Pete Trewavas


Peter Trewavas is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the progressive rock band Marillion. He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting as a backing vocalist and occasional guitarist.

Biography

Trewavas was born in Middlesbrough, but spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury. 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, John Beck and Chris Maitland.
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, 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.
The Edison's Children project would result in the release of the single "A Million Miles Away ". 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 peaking at No. 32.
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.
Trewavas is a fan of the football team Manchester United F.C.

Equipment

Trewavas uses:
  • Laney Amplification and Ibanez Bass Guitars
  • Laney B2 power amp & cabinets
  • Laney RWB300 Combo
  • Ibanez RDB Bass
  • Fender Precision Bass
  • Fender Jazz Bass
  • Squier Precision Bass
  • Squier Jazz Bass
  • Rickenbacker 4080 double-neck bass/guitar
  • Warwick Basses
  • Elites stadium series 45–105 strings
  • TC Electronic D-Two multi-tap rhythm delay processor
  • Various Boss effects pedals: Delay, EQ, Chorus, Distortion, Octaver
  • Sennheiser wireless system
  • Roland PK5 Bass Pedals Controller