Peter Holmström is an American rock musician. He is a member of the bands

The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford ...

Pete International Airport Pete International Airport is an American neo-psychedelia band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1997 by Peter Holmström of The Dandy Warhols. Original line-up includes Jsun Adams (The Upsidedown) on vocals, Collin Hegna (The Brian Jonestown Massa ...

, Radis Noir and Rebel Drones. Holmström's first guitar was a

Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...

. Holmström is also an amateur photographer, and in the past he has also composed music for his sister's theater group.

Musical equipment

Dandy Warhols (2000) gear

;Guitars: * 1971 Gibson SG with Gibson '57 Pickups *1972 Gibson SG * 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline with

Open G Tuning Among alternative tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord, such as the G-major triad (G,B,D). For example, a popular open-G tuning ...

Fender Bass VI The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender. Design concept and history The Fender VI was released in 1961 and followed the concept of the Danelectro six-string bass released in 1956 ...

tuned A-A *Tao guitars "air force one" custom made t-bucket model ;Pedals: *

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TU-2 Tuner *

Electro-Harmonix Electro-Harmonix (also commonly referred to as EHX) is a New York City-based company that makes electronic audio processors and sells rebranded vacuum tubes. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. It is best known for a series of gu ...

Big Muff Pi *2

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Rat Pedals * DOD Stereo Flanger *Electro-Harmonix Small Stone *Boss DM-3 Analog Delay *Boss PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay *Boss HM-2 Harmonizer *

Ernie Ball Ernie Ball (born Roland Sherwood Ball; August 30, 1930 – September 9, 2004) was an American entrepreneur and musician who developed guitar-related products. Ball began as a club and local television musician and entrepreneur, building an inte ...

Volume *Boss RV-3 Reverb/Delay *Boss DM-2 Delay in Wah Wah housing *Z Vex Seek Wah * MXR Dyna Comp *MXR Phase 90 *DOD Envelope Filter *Boss DD-5 Digital Delay *Boss PN-2 Tremolo/Panner ;Amplifiers: *2 Vox AC-30 re-issue w/ blueback speakers

Personal life

His father, Robert (Bob) Holmström, was an early employee of the

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

Corporation. Holmström attended college in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

before returning to Portland. Holmström attended

Fairfield Grammar School Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School. It became a grammar school in 1945 and closed in 2000, to be replaced by a new comprehensive, Fairfield High Sc ...

in Bristol, UK, in the early 1980s.

Discography

;As a member of

* The Dandy Warhols discography ;As a member of

(2010) * Safer With The Wolves... (2017) ;As a member of Rebel Drones * Songs From a Sonic Land ;As a member of

The Mutants ''The Mutants'' is the fourth serial of the ninth season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 April to 13 May 1972. The serial is set on and high above th ...

* Your Desert My Mind ;As a member of Sun Atoms * Let There Be Light (album) (2021), credits: Producer, Bass

References

External links

2008 interview

2012 interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmstrom, Peter American rock guitarists American male guitarists Guitarists from Oregon Living people American people of Swedish descent American alternative rock musicians The Dandy Warhols members Alternative rock guitarists Musicians from Portland, Oregon Year of birth missing (living people) Oregon Episcopal School alumni