Christopher Tait, also known as Tait Nucleus?, is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the synthesizer player of the rock band
Electric Six
Electric Six is a six-piece American rock band formed in 1996 in Detroit, Michigan. Their music was described by AllMusic as a combination of garage, disco, punk rock, new wave, and metal. The band achieved recognition in 2003 with the si ...
and the founder of Passenger Recovery. Although he was credited as an associate on ''
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'', it wasn't until the band's lineup change in 2002 when he officially joined. His inclusion took the group from a five-piece to a six-piece band, rendering the joke of their name (Electric Six despite only featuring five members) redundant.
Discography
Electric Six
Dubai Bros.
Tait produces remixes under the Dubai Bros.
Ghost City
Ghost City was a band featuring Tait on keyboard and vocals. They were active from 2005 until 2007.
They released one album, the self-titled ''Ghost City'' in 2008.
Belle Ghoul
Tait is a founding member of the band Belle Ghoul, started in 2011.
They released their first album ''Rabbit's Moon & Doomsday'' in 2014.
Laser Destroyer Team
Tait is a founding member of the band Laser Destroyer Team, started in 2014, alongside Keith Thompson (aka Smörgåsbord, Electric Six's longest serving bassist), Chad Thompson (who had previously worked with Electric Six on "
Heartbeats and Brainwaves" and Shaun Hatton.
The band specifically produce music for video games.
Discography
Passenger Recovery
Tait founded Passenger Recovery as a service that provides resources for people recovering from addiction while on the road. In an interview with ''The Spill Magazine'', Tait explained how the project started: "Passenger Recovery started basically from personal experience. So we bought this house in Detroit where travelling musicians can go to have a sober green room. There is recovery reading, chargers, coffee and most importantly peace and quiet.”
Passenger set out to create that network and provide easy access to the help those in need when their usual support systems are miles and miles away. In an article Tait wrote for the creative collective ''Nothing in the Rulebook'', he said that he hoped his own personal experiences of addiction would mean the project worked for others finding themselves in a similar situation: "I’m not alone, and much as my ego would like me to be the only single “tortured artist” on the planet that’s ever dealt with this, I’m not. We’re everywhere
..Our hope is to present a united front where artists from all walks of life can stand together to support those who have recognized issues or concerns in their own lives."
Since the project began, a number of other creative artists have become involved or pledged their support to the campaign, including
Flogging Molly
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,
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album ''Horses''.
Called the "punk poet ...
,
The Sword
The Sword was an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2003, the band was composed of vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III for most of its te ...
, the Flint Institute of Arts, Wayne State Press, and
Lol Tolhurst
Laurence Andrew "Lol" Tolhurst (born 3 February 1959) is a founding member and the former drummer and keyboardist of English band The Cure - he left the Cure in 1989 and was later involved in the band Presence and his current project, Levinhurs ...
.
Filmography
Personal life
As of 2020, Tait lives in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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, with his wife.
References
External links
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Passenger Recovery
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Living people
American male songwriters
American male singers
Year of birth missing (living people)