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Lizzie Fyre
Lead Vocals
Photo: Roger Costanzo
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BIOGRAPHY Born and raised in
Montreal. I started singing at a very young age, recording demos and
performing. INFLUENCES Janis Joplin, Marilyn Manson, Glenn Danzig, Brody Dalle, Otep, Killswitch Engage, In This Moment, All That Remains, Led Zeppelin, Arch Enemy, Black Sabbath, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Iron Maiden, Alesana, Bullet For My Valentine, Ronnie James Dio, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Silverstein, Chiodos, Incubus, Three Days Grace, Divine Heresy, Walls Of Jericho, Staind, Threat Signal, Seether, Memphis May Fire, Flyleaf, Melissa Etheridge, Hopes Die Last, Rise Against, Jewel, Blessthefall, From First To Last, He Is Legend, Counting Crows, The Cranberries, Radiohead, Evanescence, City & Color, Heart, Deep Purple, Straight Line Stitch, etc. |
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Jerry Fielden
Guitar, Back Vocals, Keyboards, Mandolin
Photo: Roger Costanzo
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BIOGRAPHY
Born and raised in Montreal, I learned a bit of classical piano when I was very young then started guitar in the summer of '69 :) I've been doing shows since the early 1970s in various Montreal and Toronto bands, performing in venues such as the Colisée de Québec and le Café Campus, jamming with and learning from luminaries like Frank and Vince Marino (I was in a short-lived band with Vince in the 70s) and playing with people such as François Bourassa (a schoolmate) in Montreal, and in Toronto with players such as Jeff Healey, Tony Springer, Lisa Price, Lori Yates, etc., in clubs like Derringer's and the Upper Lip in the 80s. I've also recently played guitar for Miranie Morissette.
I've recorded 3 solo albums: The Hunt, Children of the Night, and The Mime.
I worked at music stores such as Steve's in Montreal, and I also had bit of a career as a published photographer with works in many magazines, newspapers and web sites; I shot shows of bands such as the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, etc., and I also shot 2 albums for the band Anvil. I have a BA in History and Music Technology (2000) and a MLIS (2002) from McGill U where I taught in 2003 and 2005.
And amongst other interesting things, I'm doing a bit of translation for Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan's personal Web site, Caramba and I've also written a book on 438 TAC HEL Squadron of the RCAF!
INFLUENCES
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones 1969-72, Rush, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Jimi Hendrix, Jethro Tull, Frank Marino, Robin Trower, Rainbow, Al DiMeola, Heart, Iron Maiden, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Van Halen, Vicious Rumors, Dream Theater, UK, ELP, Therion, Aghora, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Steve Reich, Lacuna Coil, The Gathering, Within Temptation, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Offenbach, Jorane, Leaves' Eyes, Candlemass, Straight Line Stitch, Animals as Leaders, Ayreon, etc.
EQUIPMENT
Godin xtSA, Godon Redline I, Fender Strat, Digitech RP80 effects, Marshall AVT50 Combo and AVT50H/4012 amps, Roland GR-09 Guitar Synth into a Yorkville KB100 amp
ENDORSEMENTS
I am using a Godin guitars on AraPacis's live shows and on some tunes of our first CD and most tunes from our two latest ones! The Godin xTsa is a fantastic axe that I can use to get an acoustic or electric sound as well as drive my Roland GR Synth with - the triple combination is really incredible-sounding! |
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John Yates
Bass
Photo: Shelle Macpherson
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BIOGRAPHY Arriving on the hot winds of the American midwest comes John Yates from Cincinnati, Ohio. I grew up around a lot of musicians. Everybody I saw was either a singer or a player of some sort so I just figured I had better get with the program. It was a while before I realized that some people were actually not musicians. I imagine young farm kids must grow up thinking that everyone is a farmer in much the same way. Early on I was hearing mostly classical music. Dad was an organist and choir director and always had lots of music school kids singing for him and various symphony players coming around. It was a really amazing environment that I completely took for granted because I didn't know anything else. Early 20th century French organ music was what I got the most excited about, Marcel Dupré in particular. Tons of harmonic dissonance and dynamics. Not so different from a lot of heavy metal really, just in an earlier format. The piano compositions of Claude Debussy also got me excited for the same reasons. When I became a teenager, some of the other kids at school were playing guitars and drums and forming bands and I figured I knew enough to jump in as well. Once I could drive myself out of the city, I found some kids on a farm who were busy inventing heavy metal and trying real hard not to be farmers. They liked me and I joined their metal band. Playing the bass just clicked for me. I had a natural instinct for making a heavy sound that worked with the rest of the instruments. I figure it came from all of the loud organ music I heard when I was young. Or maybe it was those Herb Alpert records Dad was always playing... Many miles and many great bands later, it's time to rock with AraPacis! INFLUENCES Led Zeppelin AC/DC Plasmatics Frank Zappa Siouxsie and the Banshees Sonic Youth PJ Harvey My Bloody Valentine Primus Urge Overkill Meshuggah Queens of the Stone Age |
* "AraPacis" is (c) Jerry Fielden 2003
Updated 25-01-12