The Owl

"I've always sung and always played bass, Owl came about through me having my own style and my own vision of how the bass needs to be played," Chris said in 2009

Chris Wyse and drummer Dan Dinsmore had their first band together as teenagers and they stuck to their joint project over the years, even when Wyse's star as a bassist rose after he moved to Los Angeles. 

In an early version of The Owl, Chris Wyse performed the song "Behind the Sun" on the 2001 tribute album "Flammable: A Tribute To the Red Hot Chili Peppers". All Music Guide wrote "Behind the Sun" is appropriately trippy, and even replicates Flea's dominating bassline with aplomb."

A year later, guitarist Eric Bradley joined and in 2007 the band Owl, which still exists today, was formed. 

Owl's first album was released in 2009, with "The Pusher" probably being the best-known song. 4 years later "The Right Thing" followed in 2013. From cool rock covers that you definitely haven't heard this way before, to a pretty personal nod to Chris' Irish roots, to my favorite Track "Mouse", the album is classic rock and yet different.

The third album "Things You Can't See" was released in 2015 with songs such as "Lake Ego" (created from a misunderstanding of the autocorrect) and "Alive", this album shines with creative bass playing and is probably the most personal album to date. Close to the experimental and with lyrics that reveal new things even on the 5th listen. 

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