ADIOS A TREVOR BOLDER
Born 9 June 1950
Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England
Died 21 May 2013 (aged 62)
Genres Hard rock, progressive rock, glam rock, heavy metal, R&B
Occupations Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Bass, trumpet, vocals
Years active 1963–2013
Labels RCA
Associated acts The Rats, David Bowie, The Spiders from Mars, Mick Ronson, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Cybernauts
Notable instruments
D'Alegria Defender TB signature bass
Trevor Bolder (9 June 1950 – 21 May 2013) was an English rock bassist, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with The Spiders from Mars, the one-time backing band for David Bowie, although he also played alongside a variety of musicians from the early 1970s.
Biography
Bolder was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England. His father was a trumpet player and other members of his family were also musicians. He played cornet in the school band[2] and was active in his local R&B scene in the mid 1960s. Inspired by The Beatles, in 1964 he formed his first band with his brother and took up the bass guitar.
He first came to prominence in The Rats, which also featured fellow Hull musician Mick Ronson on lead guitar. His big break arrived in 1971, when he replaced Tony Visconti in David Bowie's backing band, which would soon be known as the Spiders from Mars. He subsequently appeared in D. A. Pennebaker's 1973 documentary and concert movie Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. He is name-checked as "Wierd" (Bowie's stage nickname for Bolder) in ythe song Ziggy Stardust. Boulder, a down-to-earth Northerner, was an unlikely recruit to Bowie's band, and "never looked confortable as a glam-rock mannequin, tottering behind Ziggy Stardust in platform boots and a rainbow-hued outfit of latex and glitter".
Bolder's bass (and occasional trumpet) work appeared on the studio albums Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Aladdin Sane (1973), and Pin Ups (1973), the Spiders' swan song with their leader.He went on to play on Ronson's 1974 album Slaughter on 10th Avenue which made the British Top Ten.
In 1976 Bolder joined Uriah Heep, replacing John Wetton. Bolder's tenure with Uriah Heep was, initially, relatively short-lived. Although he did contribute to the albums Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel and Conquest, when the line-up that had recorded the latter disbanded Bolder alone was left with Mick Box, guitarist, founder-member and legal owner of the band's name. The attempt to put a new line-up together temporarily stalled and Bolder, needing to earn a living, accepted an offer in 1981 to join Wishbone Ash. Bolder had, coincidentally, again swapped places with John Wetton, becoming The Ash's bass player for their 1982 album Twin Barrels Burning. It was another short-lived connection, as by 1983 he returned to the rhythm section with Uriah Heep, playing on the Head First tour (although Bob Daisley played on the album) and all albums since.
As well as his usual bass playing and backing vocal duties, Bolder also produced Heep's 1991 album Different World.
In 2012 and early 2013, Bolder worked with Stevie ZeSuicide (Steve Roberts of the band U.K. Subs) as producer on singles "Wild Trash" (co-writer with ZeSuicide), "Lady Rocker" and a cover of "Ziggy Stardust".[6] Bolder also played on these tracks.
Bolder died in May 2013 from cancer. He had undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer earlier that year
Fallece Trevor Bolder, bajista de los Rats, Spiders from Mars y los Uriah Heep
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| Trevor, actualidad |
Bolder empezó tocando en la escena R&B de mediados de los sesenta de Inglaterra con la banda The Rats que se creó en Kingston upon Ull en 1963. En 1966, se unió a la banda el guitarrista Mick Ronson con el cantante Benny Marshall, el bajista Geoff Appleby, y el baterista Jim Simpson (quien fue reemplazado posteriormente por Clive Taylor y John Cambridge).
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| Trevor, Rats 60's |
Bolder reemplazó a Toni Visconty en 1971 en la banda de David Bowie que se conocería con el nombre de The Spiders from Mars a la que también se incorporó Ronson y Woodmansey. Como bajista y ocasional trompetista grabó los álbumes “Hunky Dory” (1971), “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972), “Aladdin Sane” (1973), y “Pin Ups” (1973).
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| Trevor, Spiders from Mars 70's |
En 1976 se unió a los Uriah Heep en substitución de John Wetton y en 1981 a los Wishbone Ash. También tocó con la banda de tributo a Bowie, los Cybernauts, con los que tuvo un serio problema al pintarse la cara de azul y tener que recurrir a un especialista de la piel en uan clínica suiza para quitarse la pintura.
Con los Uriah Heep grabó gran cantidad de álbumes en estudio y en directo desde el “Firefly” de 1977 al “Into the Wild” de 2011. Con los Wishbone Ash sacó el “Twin Barrels Burning” de 1982. También colaboró con Dana Gillespie, Ken Hensley, y el mencionado Mick Ronson. En febrero de este año anunciaba que volvía a tocar este verano con los Uriah Heep tras recuperarse del tratamiento a los que se había sometido por culpa del cáncer.
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