ArtistInfo

Chastain

Band, *1984 US, Cincinnati
Rock

Heavy metal band formed in 1984 at Cincinnati U.S. by guitarist David T. Chastain and Mike Varney, president of Shrapnel Records. Varney had noticed the shred guitar ability of Chastain, member of CJSS and, at the same time, he wanted to create an output for the talent of young singer Leather Leone, formerly with the San Francisco band Rude Girl. The first band line-up included Leone, Chastain, CJSS bassist Mike Skimmerhorn and drummer Fred Coury, who would later play in Cinderella. In 1986, Chastain readily declared that "I could never work with these people on a full-time basis because they live all over the country (...). We just get together once a year, record an album and then go off and do our own things". In the case of Chastain, he wrote music for CJSS and his solo albums, as well as producing other artists and managing his own record label.

Members

	Fred Coury dr *1967 US
	David Harbour b *1965 US
	Pat O'Brien g *1965 US
	Dave Starr b US
	David T. Chastain g *1963 US
	Ken Mary dr *1968 US
	Dennis Lesh dr, key US
	Kate French voc US
	Kevin Kekes b US
	Larry Howe dr, bvoc *1961 US
	Leather Leone voc US
	Stian Kristoffersen dr
	Mike Skimmerhorn b, bvoc US
	John Luke Hebert dr US