“Rock 'n' roll hip” is how nominator Jaime Pflum describes Chris Rebholz, 25, who works by day at Transitions Droege House, a residential chemical dependency treatment center in Newport, and by night as a bass player in the band Spindle.

Chris Rebholz in an embroidered western shirt, jeans and Converse Chuck Taylor shoes. (Brandi Stafford photo) | ZOOM |

        His rock career started about four years ago when a guitarist friend picked up a bass and demanded Chris learn how to play.

        “I couldn't even read music, but we had similar tastes, and after about a year, we started playing,” Mr. Rebholz says.

        “Now, we have a Web site, www.spindlefamily.com,” and have appeared at the Mad Frog in Clifton and the Southgate House in Newport.

        Fashion philosophy: I like to take classic things, like black leather shoes, a black leather jacket or Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars, and make those the cornerstone of my look.

        You can be found shopping: At Village Thrift at Newport Shopping Center and the Gap Outlet in Hebron.

        You wouldn't be caught dead in: I try to avoid things with brand names strewn across the front.

        Earliest fashion memory: Probably when this whole grunge look started ... going to thrift stores and buying flannel shirts when I was a sophomore at Bishop Brossart High School in Alexandria,

        If you had big bucks you'd buy: A nice leather jacket, if I had the money, but I'm really not a mall-hip kind of guy. I usually rely on my folks or friends at the holidays for something more conservative.

        You are never without: My Doc Martens or Chuck Taylors, low-cut black shoes.

        Onstage vs. offstage look: For work I'd wear a pretty conservative pair of Doc Martens, boot-cut pants from the GAP outlet and a sweater. Onstage, I'd wear black boots with tighter-fitting boot-cut jeans with a bulky belt and a tight black shirt. We try for a little sex appeal.

        Send nominations to Joy Kraft by mail: c/o Cincinnati Enquirer; fax; 768-8330; e-mail: jkraft@enquirer.com. Include their name, age, daytime phone and why they should be featured.

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