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

The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols are an American psychedelic rock, psychedelic/ band, formed in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia Mc ...

, Pete International Airport, 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, following on from the 1952 Gibson Les Paul. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. SG stands for "solid guitar". Origins The S ...

. 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 tunin ...

Fender Bass VI The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender. The instrument is tuned an octave below a standard electric guitar. Design concept and history The Fender VI was released in 1961 and fo ...

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

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TU-2 Tuner *

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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 inter ...

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: *Two Vox AC-30 re-issue w/ blueback speakers

Personal life

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

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Corporation. Holmström attended college in

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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 S ...

in Bristol, UK, in the early 1980s.

Discography

;As a member of

The Dandy Warhols discography The discography of The Dandy Warhols, an American alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon, consists of twelve studio albums, five live albums, two compilation albums, six extended plays and twenty-eight singles Singles are people not in a ...

;As a member of

The Great Northwest The Great Northwest (previously ''The Every Thing'') is a neo-psychedelic project created by studio engineer and producer Brian J. Coates. The group is based around a collective philosophy in which "every one is welcome to participate". Their d ...

* ''The Widespread Reign Of The Great Northwest'' (2008) ;As a member of Pete International Airport * '' Pete International Airport'' (2010) * ''Safer With The Wolves...'' (2017) * It Felt Like The End Of The World (2023) ;As a member of Rebel Drones * ''Songs From a Sonic Land'' ;As a member of

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* '' Your Desert My Mind'' ;As a member of Sun Atoms * ''Let There Be Light'' (2021), credits: Producer, Bass * ''Everything Forever'' (2024), credits: Producer, Bass

References

External links

2008 interview

2012 interview
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists Guitarists from Oregon American people of Swedish descent American alternative rock musicians The Dandy Warhols members American alternative rock guitarists Musicians from Portland, Oregon Oregon Episcopal School alumni {{US-musician-stub