Andrew Stockdale
Andrew Stockdale | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Andrew James Stockdale |
Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
20 July 1976
Genres | Hard rock, neo-psychedelia, stoner rock, heavy metal |
Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards |
Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Modular, Universal, Interscope, Island |
Associated acts | Wolfmother, Slash |
Website | wolfmother |
Andrew James Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian rock musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and only mainstay member of the rock band Wolfmother, which formed in 2000. In 2007, alongside his Wolfmother bandmates, he won 'Songwriter of the Year' at the APRA Awards. Aside from his work with Wolfmother, Stockdale was featured on the 2010 single "By the Sword" by United States-based musician Slash.
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Early life
Andrew James Stockdale was born on 20 July 1976.[1] Stockdale was raised in Ashgrove, Brisbane and educated at Ashgrove State School, Wimbledon Middle School, The Gap State High School and Kelvin Grove State College.[1] He briefly lived in Wimbledon Village, London as a child.[2]
Styles and method
Stockdale's influences are most commonly cited among late-sixties and early-seventies hard rock and heavy metal guitarists. Vocally compared to a "cross between Robert Plant and Ozzy Osbourne" by Allmusic,[3] his guitar antics and stage persona are commonly traced to Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, while his style can often be compared to progressive rockers like Pink Floyd.[citation needed]
Equipment
Stockdale plays Gibson guitars, primarily a 1972 SG standard with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece in vintage sunburst. He has also been seen using a 1961 Reissue Gibson SG. Other times he uses a Gibson Dot Studio ES-335, a white Gibson Flying V and an alpine white Gibson EDS-1275 with golden hardware. For the recording of the Wolfmother album he used a borrowed Gibson ES-355 through a 1960s Marshall. When playing live, he uses a Vox AC30 and a Marshall JMP. In the past Stockdale has been noted to use Orange amplifiers and cabinets. Stockdale also states to use a Fender Stratocaster, though he prefers the Gibson guitars.[citation needed] In recent times he has also started using a Hohner Blues Master Harmonica microphone for some vocals.
Stockdale's current pedalboard consists of a Boss TU-2, Radial Tone Bone, Fulltone Clyde wah, a Fulltone Supa-Trem, an Electro-Harmonix Microsynth, an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser, an AC booster, and a Digitech Whammy I (locked into place and set for a high octave.) All are patched into a true bypass looper/switcher array and are powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2+.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Keep Moving (2013) AUS #32
- with Wolfmother
- Wolfmother (2005)
- Cosmic Egg (2009)
- New Crown (2014)
- Guest appearances
- Slash — Slash on "By the Sword".
- Beck's Record Club — Songs of Leonard Cohen
- RocKwiz, shown on SBS on 3 October 2009. He played the Wolfmother song "New Moon Rising", then the Stevie Nicks/Don Henley song "Leather and Lace" as a duet with Holiday Sidewinder from Bridezilla.
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[4]
Year | Recipient/Nominated work | Award | Result |
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2007 | Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett, Chris Ross | Songwriters of the Year[5] | Won |
"Joker & the Thief" – Stockdale, Heskett, Ross | Song of the Year[6] | Nominated |
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Other sources
- Browne, Sally, "On Wolf Patrol", The Courier Mail, 23 April 2006.
External links
- Andrew Stockdale's photography website
- Wolfmother official website
- Wolfmother label page
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