Chris Crippin (born August 4, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the rock band Hedley. Crippin departed the band in 2017. Outside of Hedley, he was the drum technician on the 2000 album ''

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'' by the American band

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. He also played drums for

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. In 2018, Crippin started a new project called MrCrippin.

Early life

Crippin began to have an interest in music at a very young age. It wasn't until his mid-teen years when he started learning how to play drums.

Career

Before joining Hedley, Crippin worked as a drum technician and played drums for several different artists. Crippin was the drum technician on the 2000 albums ''

'' and '' L.D. 50'' by

and

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respectively. Crippin also spent two years touring with

. He later joined Everything After before they split in 2004. Crippin formed a new project called Bomb the Past, a group he fronted. Crippin spent 13 years with Hedley and released 6 albums with the group. In 2018, it was reported that Crippin had been fired by the band in 2017. Amidst the allegations against lead singer

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from Hedley, Crippin spoke out against his former band mate. He stated he was "extremely rude" and was "hard to work with." Since then, Crippin started his own band called MrCrippin in 2018 and released his debut single "Big Brother" in 2021. Crippin has also worked as a drum technician for the likes of

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and

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Personal life

Crippin owns two companies, Crippin Health Inc. and Mrdrumsalot Music Inc.

Discography

with

* ''

'' (2000) with Hedley * '' Hedley'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Wild Life'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015)

Singles

Additional credits

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crippin, Chris 1974 births Living people Canadian rock drummers Canadian male drummers Canadian rock singers Musicians from British Columbia People from Burnaby People from Surrey, British Columbia Canadian punk rock drummers 21st-century Canadian drummers 21st-century Canadian male singers