Chris Freeman’s parents Georgie and Donald, 1946. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
L-R: Robin Freeman (sister), Georgie Freeman (mother) holding Chris Freeman (at age ~1), and Carol Freeman (sister) in front of their house on Woodridge Hill, Bellevue, WA, October 1963. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
L-R: Robin Freeman (sister), Chris Freeman (at age 1.5), and Carol Freeman (sister) in front of the Christmas tree, December 25, 1963. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
L-R: Carol Freeman (sister) and Donald Freeman (father) Robin Freeman (sister), Georgie Freeman (mother), and Chris Freeman on Easter, 1964. Chris shares, “One big happy family … yeah right!” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
L-R: Donald Freeman (father), Carol Freeman (sister), Robin Freeman (sister), and Chris Freeman (at bottom) as a child in their backyard on Woodridge Hill, Bellevue, WA, Easter 1965. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
L-R: Carol Freeman (sister), Chris Freeman, and Robin Freeman (sister) posing for a department store family photo, 1966. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
The last school portrait of Chris (age 16) at Juanita High School, fall 1977. He shares, “My mom got that shirt at the thrift store she worked for in Aberdeen since we had just moved to Juanita from Aberdeen a few months before. There was an identical one in red that I would trade off. I cut my own hair as well. Within a few weeks, I’d start smoking pot and within a year, I’d be living on my own.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Chris Freeman, playing the acoustic guitar he learned on, with his cousin Julie at his Aunt Betty’s house, summer 1975. He shares, “We were probably playing Beatles’ songs.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Chris Freeman playing with Jack (drummer) for his first band Relic in the basement of his house, Lake City in Seattle, WA, 1979. Photo credit: Erik Aandal. Chris shares, “The ceiling was so low, I could not stand up all the way. Note the psychedelic poster, Peavey PA head and homemade strobe using a styrofoam wheel with a hole in it on a fan motor.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Chris playing his Peavey T-40 bass with his first band Relic in the basement of his house, Lake City in Seattle, WA, 1979. Photo credit: Erik Aandal. He shares, “I’m wearing a t-shirt from the Jethro Tull/U.K. tour we went to in April 1979.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
Little Wing – Christian Fulghum (guitar), Sanda Miller (vocals), Brad Turner (drums) and Chris Freeman (bass) – performing at the legendary first Metalfest at the Lake Hills Roller Rink, Bellevue, WA, 1981. Chris shares, “We played first on the bill, and the banner behind us was made for a prior version of the band.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Chris Freeman performing for the legendary first Rockfest at the Lake Hills Roller Rink, Bellevue, WA, 1981. He shares, “Little Wing also played first on the bill for Rockfest, which happened a few weeks after Metalfest. I thought I needed a ‘look’ so I went with blue jeans and blue/white baseball t-shirt. I had another shirt with extra stripes that I’m wearing in the other photo.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
A green flier that reads, “The Palace Presents An Eastside Rock Spectacular… MetalFest ‘81”, the Lake Hills Roller Rink, Bellevue, WA, 1981. Chris shares, “On the bill was a young band called The Mob playing Sabbath and Priest covers. Later they would be renamed Queensryche when they ‘went original.’ My band Little Wing played first on the bill. This was my third time playing in front of an audience. The first was my backyard and the second was in a park on Mercer Island, so this was by far the biggest show.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
A promotional photo for Attachments, where Chris is in the very back in white with “the skunk hair”, July 1985. Photo credit: Jim Gibson. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
A solo shot of Chris from the Vox Opera photoshoot, spring 1989. Chris shares, “I had 7 earrings, 4 on the left ear, 3 on the right. I used to make my own earrings using things like clock hands and tire pump parts. By the end of the year, I would cut all of that long hair off—I did not want to start the ‘90s with long hair!” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
An article from Bay Area Music Magazine titled “This is Model Citizenz: Viv Savage Strikes Again!”, January 1981. Chris shares, “Model Citizenz was the last band I played in before officially ‘quitting music.’ This band was led by keyboardist David Kaffinetti, otherwise known as “Viv Savage” from Spinal Tap! I didn’t mind the music, but the lyrics … ugh! I played with them for about three months before quitting. This came out a few months after I quit and a few months before I met Jon Ginoli.” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
The outer cassette cover for the homemade demo of the Undressed album. Artwork credit: Jon Ginoli, 1991. Chris shares, “That’s Iggy Pop, unenhanced!” Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
The inner cassette cover for the homemade demo of the Undressed album with liner notes. Artwork credit: Jon Ginoli, 1991. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
A poster/postcard for the Pansy Division documentary I completed in film school, released to festivals in 2008 and released on Alternative Tentacles in 2009. Photo courtesy of Chris Freeman.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
Photo courtesy of Jon Ginoli.
