Pete Trewavas

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Pete Trewavas
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Trewavas performing with Marillion in 2021
Background information
Born (1959-01-15) 15 January 1959 (age 67)
Middlesbrough, England
Genres Art rock, progressive rock
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Bass
  • vocals
  • guitar
Years active1982–present
Member of
Formerly of
  • The Metros
  • Iris

Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959) [1] is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the progressive rock band Marillion. [2] He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting as a backing vocalist and occasional guitarist.

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Biography

Trewavas was born in Middlesbrough, but spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury. [3] It was in Aylesbury that he became involved in several bands, having the most success with The Metros, before taking up his long-term role in Marillion.

Trewavas is also a member of the progressive rock supergroup Transatlantic. In 2004, he co-founded another group called Kino, with John Mitchell (Arena), John Beck (It Bites) and Chris Maitland (ex-Porcupine Tree).

In 2011, Pete Trewavas joined up with his longtime friend Eric Blackwood to form the duo Edison's Children. The new project was designed to be a creative outlet for Pete Trewavas (who has traditionally recorded in a "band" or "group" format on bass and acoustic guitar), in which he could also play lead guitar, lead vocals, drum programming and keyboards as well as have full creative control over the writing and producing of the record with. The 72-minute concept album In The Last Waking Moments... about a man fighting to understand if a recent bizarre happening was reality or a descent into madness, was released on 11.11.11. [4]

The Edison's Children project would result in the release of the single "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)". The song debuted on American Commercial Radio in June 2012 and by September it had reached the FMQB U.S. Commercial Radio Top 40 where it remained for 10 weeks (and stayed in the top 100 for 25 weeks) peaking at No. 32. [5]

On 11 January 1999, Trewavas was hit by a motorist when cycling home from the studio Racket Club. He suffered multiple injuries and spent time in intensive care, and underwent surgery on his leg. [6]

Trewavas is a fan of the football team Manchester United F.C. [7]

Trewavas on tour with Transatlantic (2010) Transatlantic2010 trewavas.jpg
Trewavas on tour with Transatlantic (2010)

Equipment

Trewavas uses: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Marillion Official Website" . Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Singer Fish and Marillion reunite". BBC . 28 August 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Edison's Children Official Website". Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Edison's Children - Pete Trewavas / Eric Blackwood - "In The Last Waking Moments"". Edisonschildren.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Nielsen Ratings, Music News and more!". Fmqb.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Collins, Jon (2002). Separated Out Marillion History 1979-2002. Helter Skelter. p. 169.
  7. ↑ Ainscoe, Mike (30 March 2018). "kino-interview-pete-trewavas-louder-than-war". Louder Than War. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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