# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-cheney
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:28.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-cheney"
name: "Chris Cheney"
slug: "chris-cheney"
description: "Christopher John Cheney is an Australian rock musician, record producer, and studio owner. He is the founding mainstay guitarist, songwriter, and lead vocalist of the rockabilly band The Living End, which was formed in 1994 with schoolmate Scott Owen. Cheney wrote the group's top 20 hits on the ARIA Singles Chart: \"Second Solution\" / \"Prisoner of Society\" (1997), \"All Torn Down\" (1999), \"Pictures in the Mirror\" (2000), \"Roll On\" (2001), \"One Said to the Other\" (2003), \"What's on Your Radio\" (2005), \"Wake Up\" (2006), and \"White Noise\" (2008). In 2004, Cheney joined the supergroup The Wrights which put out a cover version of Stevie Wright's epic 11-minute track, \"Evie\" as a single. At the 2009 APRA Music Awards, Cheney won Song of the Year for writing The Living End's track, \"White Noise\"."
tagline: "Australian rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Living_End.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.74
  momentum:             2.353760445682451
  historical:           9.730530666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2199647/"
    handle:    "nm2199647"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/444453"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "كريس تشينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Chris Cheney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Chris Cheney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Chris Cheney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Chris Cheney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Chris Cheney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Чини, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Cheney"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9776a775-8dff-4ff3-a3c9-f251f2e0edcb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077095"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2124917"
    title: "Chris Cheney"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump