Sharlee D'Angelo

Sharlee D'Angelo
Sharlee D'Angelo performing at Wacken Open Air
Background information
Birth name	Charles Petter Andreason
Born	(1973-04-27) 27 April 1973
Genres	Melodic death metal, stoner metal, black metal, heavy metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass
Years active	1989-present
Associated acts	Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, King Diamond, IllWill, Mercyful Fate, Dismember, Sinergy, Witchery, The Night Flight Orchestra
Website	www.archenemy.net

Sharlee D'Angelo (born Charles Petter Andreason) is the bassist for Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as the Swedish stoner metal band Spiritual Beggars. Sharlee has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. Some of these include IllWill and Mercyful Fate as well as Dismember, Sinergy, Witchery. More recently he has been a part of The Night Flight Orchestra, with Björn Strid of Soilwork. He plays with Dunlop picks and primarily used Rickenbacker basses in his early career, before switching to playing and endorsing Ibanez Iceman basses in 2005. Ibanez now produces the Sharlee D'Angelo signature bass, called the SDB2,^[1] which is tuned to Sharlee's preferred C standard^[2] (Low to High - C,F,Bb,Eb).

Influences

D'Angelo has cited a number of bass players as early influences, including Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, both of Deep Purple, Steve Dawson from Saxon, Peter Baltes from Accept, and John Entwistle of The Who.^[3]

References

External links

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• Official Arch Enemy website
• Official Arch Enemy MySpace page
• Official Spiritual Beggars MySpace page
• Brazilian Arch Enemy fansite
• Ibanez Sharlee D'Angelo SDB2 signature model
• Official King Diamond & Mercyful Fate website & fan club