Ian Peres is an Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist. He is the

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and

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of the

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band

Wolfmother Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney. Formed in 2004, the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who is the only constant member of the line-up. The band has been through many personnel changes since ...

. Peres joined the band in January 2009 as

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found new members after Chris Ross and Myles Heskett quit in 2008. The same year that Peres joined

, the band released their second studio album ''

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''.

Career

In an interview with Toazted in 2011, Stockdale revealed that former drummer Dave Atkins had suggested Ian Peres when the band were looking for a bassist. Peres responded by saying that he was "very excited by the prospect of playing with a band that he had always admired in the past." Peres has played bass and keyboards in both

and

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; the band's second and third albums respectively. Peres contributed towards the

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and

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in ''

'' along with Kevin Garcia Fernandez. In between the release of the band's second and third studio album, Peres worked with bandmate Andrew Stockdale for the release of his debut solo record Keep Moving, which was originally intended to be a Wolfmother record. During this period, the band briefly split up before cancelling Stockdale's tour for his solo album and within a few months of the release of the record, Wolfmother was reformed. Peres recorded bass, organ, piano and banjo, whilst also contributing with

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editing on Keep Moving. After the release of New Crown in 2014, Wolfmother released their fourth studio album

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in February 2016. With Stockdale recording bass on all tracks of the album, Peres contributed with only organ tracks. However, he toured with the band during their worldwide

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of their newly released album, where he performed backing vocals for the first time during his ongoing reign with Wolfmother. In recent years, Peres has toured and performed with musicians including

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and

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. In June 2022, it was announced that he would be joining

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after being the session bassist on their latest album Sancho.

Equipment

Peres plays Korg keyboards, primarily a

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. He has also been seen playing

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and Fender bass guitars. He mostly plays the

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Discography

;Studio albums ;with Wolfmother *''

'' (2009) *''

'' (2014) *''

'' (2016) ;with Andrew Stockdale *'' Keep Moving'' (2013) AUS #32

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peres, Ian Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian rock bass guitarists Wolfmother members