Peter Iwers

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Peter Iwers
Birth name Peter Iwers
Born May 15, 1975 (1975-05-15) (age 33)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genre(s) Melodic Death metal
Occupation(s) Bassist
Instrument(s) Bass
Years active 1995-Present
Associated acts Chameleon, In Flames
Website http://www.inflames.com/

Peter Iwers (born on May 15, 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden) is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. He has played in In Flames since their 1999 album Colony, replacing Johan Larsson.

His bass playing style has been influenced by Toto bassist Mike Porcaro, as well as Geddy Lee from Rush and John Myung of Dream Theater fame [1]

He has two daughters and an ex-wife. His brother Anders is a bass player too, for Tiamat.

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Before he joined In Flames, Iwers played in a band called Chameleon.

Together with Jesper Strömblad, he DJs around Sweden as DJ Sellout & DJ Kaos.

[edit] Equipment

Peter uses equipment from ESP, Ibanez, Washburn, Peavey, Spector, and Ampeg. He uses ordinary 5-6 string bass guitars.

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