Chuck Coles (also known as Chuut Coles) (born 20 March 1980 in

Oshawa Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...

, Ontario) is a Canadian musician. He was the guitarist for heavy metal band Brown Brigade and the lead singer, guitarist, and "band leader" for the band

The Organ Thieves Organ Thieves is a southern and soul-influenced experimental hard rock side project by Brown Brigade guitarists Chuck Coles and Dave Baksh, formed by Coles in mid-2008. It has since become their main project. History Formation and ''God's Fa ...

. Before joining Brown Brigade, Coles was a member of Canadian pop punk band

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from 2005 to when it disbanded in 2007; he played his last show with

on 19 October 2007 while already a member of Brown Brigade. With Cauterize, he played on the albums '' Paper Wings'' (2005), and '' Disguises'' (2007) with its added acoustic EP '' Unmasked''. Coles's addition to the band as lead guitarist provided for stronger three-guitar melodies on ''Disguises'', particularly on the re-release of ''Closer''. Prior to joining Cauterize, he played in local punk, hip-hop, reggae band ''Murder Culture''. Coles formed the

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band

with Brown Brigade band-member Dave Baksh and former

band-member Matt Worobec. Coles sings lead vocals, plays lead guitar, and writes most of the lyrics and guitar melodies for the band. The Organ Thieves released their first EP, ''

God's Favorite Sons ''God's Favorite Sons'' is the debut EP by Canadian hard rock band Organ Thieves (then known as The Organ Thieves), self-produced and released in March 2009. The EP includes 5 first demo songs recorded by the band in Jesse Smith and Jason Bon ...

'', in March 2009. In 2013, Coles has joined

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based punk/

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band The Creepshow as lead guitarist. In 2017, Coles did a small southern Ontario solo tour opening for

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. Currently he fronts his own solo act – Chuck Coles and the United Snakes.

References

External links

Chuck Coles's MySpace page

Organ Thieves web site
1981 births Brown Brigade members Canadian heavy metal guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian punk rock guitarists Living people Musicians from Oshawa 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male musicians {{Canada-guitarist-stub