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Chris Mars
Solo artist Minneapolis United States
Chris Mars is an artist from Minneapolis. Chris Mars has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1992–1994. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Popular Creeps”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #43. The station that charted Chris Mars most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1992.
Chris Mars spent more than a decade behind the kit in the Replacements, the gloriously ragged Minneapolis alternative rock band, pounding away from 1979 until 1990. When that ended he did what drummers aren't supposed to do: he stepped out front and wrote his own songs.
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, from 1992, sounds like a guy who spent a decade watching how the songs got built and was itching to have a go. "Popular Creeps" is scrappy, sardonic power pop with a sneer on its face, with a drummer's sense of swing underneath.
He also turned up in Golden Smog, the loose, informal supergroup, but his real second act is on canvas: these days he's mostly a painter, and the music comes out only now and then.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Chris Mars on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popular Creeps | 2 | #43 | – | 1992 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 367 | Popular Creeps | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) |
| 1992 | 43 | Popular Creeps | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 |
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