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Chum


There are multiple artists who go by the name Chum 1) A Japanese trance producer working for the EXIT TRANCE circle. 2) A heavy, yet melodic band from Huntington, West Virginia. (see previous version of the chum's biography for more details) The band was the brainchild of bassist Chris Tackett and guitarist Mac Walker, and also included vocalist/guitarist John Lancaster and drummer Chuck Nicholas. Although Lancaster, Tackett and Walker had played together years earlier in another band, the genesis of Chum officially dates back to 1992, after the dissolution of Guru Lovechild, a Huntington-based power-trio that featured Lancaster, Nicholas and bassist Barry Smith. A disillusioned Lancaster, reeling from the blow, then received a phone call from Tackett, a Guru fan himself, to inform him that he and Walker, along with drummer Brian Myers, were putting together a new band. Lancaster was asked if hed be interested in jamming with them and accepted the invitation. Problems soon arose with Myers, who was then ousted in favor of Lancasters old band mate, Nicholas, who had been killing time playing with the Lexington, Kentucky-based unit Black Cat Bone, a group that would eventually dissolved into Control Freak and, later, Supafuzz. In seizing the opportunity to rejoin his old friend, Nicholas became the final piece of the puzzle. The newly-christened Chum soon thereafter began composing the material that would comprise their live stage show. The bands first Huntington performanc...

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