Chris Rene Releases New EP

The new CD is due out Oct. 2.

Standing on the sidewalk in downtown Santa Cruz, Chris Rene could not possibly look more fly. The Santa Cruz native, who next week releases his first EP since his third place finish on The X Factor, is sporting a zip-up sweatshirt, leather jacket, chain wallet, an America flag belt buckle and “bullet crystal” necklaces—metal artillery shells with power crystals on the inside.

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A Conversation With Chris Rene

Chris Rene says he has a lot of favorite tattoos. But the 'Love Life' written on his knuckles is the flavor of the week.

When Chris Rene isn’t writing or recording songs for his new album, he’s traveling around the country promoting new projects, playing guitar and singing for various radio programs. “I’ve been on a radio tour for I don’t know how long,” says Rene, a Santa Cruz native who finished third in television’s The X Factor in December. “But I’ve been to a lot of different states—basically almost every state in the United States.”

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