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Chris Dudley is the keyboardist/synthesizer player for Underoath, a heavy rock band from Tampa Bay Florida who formed in 1997.

Some of their music has been categorized as Christian Hardcore, Metalcore, Post-hardcore, Emo or Screamo and more, which is to be expected when you're a band who's been around for 23 years and constantly thrives to evolve.

To date, the band has released 8 studio albums. Their fourth album They're Only Chasing Safety is really what catapulted them to becoming household names in the Emo genre in 2004. The album featured hits like Reinventing Your Exit and It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door which helped Underoath become a band with album sales that surpass the -1.5 million copies- mark.

With They're Only Chasing Safety being such a big hit, their follow up record was one of the most anticipated albums of 2006 and well... It didn’t disappoint. Define the Great Line was released in 2006 and debuted at Number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling close to 100 000 copies in its first week alone. The album’s lead single was Writing on the Walls which ended up being nominated for a Grammy award in 2007. That's one of three Grammy nominations the band has to date. Another one came from the lead single, On My Teeth, which was on their latest album Erase Me. The tune was nominated for for Best Metal Performance in 2018.

Alas, 23 years later, Underoath are still touring and rocking out showing that they deserve to be called Kings of the scene.