Joining Saigon Kick in July 1992, McLernon replaced Tom Defile as their second album The Lizard hit the stores.
Saigon Kick then toured non-stop for the next eleven months, as the single "Love Is On The Way" and The Lizard album both went gold.
He also fronts a surf instrumental band called Big Mick and The Curl which has charted internationally and heard in the Showtime program Homeland.
Chris also played guitar, sang and produced Mother Mary with vocalist Robert Basauri (Red Sea, Die Happy), pianist Vince Gilbert (The Cult, D’Priest) and drummer Rick Sanders (Saigon Kick, Super Transatlantic).
That album also features Barry Kerch (Shinedown), Marc Danziesen (Little Caesar) and Rick Sanders (Saigon Kick, Super Transatlantic) on drums.