Born and raised in Kansas, Christy took an interest in rock and heavy metal music in his youth, and started playing the drums at age ten.
Christy's music career began in 1992 when he joined the Springfield, Missouri group Public Assassin, and also worked as an electrician.
In 1996, Christy formed Burning Inside and relocated to Orlando, Florida, where he joined and toured with several popular heavy metal bands until 2004, including Acheron, Death, Control Denied, Iced Earth, and Leash Law.
When he turned ten, his parents bought him his first drum pad and sticks, practicing on it before they purchased his first full professional kit at a junkyard for $100.
[8] He was also influenced by drummers Frankie Banali, Mikkey Dee, Bobby Jarzombek, Sean Reinert, and Gene Hoglan.
[5] He passed his school music exams, and played in his first "legitimate" rock group, Syzygy, at around fifteen which involved live gigs in local bars.
[5][6] Around this time, Christy formed a short lived "joke band", Bung Dizeez, along with Paul Brewer, Gary White, and sometimes Les Henderson.
[10] He then moved from his Fort Scott home and into "an old warehouse" in Springfield,[5] and played on "Raw as Fuck", a same-titled mini-CD, and a demo titled Murdered.
[4] They toured, recorded songs for five metal tribute albums, and produced a six-song demo tape of new material released as The Eve of the Entities (2000).
His income from music and electric work was limited, so he could only afford accommodation in a storage unit where he also kept and practiced his drums[5] for as much as six hours each day.
[15] Christy joined local metal group Acheron, touring and playing on Anti-God, Anti-Christ (1996) and Necromanteion Communion (1998).
[16][4] In 1997, Christy met fellow Orlando resident, singer and guitarist Chuck Schuldiner, in a chance encounter at a Florida book store in Altamonte Mall.
Christy was a big fan of Schuldiner's metal band Death, so when he learned the group needed a drummer his friends suggested his name and he was offered an audition.
[15] In May 1998, Christy toured Europe for four months with Death, which included a spot at the Dynamo Open Air festival in the Netherlands in front of 35,000 people.
[6] Between 1999 and 2004, Christy became a member of Iced Earth and Leash Law,[15] timing his schedule in order to perform in multiple bands at once.
[14] He landed the gig in Iced Earth through contacts he knew at Century Media Records, a prominent heavy metal label.
[4] In 2004, Christy began a five-and-a-half year hiatus as an active musician, but kept in touch with the metal scene by practicing his drums, attending local concerts, and writing articles for several publications.
He asked his first choice of musicians to take part in the project: bassist Steve Di Giorgio, vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens and guitarist Jason Suecof.
[16] Christy has performed live with Dream Theater,[20] "A Favor House Atlantic" with Coheed and Cambria,[21] Tiwanaku, Rick Renstrom, and Wykked Wytch.
[6] After he obtained the number to reach the show's answering machine from the Internet, he began to submit comical voicemail messages in 1999,[4] that were played frequently on the air.
[25][4] Leaving Iced Earth was a difficult decision for Christy, but felt he could not waste the opportunity to pursue his "dream job" and work for Stern.
[7] He faced challengers in porn trivia in Stump the Perv,[29] vomited on guests,[28] received a bikini wax,[14] and painted his genitals.
From 2005, Christy performed nationwide as a stand-up comedian as part of the Killers of Comedy Tour with other show cast members.
[33] In 2007, Christy appeared in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay playing the role of a Ku Klux Klansman named Kenny.
Prior to Super Bowl LIV, on the Howard Stern Wrap Up Show, Christy met Patrick Mahomes and tearfully told him that he loved him and explained his intention to name his next son after him.