Christopher Gabriel Nelson is an American

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musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

from

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, best known as the former

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

of the

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band

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. Nelson replaced the original bassist, Shon Meckfessel, soon after the band was formed but left the band himself before the release of their first album, ''

Motorcade of Generosity ''Motorcade of Generosity'' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was recorded at the Pus Cavern studio in Sacramento, California, and released through Capricorn Records on February 7, 1994. According to ''Pitchfork ...

'', which lists

Victor Damiani Cake is an alternative rock band from Sacramento, California, consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Daniel McCallum, and drummer Todd Roper. The band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyr ...

as bassist. After the release of CAKE's second album, ''

Fashion Nugget ''Fashion Nugget'' is the second studio album by alternative rock band Cake. It was released in 1996, and contains 14 songs. " The Distance" and "I Will Survive" became the most successful singles on the record, with the prior peaking at number ...

,'' Damiani left and Nelson re-joined. After playing bass and helping co-write songs on CAKE's subsequent studio albums, Nelson left the band again in late 2015. Nelson is lead vocalist and songwriter for the group ''Bellygunner'' along with his wife Peggy Lanza and musicians Thomas Monson, Steve Randall and Shawn Hale. In addition to performing with artists such as Greg Loiacono and the band

The Mother Hips The Mother Hips is an American rock band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. History Formation and debut Tim Bluhm (vocals/guitar), Greg Loiacono (guitar/vocals), Isaac Parsons (bass) and Mike Wofchuck (drums) met in 1990 while attendi ...

, Nelson offers private music lessons to students in the Sacramento area. 18 March 2016

Selected discography

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Prolonging the Magic ''Prolonging the Magic'' is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Cake. It was released on October 6, 1998, on Capricorn Records. The sole successful single was "Never There". The album was recorded after the departure of guitar ...

'', 1998 *'' Comfort Eagle'', 2001 *''

Pressure Chief ''Pressure Chief'' is the fifth studio album by American band Cake. It was released on October 5, 2004, pushed back from its original August release date. It was produced by the band and recorded in a converted house in Sacramento. The lead singl ...

'', 2004 *''

Showroom of Compassion ''Showroom of Compassion'' is the sixth full-length studio album from the band Cake, released on January 11, 2011. Produced by the band, it was the band's first studio album to be independently released. The musical style of ''Showroom of Compass ...

'', 2011

References

External links

Official Bellygunner Facebook

Official Bellygunner Youtube
Living people American male singer-songwriters American rock singers American rock songwriters American rock guitarists American male guitarists Singer-songwriters from California Cake (band) members Guitarists from California 1967 births {{US-rock-musician-stub