Kris Barras: left his blues-rock roots behind – but not his love of ink.
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If he wasn’t a musician, Kris Barras could work for the Torquay tourist board. “It’s a beautiful place to live, especially when the sun is shining,” the former MMA champion-turned-singer and guitarist says of his West Country home town. “I’ve never moved to London, though I’m not sure how much of a choice that is; I’ve got a house here, my wife’s job is here.” He may not have gone far geographically, but musically it’s a different matter. The Halo Effect, the Kris Barras Band’s fifth album, is the heaviest thing they’ve recorded to date, bringing even more metal muscle to their music and moving further away from their original blues-rock sound.
You wrote a lot of The Halo Effect on the tour bus while you were out supporting your 2022 album Death Valley Paradise. Shouldn’t you be partying when you’re on the road?