Chris Doherty (born 1965 in

Braintree, Massachusetts Braintree () is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor-council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The populat ...

) is a musician, singer-songwriter best known as the founder of

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots ...

band

Gang Green Gang Green is an American punk rock band originally from Braintree, Massachusetts. Chris Doherty (guitar), Bill Manley (bass) and Mike Dean (drums) started the band in 1980 and broke up in 1983. Doherty reformed Gang Green the following year, ...

. Doherty graduated from

Braintree High School Braintree High School (BHS) is a four-year public secondary school located in Braintree, Massachusetts. The school is part of the Braintree Public School district and is situated on the northwest side of Sunset Lake at 128 Town Street. Genera ...

in 1983.

Gang Green

The lone constant in the lineup, lead singer/guitarist Chris Doherty has remained with Gang Green, off and on, for more than two decades. He formed the first incarnation of Gang Green in 1982, the second in 1985, and a third in 1997. They still continue to play live shows in the Boston area.

Other projects

1980s

Doherty joined punk band, Jerry's Kids in 1982, and later moved on to Stranglehold and the

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band the Cheapskates.

1990s

Doherty formed and fronted

Klover Klover was an American, short-lived Boston punk band, consisting of Mike Stone (later a Queensrÿche guitarist) on vocals and guitar, Chris Doherty (ex-Gang Green) on lead guitar, Darren Hill (ex- Red Rockers, Paul Westerberg) on bass and Br ...

, a punk band which released one album, ''Feel Lucky Punk?'', on

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released ...

in 1995. After

broke up, he formed another band, Hamerd, before reforming the current version of Gang Green in 1997.

2010s

On October 31, 2018, Doherty suffered a major stroke that affected both his heart and brain and left him paralyzed on his left side. Since then, he has remained in physical therapy and rehabilitation, playing limited shows for the next 5 years.

2020s

In 2023, Doherty would start doing shows again, embarking on a world tour from July 21-July 30 on the east coast, then August in Europe. There is speculation of this being a last tour ever for Gang Green.

References

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