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Marcus Jidell

About Me

Marcus Jidell was born In Stockholm on September 11 th 1973. Raised in a big family where everybody played music it came natural for him to start playing an instrument himself, so he picked up the cello at the age of 8. A bit later he was chosen to be a member of the Stockholm Opera children's choir as well. When Marcus was about 13 he fell in love with the sound of electric guitars -after listening to albums by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen. Promptly he locked himself in the cellar in his parent's house during his entire teen years... to practice. At the age of 19 he joined his first metal band Jekyll & Hyde, recorded three albums with them and did a long string of shows. Since then he has been recording / touring with many different artists, such as Royal Hunt, Pain, E-type, Anne-Lie Rydé, The Ring, Bruce Kulick (KISS), Meja, Curtis Knight, Grand Jam, Peter Jezewski, Rustan and Kreegha, doing studio sessions and crafting his chops. Marcus is a musician with a lot of different influences, hardrock, metal, blues, soul, rock, country, latin and swedish folk music are some of the styles you can hear him play (on a cinema close to you.... what?!?!? well somewhere...) . In addition to guitar he also plays the piano, bass, cello, mandolin, Banjo(six string) and a few other intruments when the urge comes around...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/24/2006
Band Website: marcusjidell.com royalhunt.com
Band Members: Kaptenen

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Influences: Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ennio Morricone, Steve Vai, King Crimson, Edvard Grieg, Slash, Albert King, Jan Johansson, Thomas Larsson, Miles Davis, David Gilmour, Curtis Mayfield, Nick Drake, Jake E Lee, Johnny Cash, Bach, Dio, Mark Knopler, Angus Young, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sting, Sly and the Family Stone, Van Halen, Union Station, Ritchie Blackmoore, Rune Gustafsson, Candlemass, Porcupine Tree, Thin Lizzy, The Edge, Scott Hendersson, movies, books, my family, all my amazing friends and many moore
Sounds Like: En kissekatt på grönbete.
Record Label: Check out: ROYAL HUNT - 2006 ( Live DVD/CD )
Type of Label: None

My Blog

On our way to Japan!

We have been home for a few days to get some well-deserved rest and to meet our loved ones. Russia was amazing as usual and Polen was really nice to! Thank you everybody who helped us to make this fir...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:44:00 PST

Terror Twins

Terror Twins!Stefan Schwarzmann and me are now known under the name "The Terror Twins" since we emptied the bus for every single bottle the night after the Bologna gig in our holy quest for the ultima...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Sun, 18 May 2008 07:01:00 PST

Jack Daniels and coke (what a great combination:-) ..

Athens, Thessaloniki and Bucharest! So we have done three shows now and are on our way to the fourth one.It is so nice to meet the fans again and to play our new material!We had a great day off in Ath...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Sun, 11 May 2008 05:47:00 PST

On our way to Athens! 7/5-08

On our way to Athens!Yesterday Per, Magnus and me took the train to Copenhagen from Stockholm and this morning we all met up at the airport. I couldn't sleep that well on the train but we shared a bot...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:16:00 PST

Back home from Pain/Nightwish tour..

So I am back home after the great tour with Pain, supporting Nightwish.The tour was really a great experience!It feels good to sleep in my own bed but I also miss the fun out there on the road. I am s...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:56:00 PST

Pain in Zurich ,Milano and Ljubljana

Hello again..Tonight we are playing in Ljubljana, we are now sitting in the dressing room and relaxing after the sound check. Peter is doing some interviews and rest of us are chilling , getting ready...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:54:00 PST

Pain in Wien

This morning we arrived to Vienna , the beautiful capitol of Austria ,( as a half Austrian it feels extra nice to be here). I went to the city and saw the Stephansdom, the opera house and many other b...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:20:00 PST

Pain in Stuttgart and Frankfurt

Ok , so we are back in the saddle again. Yesterday we played in Stuttgart in front of 8500 people. It felt so good to be able to play again and the crowd was great!Germany is a great country, I just w...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:41:00 PST

Cancelled gig with Pain in Leipzig

We had to cancel the gig tonight in Leipzig while some crazy assholes kicked Peter , Johan and David down when they where on their way home from a local bar yesterday.They just came from behind so the...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:51:00 PST

Pain in Berlin and Prag..

Hello people.Yesterday we did a great gig in Prag in front of 10 000 people. The crowd was really really good, it was a great feeling to enter the stage and see all the beautiful people!!Right now I a...
Posted by Marcus Jidell on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:17:00 PST