Christopher Anthony Martucci (born June 5, 1977), known professionally as Christian Martucci, is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer, and audio engineer. He is the lead guitarist for Stone Sour, Corey Taylor, and former member of Black Star Riders.

Martucci is a dual citizen of Italy and the United States. He was born in Philadelphia and was a founding member of Thousand Watt Stare, Black President, the Strychnine Babies and the Chelsea Smiles. Martucci was Dee Dee Ramone's guitarist from late 1999 to 2002 and appeared as "Chris the Creep" in Ramones's last book, Legend of a Rock Star, A Memoir: The Last Testament of Dee Dee Ramone. In 2014, he became the permanent replacement for Stone Sour's guitarist Jim Root. In September 2018, it was announced he would replace Damon Johnson as lead guitarist in Black Star Riders from January 2019.

In 2020, it was announced that Martucci would be joining Corey Taylors solo band. The band recorded 25 songs in 2 1/2 weeks live in the studio with producer Jay Ruston. The album CMFT was released in October 2020 by Roadrunner Records. Three years later, they followed up with the album, CMF2, released in September 2023.

In February 2021, Martucci formed the side project Dirty O'Keeffe with Billy Gould (Faith No More), Dave Raun (Lagwagon), and Steven Shepard (Trash N' Privilege). They released the single "Brick or Bullet" in 2021, followed by the four-song EP Heavy Water in 2022.

Martucci uses or has used guitars by a variety of brands including Gibson, Gretsch, Marvin, and Zemaitis. He uses Dimarzio pickups and Marshall amps.

In July 2024, Martucci began playing guitar for Seatle punk rock band, The Drowns.

In October of 2025, Martucci announced that he was stepping away from live music entirely for the first time in 30 years.

Discography

Martucci (left) with Black President in 2011

Filmography

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