Trevor Bolder
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Trevor Bolder (born June 9, 1950) is an English rock bass guitarist.
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[edit] Biography
Bolder was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, and was active in his local R&B scene in the mid-1960s. He first came to prominence in The Rats, which also featured Mick Ronson on 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". 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. At the time Bolder sported legendary sideburns, well in keeping with the Seventies.
In 1976 Bolder was recruited to join 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 be earning a living, accepted an offer from Wishbone Ash.
He was then asked to join Wishbone Ash, a band who much earlier had tenuous links with Hull. In 1982 he co-incidentally again swapped places with John Wetton, becoming The Ash's bass player for their 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 duities, Bolder also produced Heep's 1991 abum Different World. He sang lead on Fear Of Falling, one of the tracks he had written for Sea Of Light in 1995. (NB although credited on the album sleeve with lead vocals on It Ain't Easy, last track of the Conquest album, it is NOT Bolder singing. It was simply too late to amend the sleeve.)
He remains a member of Uriah Heep, and has also played with Cybernauts.
[edit] Discography
[edit] With David Bowie
- Hunky Dory (1971)
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
- Aladdin Sane (1973)
- Pin Ups (1973)
- Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture (recorded live 1973, officially released 1983)
- Santa Monica '72 (recorded live 1972, officially released 1994)
[edit] With Cybernauts
- Cybernauts Live
[edit] With Dana Gillespie
- Weren't Born a Man
[edit] With Ken Hensley
- Free Spirit
- From Time to Time
[edit] With Mick Ronson
- Slaughter On 10th Avenue (1974)
- Play Don't Worry (1975)
- Main Man
- Memorial Concert
[edit] With The Spiders From Mars
- Spiders From Mars
[edit] With Uriah Heep
- Firefly (1977)
- Innocent Victim (1977)
- Fallen Angel (1978)
- Conquest (1980)
- Equator (1985)
- Live in Moscow (1988)
- Raging Silence (1989)
- Different World (1991)
- Sea of Light (1995)
- Sonic Origami (1998)
- Acoustically Driven (2001)
- Still 'Eavy Still Proud
[edit] With Wishbone Ash
- Twin Barrels Burning 1982
[edit] Equipment
Throughout his career Trevor Bolder has used many different basses including:
- Fender Mustang Bass
- Gibson EB series
- Rickenbacker 4003
- Fender Precision Bass
- D'Alegria Defender TB signature bass
