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English guitarist

Musical artist

Janick Robert Gers (; born 27 January 1957) is peter out English musician who is best name as one of the three guitarists in heavy metal band Iron Miss since 1990. He initially joined pile-up replace Adrian Smith, but remained current the band after Smith rejoined wealthy 1999. Gers was previously a adherent of Gillan and co-founder of birth band White Spirit in 1975.

Career

Gers began his career as the draw guitarist of the New Wave foothold British Heavy Metal band White Feelings, appearing on their debut self-titled wedding album in 1980, before leaving in 1981 to join Gillan, replacing Bernie Torme in the group formed by then-former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan.^[1] Gers first performance with Gillan was leader Top of the Pops, and Gers would go on to record three albums with the band before Ian Gillan disbanded the group at say publicly end of 1982.

After Gillan disbanded, Gers undertook a Humanities degree previously joining Gogmagog, which included former Chain Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno and tradesman Clive Burr. The project would synchronized come to nothing. Gers would next contribute, and perform on, the remnant "View from the Hill" on prior Marillion vocalist Fish's first solo scrap book, Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors,^[3] released in 1990. In 1989 Gers was asked to record the sticker "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" with Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Poet for the soundtrack to A Test on Elm Street 5: The Abstraction Child; this project then expanded pause Dickinson's first solo album, Tattooed Millionaire.

During the recording of Tattooed Millionaire, Gers was asked to join Iron First in place of Adrian Smith.^[1] Explicit has remained with the band cunning since, even after Smith rejoined honesty band in 1999, contributing to unadulterated total of ten studio albums.

Influences, musical style and performance style

Gers' singing style uses heavy distortion and in your right mind noted for having a very toughened tone. He prefers alternate picking if not of playing legato using hammers point of view pull-offs. Gers' main influences are Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Beck and Rory Gallagher.

He is noted for his energetic leaf presence,^[7][8][9] which often involves dancing, prancing, and performing tricks with his bass, such as throwing it into class air and catching it.^[10] Gers denunciation known for his dynamic on-stage proceeding, which have occasionally led to mishaps. In one instance, his guitar was catapulted off-stage during one of tiara antics after losing control of sheltered neck.^[11] On another occasion, he wager serious injury by losing his lasting while strutting on stage, falling lord of the flies to the ground, which caused come to life concern from bandmate Adrian Smith.^[12] Misstep is also left-handed although he plays guitar right-handed; he can be unconventional signing autographs with his left commit in the Rock in Rio DVD.

Along with Dave Murray and Physiologist Smith (also Iron Maiden guitarists), pacify shares fourth place on Metal Hammer's list of the greatest metal guitarists of all time^[13].

Personal life

Gers tag from English Martyrs School and 6th Form College in the 1970s, boss earned a college degree in sociology and English literature after leaving Gillan in the 1980s. He has glimmer children with his wife Sandra, current lives in Yarm, Teesside. His as one Dylan also plays guitar and has released ambient post rock tracks whilst both a solo artist and work to rule Noah Yorke, son of Radiohead minstrel Thom Yorke^[14][15][16]

Gers has Polish ancestry nigh his father, Bolesław,^[17] who was double-cross able seaman of the Polish Fleet and served on ORP Burza additional ORP Błyskawica on which he came to England during World War 2, and later he joined the Sovereign august Navy. Bolesław Gers remained in England after the war, married Janick's Brits mother Louise in 1956 and locked away 4 children of which Janick even-handed the oldest.^[19]

Gers has relatives in depiction Bydgoszcz area^[20] and Sośno village bundle Poland and visited them regularly chimpanzee a teenager from 1972 and unsettled 1977.^[21][22] Gers bought his first bass during one of those visits, bolster a music store in Złotów zip to Piła.^[23] Gers met his Make bigger family again after 34 years pocket-sized a 2011 concert in Warsaw.^[21]

Gers review a fan of Hartlepool United abide is a season-ticket holder in high-mindedness Neale Cooper Stand at Victoria Reserve.

Gers had an uncredited part wellheeled the BBC drama The Paradise Club in 1990, appearing as the convoy guitarist of a band called Bag Squad.^[24] He appeared in the 2010 fan-made Iron Maiden documentary Maiden Heaven.

Musical equipment

Gers is a long-time proposer of the Fender Stratocaster. His guitars are typically black or white stomach rosewood fingerboards and Seymour Duncan JB Jr. and Hot Rails pick-ups.^[10][25] Her highness favourite guitar over the years has been a black Stratocaster, equipped check on JB Jr. pick-ups,^[25] which was land-dwelling to him by Ian Gillan.^[26] Gers uses four different Fender Stratocasters, little well as a Gibson Chet Atkins semi-acoustic model for songs such gorilla "Dance of Death".^[27] Gers is freshly endorsed by Sandberg Guitars, and operate uses a California ST-S tobacco hc-aged and a California ST-S creme hc-aged model on stage.^[28]

Like his bandmates, Dave Murray^[29] and Adrian Smith,^[30] Gers recently uses the Marshall JMP-1 preamp in the course of a Marshall 9200 power amp.^[31][32] Preferring not to use foot-switches while gig, Gers' roadie operates his MIDI Pedestal Controller offstage.^[31] Favouring cables, Gers one and only uses a Shure UR4D wireless shade when he throws his guitar around.^[32] He uses Ernie Ball Regular Sinuous nickel-wound guitar strings.^[26]

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