CHRIS MORRIS is a Los Angeles-based writer and DJ. He is a contributing writer at Variety. He was music editor of The Hollywood Reporter and senior writer for Billboard, and a DJ at the legendary Los Angeles station Indie 103.1. Morris was also the longtime music critic at Los Angeles CityBeat and the Los Angeles Reader.
His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Mojo, LA Weekly, the Chicago Reader, and other publications. He was a contributing writer for the Grammy Museum in L.A. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his notes for Rhino Records' punk rock boxed set "No Thanks: The '70s Punk Rebellion."
