{{short description|American guitarist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Chris Rest | image = Chris Rest of Lagwagon 2015.jpg | caption = Rest performing with Lagwagon in 2015 | birth_name = | birth_date = | alias = Leon Rest | death_date = | instrument = Guitar | genre = Punk rock, skate punk, hardcore punk | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1983–present | associated_acts = Rich Kids on LSD, Lagwagon, No Use for a Name, The Real McKenzies, The Other, Hotbox, District of Columbias, King City, Mad Caddies, Buck Wild | website = }}
'''Chris Rest''' is an American guitarist best known for his work with the punk bands No Use for a Name, Rich Kids on LSD, and Lagwagon. He is Rich Kids on LSD's only constant member, having participated in every album and tour.
==Career==
Rest was a founding member of hardcore punk band<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kristiansen |first1=Lars J. |last2=Blaney |first2=Joseph R.|last3=Chidester |first3=Philip J.|last4=Simonds |first4= Brent K.|page=15|year=2010|title=Screaming for Change: Articulating a Unifying Philosophy of Punk Rock|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0739142745}}</ref> Rich Kids on LSD (RKL) when they formed in 1982. He remained the only consistent throughout the band's entire career. Through their influential<ref name="trustzine">{{cite journal |author=Taylor, Todd |title=Rich Kids on LSD – "Like If Jimi Hendrix Covers Slayer" |journal=Razorcake |url=http://www.trust-zine.de/rich-kids-on-lsd-%E2%80%9Clike-if-jimi-hendrix-covers-slayer%E2%80%9D/ |issue=45 |date=July–August 2008 }}</ref> career spanning three decades RKL released four full-length studio albums and one live album. RKL went on hiatus in 1995. In 1996 Rest formed a band called The Other with RKL's Bomer Manzullo and drummer Boz Rivera. This group produced one self-titled album released in 1997 on Honest Don's Records, a subsidiary label set up by Fat Wreck Chords to release material by bands that didn't fit within the roster at Fat. That same year Rest played guitar on Buck Wild's album ''Beat Me Silly''. In 1997 Rest replaced guitarist Ken Stringfellow as a member of Lagwagon.<ref>{{cite news|title=LAGWAGON LIKES THE MIDDLE PUNK BAND PREFERS PERKS OF STAYING WITH A SMALL LABEL|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=September 26, 1997}}</ref> Rest has appeared on all subsequent Lagwagon releases. Rest also contributed his guitar on Mad Caddies 2001 release ''Rock the Plank'', and Hotbox's 2001 release ''Lickety Split''.
In 2002 Rest reformed RKL with original members Jason Sears and Bomer Manzullo. The line-up fluctuated over the next few years and new material was being written and recorded, however the death of lead singer Sears in 2006<ref>Cearley, Anna (February 3, 2006). [http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060203/news_2m3detox.html U.S. man who died in Tijuana clinic was singer.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229081939/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060203/news_2m3detox.html |date=February 29, 2012 }} ''San Diego Union-Tribune''</ref> ended any plans of a release.
Chris Rest is also a member of the San Francisco-based group King City.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://reviews.sfbg.com/2007/08/29/class-2007-king-city |title = Class of 2007: King City: Most Likely to Carry a Django Reinhardt Album While Wearing a Master of Puppets T-shirt |author = Cheryl Eddy|publisher = San Francisco Bay Guardian Online |date = August 29, 2007 |accessdate= March 11, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050512003348/http://www.kingcitysf.com/ King City Official Website]}}, ''kingcitysf.com/'', retrieved on August 19, 2012</ref>
Rest contributed guitar to The Real McKenzies's 2008 release ''Off the Leash'' and played guitar for the group District of Columbias in 2009.<ref name="chrisrestcreditsallmusic">{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0001227511|label=Chris Rest}}</ref> In 2008 he also recorded a guitar solo for the song "Stroudsburg" for the band I Know the Struggle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Rest (Lagwagon) provides guitar work for I Know the Struggle|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/29379/chris-rest-lagwagon-provides-guitar-work-for-i-know-the-struggle|work=punknews.org|accessdate=May 9, 2013|author=joepulito|date=June 23, 2008}}</ref> Rest joined No Use for a Name in 2008<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Sarah|title=No Use For a Name return to Oz|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/28447/No-Use-For-a-Name-return-to-Oz|work=fasterlouder|accessdate=May 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120192233/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/28447/No-Use-For-a-Name-return-to-Oz|archive-date=November 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> replacing Dave Nassie and remained a member until their final show following the death of lead singer Tony Sly in 2012.<ref>[http://shortscore.net/2009/08/22/lagwagon-ba-harapott-a-no-use-for-a-name/ Lagwagon-ba harapott a No Use for a Name] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121052611/http://shortscore.net/2009/08/22/lagwagon-ba-harapott-a-no-use-for-a-name/ |date=January 21, 2010 }} ShortScore.net (August 22. 2009.)</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.chrisrest.com/}}
{{Rich Kids on LSD}} {{Lagwagon}} {{No Use for a Name}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rest, Chris}} Category:Guitarists from California Category:Living people Category:American punk rock guitarists Category:American male guitarists Category:Rich Kids on LSD members Category:No Use for a Name members Category:Lagwagon members Category:Year of birth missing (living people)