Abramson. Then, he appeared on Ronnie Spector’s first Solo album Siren. In the year 1980, he performed on guitar alongside Nico at the New York’s Squat Theatre and the band’s hometown, Kansas City. He was featured on numerous albums in the 1980s, including himself on “Cheetah Chrome and the Ghetto Dogs” (Get Hip) and the Jeff Dahl song “I Kill Me” (Sympathy for the Record Industry) as well as the song by Todd Tamanend Clark “Into the Vision” (TMI). He also reunited with Dead Boys for the ill-fated reunions of the latter part of the 1980s.

Cheetah Chrome Net Worth

Cheetah Chrome is one of the richest American Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cheetah Chrome 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chrome joined the Protopunk group Rocket From the Tombs in September 1974. Previously, Chrome had formed a band with Peter Laughner. The group broke up the mid-year of 1975. They had not recorded anything.

Following the disbandment in RFTT, Chrome, alongside other members Stiv Bators and Johnny Madansky would form a new group called Dead Boys. They adopted the name in honor of one of the songs from RFTT single “Down In Flames”. They released two albums before disbanding in 1979.

In the 1990s, Chrome moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and recorded a live album Alive in Detroit (DUI) at Lili’s in Hamtramck, Michigan. In the 2002, he played guitar on several track for False Alarm’s Fuck ‘Em All We’ve All Ready (Now) Won!. Additionally, he played with The Replacements’ Bob Stinson in the band Shotgun Rationale. He also toured with GG Allin around this time.

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Who is Cheetah Chrome Dating?

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In 2013, an American made motion picture titled CBGB was released. Actor Rupert Grint portrayed Chrome, while Justin Bartha portrayed Stiv Bators. Chrome himself makes a cameo appearance in the film as well.

Facts & Trivia

Cheetah Ranked on the list of most popular American musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Cheetah Chrome celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.