Kevin Chown

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Chown
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Dec 24, 1969(1969-12-24)
Age	55
Birthplace	Escanaba
Birth City	Escanaba
Horoscope	Aquarius

Kevin Chown Biography

Kevin Chown is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on December 24, 1969 in Escanaba, Escanaba, ****. Kevin Chown (born December 24, 1969) is an American bass player best known for his work with best selling Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen, funk/rock/fusion quartet Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, and progressive metal bands Edwin Dare and Artension.

Chown moved to Los Angeles in 1997 and quickly became a much in-demand session player, re-teaming with his old Edwin Dare cohort Jeff Kollman on various projects, producing acclaimed drummer Mike Terrana’s 1999 solo album, Shadow of the Past, guesting on vocalist John West’s Earth Maker (2002), and playing on a long list of soundtracks for TV and film. In addition, he picked up work as an actor, always playing a musician, and had various recurring on-screen acting performances, including on the television series “How I Met Your Mother”. Chown also landed the coveted bass gig with platinum selling artist Uncle Kracker and toured the country in support of No Stranger to Shame, culminating in a double header home town gig in Escanaba in late 2003.

In the summer of 2008, Chown joined rock’n’roll icon Chuck Berry for his appearance at the Long Beach Blues Festival. Chown was also brought into the Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats fold, a 1970s fusion/funk oriented quartet led by Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and featuring keyboardist Ed Roth and Chown’s long-time musical companion, Jeff Kollman, on guitar. The band made their live debut at the 2008 NAMM Show, followed by a short tour of Japan, and released their debut album, Meet the Meatbats, the following year. The group toured Japan twice more, with Matt Sorum and Kenny Aronoff filling in for Smith, and have since issued two more albums, More Meat (2010) and Live Meat And Potatoes (2012). The group appeared at the Guitar Center Drum-Off at L.A.’s Club Nokia in early January 2014 where they were joined by guitar legend Steve Lukather.

In 2011, Chown got the call to join former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen on her world tour in support of her album What Lies Beneath, which included shows all across Europe and South America. The latter was documented via the Act I: Live in Rosario DVD (2012); Chown also appears on Tarja’s three most recent studio recordings, Colours In The Dark (2013), which debuted Top 10 in half a dozen European countries, The Brightest Void (2016), and The Shadow Self (2016). The latter two also feature Chown’s Bombastic Meatbats bandmate, Chad Smith, on select songs. Chown appears in the “No Bitter End” promotional video and took part in the band’s extensive Far East and European tours, highlighted by an appearance at Germany’s prestigious Wacken Open Air festival on August 5 in front of some 80,000 fans.

While playing with Edwin Dare, Chown also developed a reputation as a producer and session musician working out of his own Detroit-based studio. Among others, he became heavily involved with local progressive rock band Tiles, producing and playing on three of their albums, Tiles (1994), Fence the Clear (1997) and Presents of Mind (1998). He also wrote and produced songs and jingles for the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Tigers, Little Caesars Pizza and The Weather Channel, among others. In 1997, Chown briefly worked with Detroit rock icon Ted Nugent after being introduced by local rock singer Steve Black, Nugent’s radio co-host. He would perform live in-studio with Nugent on his radio program on a couple of occasions.

Kevin Chown Net Worth

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

In the mid 1990s, Chown was featured in Guitar Player magazine’s ‘Spotlight’ column which led to a working relationship with GP columnist Mike Varney, also the head of Shrapnel Records. Chown became the bass player for newly formed multi-national progressive metal group Artension, recording 2 studio albums, Into the Eye of the Storm (1996) and Phoenix Rising (1997) for Shrapnel. He left the group in 1998 but would participate in the recording of two more albums, Sacred Pathways (2002) and New Discovery (2003). He also recorded albums with guitar virtuosos Tony MacAlpine (Violent Machine, 1996), Jeff Kollman (Into The Unknown, 1996), and George Bellas (Turn of the Millenium, 1997), and contributed bass to two releases by progressive metal band Magnitude 9.

After a year at Bay College, Chown moved to Detroit to attend Wayne State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies and was honored as “College Jazz Soloist of the Year” in 1993 at the Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival. At the same time, Chown also pursued his love of rock’n’roll and played with several bands around Detroit. While attending the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA in 1991, Chown crossed paths with guitarist Jeff Kollman and soon joined his Toledo, OH-based progressive metal band, Edwin Dare. The group quickly garnered a strong following throughout parts of the Midwest and released 3 studio albums in the 1990s which were particularly well received in Japan. Chown would also release an all-instrumental solo album, Freudian Slip, in 1996.

In 2005, Chown became the bassist and co-musical director for Ivan Kane’s Royal Jelly, a burlesque show with a residency at Hollywood’s Forty Deuce club; the troupe made a national TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in October 2006 performing the Aerosmith classic “Walk This Way”. Chown and fellow Royal Jelly musicians, Jeff Kollman and Charlie Waymire, also recorded an album of original music under the name JKB. Bleeding the Soul was issued in 2004 and accompanied by a promotional video for the song “By Myself”, shot at club Forty Deuce.

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In May 2018, Chown was announced as one of the cast members of Season 8 of the Emmy award-winning Swedish reality show, Allt för Sverige, marketed in the U.S. as The Great Swedish Adventure. The show’s 8 episodes aired weekly from September 16 through November 4 on Sweden’s national public TV broadcaster, SVT. Chown’s feature episode dealing his Swedish family heritage and their 19th century emigration to North America aired on October 21; Chown was among the final four contestants to appear in the November 4 season finale.

Facts & Trivia

Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in. Kevin Chown celebrates birthday on December 24 of every year.

On September 1, 2019, Chown announced that he would be leaving Tarja after a 9-year stint with the band and join former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach for a fall U.S. tour and that he had begun working with singer/songwriter Trevor Ohlsen in his hometown of Escanaba, MI.

Top Facts about Kevin Chown

1. Kevin Chown is an American bassist and vocalist.
2. He has played with notable artists such as Tarja Turunen and Sebastian Bach.
3. Chown has also worked on numerous film and TV soundtracks.
4. He is known for his technical proficiency and versatility on the bass guitar.
5. Chown has released several solo albums, including “Freudian Slip” in 2018.
6. He has collaborated with a wide range of musicians across various genres.
7. Chown is endorsed by companies such as Warwick Basses and Aguilar Amplification.
8. He frequently tours internationally, performing at major music festivals worldwide.
9. Chown’s playing style incorporates elements of rock, jazz, funk, and metal.
10. He is highly respected within the music industry for his skill and professionalism.