Chris Leo

Having a career built on successful operates in East Coast indie rock and roll, Chris Leo has gained nearly all his notoriety writing, singing, and performing the songs from the Van Pelt as well as the Lapse. The sibling of solo designer Ted Leo and Danny Leo (of Local Nod as well as the Holy Child years) Chris Leo’s songwriting includes noisy, guitar-driven components and half-spoken, half-sung melodic components. His use the Vehicle Pelt in the middle-’90s resulted in a successful episode of touring and carrying out and a small number of produces on Gern Blandsten. Leo’s collaboration with bassist Toko Yasuda also increased out of her participation with the Vehicle Pelt, and following the breakup from the Vehicle Pelt that adopted the discharge from the Sultans of Sentiment, Yasuda and Leo co-founded the Lapse in 1997. After some two information, Betrayal! on Gern Blandsten and Heaven Ain’t Happenin’ on Southern Information, the duo’s personal and musical collaboration proceeded to go awry. Toko Yasuda remaining the Lapse past due in 1999 to become listed on the avant-noise rock and roll group Enon, and Chris Leo continuing to execute as the Lapse with a number of other assisting players. Chris Leo as well as the Lapse remaining Southern Information in 2000 and authorized to Matador Information.