Chris Ivanovich is an American

United States

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 musician

Musician

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 whose sole act to date has been playing bass guitar

Bass guitar

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 with the Seattle-based grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

/metal

Heavy metal music

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 band My Sister's Machine

My Sister's Machine

My Sister's Machine was a grunge band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989. Its members were Nick Pollock , Owen Wright , Chris Ivanovich , and Chris Gohde ....

, which he co-founded in 1989 along with former members of the bands Mistrust

Mistrust (band)

Mistrust was a heavy metal band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. This band primarily consisted of Jeff L'Heureux , Owen Wright , Michael Winston , Tim Wolfe , and Chris Gohde . They recorded one album in their brief existence called Spin the World, which was originally released through C.O.M.A...

 and Alice N' Chains. The band recorded and released two albums, Diva

Diva (My Sister's Machine album)

-Tracklist:-Reception:This album currently holds an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars at CDNOW based on 4 Amazon.com customer reviews. -Personnel:My Sister's Machine*Chris Gohde - drums*Chris Ivanovich - bass, artwork...

and Wallflower

Wallflower (album)

Wallflower is the second and final album by rock band My Sister's Machine. The song "Enemy" was included on the compilation album Hard Music, Volume 1 in 1994.-Tracklist:All tracks written by Pollock/Wright, except where noted.-Reception:...

, before disbanding in 1994. Ivanovich is credited for co-writing the band’s final single “Enemy”, which was included on the compilation album

Compilation album

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 Hard Music, Volume 1, along with a few other songs from their catalog. He also contributed some of the artwork

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 to the record sleeves for both albums. While the rest of the band continued to record and perform with other acts after the break-up, Ivanovich has focused strictly on other interests outside of music according to their MySpace

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 page. However, he still keeps in touch with his former bandmates and was present when My Sister’s Machine reunited for a couple shows in 2010, culminating with them headlining the Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit Concert

Layne Staley

Layne Thomas Staley was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains, which was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by Staley and guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Alice in Chains rose to international fame as part of the grunge movement of the...

 that year. Since that show, the band have continued performing at various other charitable events around the Seattle area.

Discography

Year	Album details	Band
1992 1992 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.-January–February:*January 11**Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s....	Diva Diva (My Sister's Machine album) -Tracklist:-Reception:This album currently holds an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars at CDNOW based on 4 Amazon.com customer reviews. -Personnel:My Sister's Machine*Chris Gohde - drums*Chris Ivanovich - bass, artwork... Released: January 24, 1992 Label: Caroline Caroline Records Caroline Records started out as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. The label originally specialized in putting out budget price LPs by mainly progressive rock and jazz artists generally not considered to have a great deal of 'mainstream' or...	My Sister's Machine My Sister's Machine My Sister's Machine was a grunge band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989. Its members were Nick Pollock , Owen Wright , Chris Ivanovich , and Chris Gohde ....
1993 1993 in music This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....	Wallflower Wallflower (album) Wallflower is the second and final album by rock band My Sister's Machine. The song "Enemy" was included on the compilation album Hard Music, Volume 1 in 1994.-Tracklist:All tracks written by Pollock/Wright, except where noted.-Reception:... Released: August 10, 1993 Label: Chamelon Chameleon (label) Chameleon was a record label formed by industry veterans Andy Frances and Steve Powers, and was funded by Dan Protzker.Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz was an employee and Chameleon had distributed some early Epitaph releases, such as L7's self-titled debut.In the first years of the label's...