Gregor Mackintosh
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Music For Nations, Peaceville, Season of Mist | |
| Member of | Paradise Lost, Vallenfyre Strigoi, Host |
Gregor Mackintosh (born 20 June 1970) is a
Steve Edmondson. He is the main composer of one of the pioneer bands and founding fathers of the gothic metal genre, considered to be influential to many other artists.[1][2][3]
Mackintosh also plays keyboards (on several Paradise Lost albums) and also uses them to compose music.[4] He produced Hull industrial metal act Systemyk. Also he founded the bands Vallenfyre,[5] Strigoi,[6] and Host.[7]
Regarding his influences, Mackintosh remarked, "I was into punky stuff when I was really young, then I started to delve into the goth stuff – Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and especially The Sisters of Mercy."[8]
References
- ^ Interview – Greg Mackintosh of Paradise Lost, crypticrock.com
- ^ Greg Mackintosh - Paradise Lost, metal-temple.com
- ^ PARADISE LOST's GREG MACKINTOSH Speaks To HEAVY METAL ARTWORK (Video), blabbermouth.net
- ^ Holger Stratmann: Die harte Schule, in: Rock Hard, no. 123, August 1997
- ^ PARADISE LOST: Songwriting mit der Schere – Interview mit Greg Mackintosh, vampster.com (in German)
- ^ Interview: Greg Mackintosh, Gitarre & Bass, gitarrebass.de (in German)
- ^ Review Host – IX, metal-hammer.de (in German)
- ^ Everley, Dave (30 April 2020). "The 10 best Sisters Of Mercy songs by Paradise Lost's Gregor Mackintosh". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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