Christopher Tony "Chris" Wolstenholme (born 2 December 1978) is an English musician and singer. He is the bassist and backing vocalist for the alternative rock band Muse. Wolstenholme also sometimes plays keyboard or guitar.
Chris Wolstenholme grew up in the English town of Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, Devon. There he played drums for a post-punk band.
Wolstenholme married his girlfriend Kelly in December 2003 and they have six children: Alfie (born 7 July 1999), Ava-Jo (born 31 December 2001), Frankie (born 26 August 2003), Ernie (born 20 October 2008), Buster (born 4 November 2010) and Teddi (born 5 January 2012). In April 2010, the family moved to Foxrock, Dublin; in 2011, they moved to London, due to the band's wishes to live in the same city while recording their new album. He remains an avid supporter of Rotherham United F.C., his hometown football team. He holds an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Plymouth.
Wolstenholme has had problems with alcohol. In 2010, he told the Times he had been a "raging alcoholic". In an interview with Q he said that he would drink so much he would vomit blood, but that he would not grasp the seriousness of his situation. His bandmates had tried to broach the subject of his drinking several times without success. He eventually realised that unless he quit drinking, he would end up like his father, who died due to excessive drinking when Wolstenholme was seventeen. He went into rehab halfway during the recording of Muse's fifth album The Resistance. Since then, he has not drunk alcohol and said that his relationship with his family and bandmates has improved.
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