Tim Christensen

Tim Christensen
Tim Christensen, Nibe Festival 2009.
Background information
Born	(1974-07-02) 2 July 1974 (age 42)
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock, power pop, hard rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter multi-instrumentalist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, Mellotron, harmonium, keyboard, piano, organ
Years active	1982–current
Labels	EMI-Medley (1993–2005) Copenhagen (2005) Mermaid/Sony Music (2005–current) PIAS (2009) Parlophone (2014)
Associated acts	Dizzy Mizz Lizzy The Damn Crystals
Website	www.timchristensen.dk
Notable instruments
1973 and 1974 Rickenbacker 480 1974 Gibson Hummingbird Gibson 125, 330, SG Henning Hansen

Tim Christensen (born 2 July 1974 in Copenhagen) is a Danish singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is both the singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Danish band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy (1988–1998, 2010, 2014–current) and a solo artists who has to date released four studio albums, two EPs and two live DVDs.

Christensen makes rock music with pop and folk influences. His biggest musical influences include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, The Zombies, Cheap Trick, XTC, Crowded House, Jellyfish (band) and Elliott Smith.

At the age of two or three, Christensen was already fond of his father's LP records of The Beatles. He was six years old when John Lennon was murdered, and many documentaries and performances of The Beatles appeared on television. Christensen was impressed by how The Beatles played, which inspired him to start playing on his father's acoustic guitar, but he got his first guitar by a distant uncle.

Christensen's parents were divorced, and his half-sister lived up in North Denmark. His family wasn't very wealthy, but when he was eight years old, his father received a one-time sum of money and gave Christensen two choices: either to build a pool in the back yard or to go on vacation to Lennon's hometown of Liverpool and to the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. Christensen chose the latter, and recalls that this was the only time his family went on a vacation. At that age he also played in a children's rock band that performed at schools and he started writing his own songs.