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Biography
Chris Hornbrook was born in Hollywood, Florida, to French-Canadian immigrants, Donald Hornbrook and Moisette Maltais, in the early nineteen eighties. He started playing local South Florida punk shows at the age of fifteen with his high school garage band before being asked to join a local punk band called Last Minute. He met future band member Ryan Primack as he was playing bass in the band. At seventeen Hornbrook was asked to join an early incarnation of Poison the Well in 1998. He has drummed on all six of the bands’ full-length records, both EPs and performed on all the touring in support of those records. Alongside being a founding member he is also considered to be a part of the core lineup alongside guitar player Ryan Primack and vocalist Jeffrey Moreira.
In early February 1999, Hornbrook joined Shai Hulud filling in as their drummer after the departure of Steve Kleisath. Hornbrook performed with Shai Hulud for roughly three weeks including a one-off show at Middlesex County College in Edison, New Jersey on February 27, 1999, with Hatebreed, Cave In, The Judas Factor, Linus, As Darkness Falls and The Degenerics. Hornbrook departed when Shai Hulud recruited drummer Andrew Gormley.
In 2012, Hornbrook was invited to perform live with electronic pop artist Big Black Delta. During his time with Big Black Delta, they toured with M83, Jane’s Addiction, and Gary Numan. The group performed at SXSW, Rock en Seine, Reading Festival, Leeds Festival, Electric Picnic, Berlin Festival, and Boston Calling Music Festival. Big Black Delta also performed live on Last Call With Carson Daly during their time at SXSW in 2013.
It was announced on June 2, 2014, via Alternative Press that Hornbrook would be replacing original Senses Fail drummer Dan Trapp on the band’s tenth-anniversary tour of their seminal release “Let It Enfold You”. It was revealed later that year that he would also be participating in the band’s seventh studio record “Pull The Thorns From Your Heart”. Hornbrook toured with Senses Fail from 2014 through 2018 before announcing his departure on January 8, 2018.
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