The Band

Band history

Band members

Andreas Ravnestad

Name:Andreas Ravnestad
Born:6th of September, 1982
Location:Planet Y (some people in white coats insist I'm in Norway)
Joined:March 2008
Instrument:Electric guitars, anything that's programmable, and anything that makes a sound if I squeeze it hard enough
Equipment: Jackson Kelly KE3 Pro (black) with GFS Power Rails + Fat PAF, Ibanez RG520QS (quilted sapele) with Seymour Duncan SH6b and Dimarzio Air Norton, Peavey Predator Exp Plus (black with cream binding) stock, Yamaha RGX621D (blued sparkle) with white GFS Power Rails, Squier Stagemaster HSH (candy apple) GFS PAFs. Recorded through a Line6 Toneport UX2 with custom presets. Mixing is done on a M-Audio Delta 66 soundcard through a AKG K240 headset.
Influences: Arjen Lucassen, John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Lori Linstruth, Victor Smolski, and most of all myself
Favourite bands:Ayreon, Symphony X, Nightwish, Andromeda, Richard Andersson's Space Odyssey, Strapping Young Lad, Rammstein, Rage, Stratovarius, Pain of Salvation, Dream Theater, Kamelot, Andromeda, Amorphis, Lost Horizon, Dragonland, Vision Divine, Sirenia, Soilwork, Machinae Supremacy, Coheed & Cambria, Atlantis
Favourite albums: Ayreon - Y, Nightwish - Dark Passion Play, Pain of Salvation - BE, Rage - Speak Of The Dead, Nuclear Blast Allstars - Into The Light
Favourite songs: Ayreon - The Sixth Extinction, Nightwish - The Poet And The Pendulum, Pain Of Salvation - Imago (Homines Partus)