Chris Crippin

Chris Crippin (born August 4, 1974) is a Canadian musician.

He is best known as the former drummer of the rock band Hedley.

Outside of Hedley, he was the drum technician on the 2000 album Drawing Black Lines by the American band Project 86.

He also played drums for Bif Naked.

Crippin was the drum technician on the 2000 albums Drawing Black Lines and L.D. 50 by Project 86 and Mudvayne respectively.

Crippin also spent two years touring with Bif Naked.

He later joined Everything After before they split in 2004.

Crippin formed a new project called Bomb the Past, a group he fronted.

Crippin spent 13 years with Hedley and released 6 albums with the group.

Crippin departed the band in 2017.

In 2018, Crippin started a new project called MrCrippin.

Crippin began to have an interest in music at a very young age.

It wasn't until his mid-teen years when he started learning how to play drums.

Before joining Hedley, Crippin worked as a drum technician and played drums for several different artists.

In 2018, it was reported that Crippin had been fired by the band in 2017.

Amidst the allegations against lead singer Jacob Hoggard from Hedley, Crippin spoke out against his former band mate.

He stated he was "extremely rude" and was "hard to work with."

Since then, Crippin started his own band called MrCrippin in 2018 and released his debut single "Big Brother" in 2021.

Crippin has also worked as a drum technician for the likes of 3 Inches of Blood, Billy Talent, From Autumn to Ashes and Rod Laver.

Crippin owns two companies, Crippin Health Inc. and Mrdrumsalot Music Inc.

with Project 86

with Hedley