Chris Romanelli was the bassist of the punk rock band
Plasmatics from 1981 until 1983 and again in 1986 to 1987, during a time, in 1983, he was the keyboardist. He played on the ''
Metal Priestess'', ''
Coup d'Etat'' and ''
Maggots: The Record'' albums. After that, he had some brief stints with several other bands but largely faded from the music industry in the mid-1990s. He is currently a practicing attorney in New York.
Chris wrote the music to "The Damned", the only Plasmatics song to be featured in heavy rotation on
MTV
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. "The Damned" still occasionally appears on MTV, on
Beavis and Butt-head
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and other shows.
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Living people
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