Jeff Pilson
| Jeff Pilson | |
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Pilson performing at Wacken Open Air 2016
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeffrey Steven Pilson |
| Born |
January 19, 1959 , Lake Forest, Illinois, US |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock, glam metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, cello, piano, mellotron |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Associated acts | Randy Hansen, Dokken, Flesh & Blood, War & Peace, Wild Horses, Michael Lee Firkins, McAuley Schenker Group, Craig Goldy, 13th Floor, Dio, Steel Dragon, Underground Moon, Lynch/Pilson, Foreigner, T & N, Benedictum, Adler |
| Website | jeffpilson |
Jeffrey Steven "Jeff" Pilson (born January 19, 1959, Lake Forest, Illinois) is an American multi-instrumentalist best known for his long stint in the band Dokken. He was also a member of Dio for part of the 1990s and has been the bassist for Foreigner since 2004. Although he is known primarily for his work as a bassist, Pilson also plays guitar, cello, keyboards, piano, and mellotron.
Jeffrey Steven Pilson was born in Illinois and spent part of his youth in Milwaukee, WI before moving to Longview, WA where he graduated R.A. Long High School in 1976. He attended the University of Washington to study music after he had started playing bass at age 13 but left without a degree in order to pursue his rock'n'roll dream. One of his early bands was an Emerson, Lake & Palmer type progressive trio called Christmas. He moved to San Francisco in 1978 where he met up and became friends with guitarist Mike Varney. Varney and Pilson would join forces in the band Cinema. After moving back to Seattle for a brief period, Varney called Pilson to get involved in the recording of Rock Justice, a rock opera co-written by Varney and produced by Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane. Released in 1980 on EMI Records, Rock Justice became the first album Pilson played on.
Still based in San Francisco, Pilson next teamed up with guitarist Randy Hansen, best known as a Jimi Hendrix impersonator, and Pilson recorded the Astral Projection – Live album with Hansen for Mike Varney's fledging label Shrapnel Records. When the band with Hansen dissolved, Pilson moved to Los Angeles and only weeks later, on a recommendation by Mike Varney, was contacted by vocalist Don Dokken who was looking for a bass player for his band Dokken. And audition was set up and Pilson joined the band in 1984.
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