With his sideways baseball cap and cheeky grin, Chris Hardman looks like a naughty little school boy. At only 15 years old, with a stint on Channel 4�s successful �Rock School� and a newly signed deal with RCA Label Group, Chris certainly appears to have adult wits about him.

Chris, or Lil� Chris as he has become known, was without a doubt the star of rock school; the show which gave a class of otherwise normal school kids the chance to form a successful rock band under the close watch of infamous Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

Lil� Chris was crowned as the �heartbeat of the band� by Simmons on day one. Despite a short break from �Rock School� for a family holiday, Chris went on to scoop the pride position of lead singer and later went on to perform to 20,000 people in Los Angeles. With the passion of a determined wannabe star and the blissful yet level-headed innocence of a young boy, Chris became everybody�s favourite on the show.

Chris� tiny size (he looks three years younger than his actual age of 15) is compensated by the fact that he is VERY loud. Imagine Bart Simpson four years on, armed with a guitar and ready to rock the world. Or perhaps Jackass� Johnny Knoxville as a teenager, curious about each and everything. Picture these, and you get the gist of what to expect from Lil� Chris.

A rebel without angst, bright and ambitious but with plenty of audacity and cheek, Lil� Chris is the cool quirky kid who everyone is in awe of and wants to hang out with. And when people hear his music, they�re going to want to check him out a lot more!

His debut single �Checkin� It Out� is an in-your-face, shout out loud, jump-up-and-down splurge of all things good. You could compare it to a modern day Ramones and it�s not dissimilar to early Nirvana. It�s extremely rock but also a bit pop.

As Chris said at the end of Channel 4�s �Rock School�, �I never dreamt I�d be playing in front of 20,000 people in California�now the world!�. You go get em� Chris.