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Barend Courbois ( Oosterbeek, 13 luglio 1963) è un bassista e compositore olandese naturalizzato statunitense noto prevalentemente come membro del Michael Schenker Group [1] . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Discografia. 2.1 Solista. 2.2 Con il Michael Schenker Group. 2.3 Con i Blind Guardian. 2.4 Hammerhead. 3 Note. 4 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia.
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Biography. LOW-END from the LOWLANDS. Fun loving High Voltage Rock, Funk, Blues and Jazz Bass-Player. Born as the son of the veteran jazz drummer, the Bird Award winner 'Sir' Pierre Courbois and art teacher Wendelina Courbois-Dam.
Biography. Son of veteran jazz drummer 'Sir' Pierre Courbois and art teacher Wendelina Courbois-Dam. In 1976, he started to play the bass guitar (he also played the drums, Indian tablas and the Scottish bag pipes at that time), and played his first live performance at the young age of 11, in 1978.
- The Early Days
- The Bass Guitar
- Vengeance
- Tank
- Blind Guardian
- Reputation as A Session Player
- Michael Schenker Group
- Life Is Good
- Advice
- Wishlist
How old were you when you picked up an instrument? ,,I started bashing my dad’s drum kit around the very young age of 4. Dad taught me all the ‘rudiments’ of the mighty drums, the nice thing is that I still use those percussive patterns between my left and right hand, especially during my funk slapping. I also played any kind of percussion instrume...
You could have picked any instrument, what attracted you to the bass guitar? ,,I studied drums let’s say between my 4th and 1983 when I was 15. The very last drum thing I learnt myself was (Iron Maiden’s) Nicko McBrain’s ,,Where Eagles Dare’’ drum intro. I became fascinated by the bass around my 8th year. From then on I locked myself up and studied...
You have been a member of Vengeance, for a long time THE rock band in The Netherlands. Your memories? ,,May 20th 1993 during my very last show with W.C.W (in the old 013 venue called ‘Noorderligt’ Tilburg, NL) I was introduced by mutual friends to the lovely Jan Somers. From the very first second, we became best friends (until the very last day, bu...
And then you became a member of UK metal band Tank. That was another cup of tea. Your memories of this band? ,,In 2012 Tank guitar player Mick Tuckerphoned me. He’d just moved to The Netherlands and was looking for a badass bass player…I guess everybody was mentioning my name at that time. We instantly became friends for life. He asked if I could j...
You mentioned Blind Guardian, you’ve been their bass player for 10 years [strangely their wiki page says 5 (2015-2020)] and toured the world with them? How did that happen? ,,The Blind Guardian story actually starts with guitarist Tamás Szekeres from Hungary. I recorded 4 albums with him in the early 90s. During the recordings I got along very well...
On many occasions you backed famous, mainly American guitarists when they did come over to Europe to tour. Eric Gales, Michael Lee Firkins (2018) but also Vinny Appice’s Mob Rules, and you played with Zakk Wylde, Walter Trout. Did this all happen by word of mouth, or did you have to apply for those jobs? ,,Over the years I built a reputation as a s...
And suddenly you were a member of MSG, the Michael Schenker Group. How did that happen? ,,I received a call from my guitar playing, singing, producer buddy Michael Vossfor MSG. Michael Voss and I have worked together since the early 90s. Whistler/Courbois/Whistler did some support shows for his band Mad Max in Germany, and we kept in contact all th...
You have played all over the world in the biggest halls, largest arenas and impressive festivals. Is it a dream come true? ,,It’s funny, as a kid I used to study tour schedules from early Queen, Kiss, Van Halen, Iron Maiden… all the time. I knew the name from every arena or concert hall, even their capacity, in the cities those heroes played daily....
If a young kid comes up to you and tells you he/she wants to become a musician as well. What advice would you give? ,,A young aspiring musician? For example: I played my little ass off in Top 40 bands 3 to 4 times a week. We played the Stones, Beatles, Dire Straits, The Police you name it…. we did them all. That was 12 to 16 times a month….and Mond...
Is there still something on your wishlist? A musician who you’d like to play with maybe? ,,I have a few in the jazz and funk genre but if we stick to rock, I would love to play with Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Nuno Bettencourt, Alex Van Halen, Tommy Aldridge, Adrian Smith, John Sykes…just to name a few.’’ In 1996 you released a solo album ‘Tunes For A...
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Barend Courbois is a Dutch bass player that's been on top of his game as bass player for several decades, playing with acclaimed metal bands like Blind Guardian and Vengeance. Will joining the legendary Michael Schenker Group make him even more known to the international bass players' community?
