Gregor Mackintosh (born 20 June 1970) is a British guitar player. He is the lead guitarist in the metal band Paradise Lost, which he founded in 1988 together with singer Nick Holmes, rhythm guitarist Aaron Aedy, and bassist 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]
Greg Mackintosh | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Mackintosh in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gregor John Mackintosh |
| Born | 20 June 1970 |
| Origin | Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Gothic metal, doom metal, death metal, death-doom, blackened death-doom, gothic rock, dark wave, synth-pop, electronic rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Music For Nations, Peaceville, Season of Mist |
| Member of | Paradise Lost, Vallenfyre Strigoi, Host |
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
edit- ^ Interview – Greg Mackintosh of Paradise Lost, crypticrock.com
- ^ Greg Mackintosh - Paradise Lost Archived 2023-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, 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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