Christian Olde Wolbers
| Christian Olde Wolbers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 August 1973 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Genres | Industrial metal, groove metal, alternative metal, rap metal, nu metal, crossover thrash, metalcore, death metal |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, musician, producer, engineer, instructor, radio host |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass, upright bass, backing vocals, MPC2000 |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | E3 Entertainment, Roadrunner Records, Nuclear Blast Records |
| Associated acts | Arkaea, Fear Factory, Kush, Cypress Hill, Beowülf, Threat Signal |
Christian Olde Wolbers (born 5 August 1973) is the guitarist of the metal band Arkaea. He is the former bassist, guitarist and background vocalist of the heavy metal band Fear Factory, and is now in Canadian melodic death metal band Threat Signal and Venice hardcore/punk band Beowülf.
Olde Wolbers was born in Antwerp, Belgium (though he has Dutch citizenship), and moved to the United States in 1993. He was asked to join Fear Factory in December 1993 as a bass player. He recorded five albums with them. The group disbanded in 2002 and when it reformed in 2003, Olde Wolbers had switched to guitar, replacing Dino Cazares.
Olde Wolbers is the only bassist that played on a Fear Factory album, as the other bassists only played live (with Dino Cazares recording the bass in the studio).
In 2003, he was offered a position of bassist in Ozzy Osbourne's solo band after he jammed with Ozzy, guitarist Zakk Wylde and drummer Mike Bordin few weeks. He eventually turned down this offer in order to fully concentrate on Fear Factory.
In 2006, he played three shows with Korn on their European tour.
In 2008, he formed a new band "BURN IT ALL" which also feature Raymond Herrera (drums) and former Damageplan singer\HALFORD guitarist Patrick Lachman. They have posted a demo sampler on its MySpace page.
In 2009, Olde Wolbers and drummer Raymond Herrera parted ways with Fear Factory when vocalist Burton C. Bell chose to reform Fear Factory with Dino Cazares, bassist Byron Stroud, and drummer Gene Hoglan.
Olde Wolbers has a project Arkaea with fellow ex-Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and Jon Howard and Pat Kavanagh of the band Threat Signal. On 14 July 2009, Arkaea's debut album, Years in the Darkness was released. Also in Beowülf, where he co-produced their 2011 album Jesus Freak.
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