Chris Constantinou

In 1982 Chris joined Adam Ant as bass guitarist and backing vocalist from his UK top 5 single Puss In Boots. Under the pseudonym Chris De Niro, he became an integral part of the mid-80s Ant line up, highlights including the top 20 single Apollo 9 and the Vive Le Rock album, both of which were produced by Tony Visconti. Chris was part of every Adam Ant TV appearance, video and tour until 1986, which included Top Of The Pops, Saturday Night Live, American Bandstand and, on stage, Radio City Music Hall and 1985’s Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium.

Chris took centre stage to form post-punk outfit JackieOnAssid in 1996. As lead singer, songwriter and bassist, JackieOnAssid toured Europe three times, released two albums (2001’s 4Play and 2002’s Zip Me Up) and supported Iggy Pop. The videos for these singles were directed by award-winning British film maker Paul Hills. He later featured the band’s Meditation Man single in his 2003 movie The Poet (Dougray Scott/Laura Elena Harring).

In 2004 Chris began work on his project, The Wolfmen for which he handles lead vocals, co-writing, bass and various other instruments. It sees him reunite with another former Ant, songwriter/guitarist Marco Pirroni, to blend a sound described by Mojo magazine as “exuberant filth... Chris and Marco do growing old disgracefully with style.”

In the years 2013-2016, together with Paul Frazer and later also Rat Scabies, Chris developed the punk rock supergroup The Mutants, hosting an all-star cast of guest musicians and releasing three albums. "Bamboo Moon", a song from the second album, was further included in the soundtrack of the TV series Money Heist.

The work with Rat Scabies as core members of The Mutants developed also into the project One Thousand Motels, involving only the two of them, with two albums released in 2020 and 2021.

Also in 2020, Chris started the project RudeGRL + CC, in collaboration with Jenna Dickens. The music is described as a blend of post-punk/punk and hip hop, with one of the songs, "Helen Keller", winning the 2020 PMA Best Hip Hop Track award.

Other Projects :
Parting with Adam Ant in 1985, Chris spent time with SF Go, a Miles Copeland-managed band he had formed with Danny Kustow (TRB, Glen Matlock).
He then joined forces with Bow Wow Wow’s Annabella Lwin. Together they formed a band, fronted by Annabella with Chris as co-writer, bassist and backing vocalist. They built a substantial following hit singles like Do What You Do (Sony, 1994), a dancefloor hit thanks to remixes from Farley & Heller and Junior Vasquez. The project was produced by Steve Lironi (Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Happy Mondays).