Andy Kockelkoren
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Music ruled my life since I can remember. When I was 8 I started lessons classical organ with Ger van Poppel for 10 years. That is the big fundation for everything I do since then.
After that I played in bands and became more and more symfonic on synths, organ and guitar. Played 17 years keys in progressive rock band Visual Blind and did some great gigs with it.
Other importend bands; Atra Lacrima (psychadelic, progressive rock, gothic metal, playing bass on my synths), Control (60s based pop), Cateye (where I played guitar from blues to funk to metal), Hypnoisers, a alternetive rock band with a little punk DNA and Just Jo, a pop/rock cover band, playing from Queen to Pink
Your musical influences
My father on guitar, BB King, Iron Butterfly, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Kayak, Alquin, Uriah Heep, Queen, Erik Norlander, Eels, Alan Gascoigne (Normaal, Tim Disney Band)
What equipment do you use?
Cakewalk by Bandlab, Roland Rubix 22, Yamaha MG06
Nord Stage 2ex Compact, Roland JD-XA, Alesis Fusionsynth 8HD andQS7, Korg N264 and M3
Bo-El S03 "Cateye", '67 Gibson SG, '76 Fender Stratocaster (open G), Ibanez RG "Seven", Koch Multitone 2 amp, Koch LB120 Loadbox
Gretsch Electromatic bass, B1 pedal
Heinrich recorder and High Spirit Native American flutes
Brand-that-we-don't-name C3 mic
