Pete Trewavas

Pete Trewavas
Pete Trewavas onstage with Marillion at 2009 Montreal weekend festival.
Background information
Born	(1959-01-15) 15 January 1959
Origin	Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Art rock/progressive rock
Instruments	Bass, guitar, backing vocals, piano
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Racket Records / Random Disturbance Records
Associated acts	Kino Marillion Transatlantic Big Big Train The Wishing Tree, Edison's Children
Website	http://www.edisonschildren.com

Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England)^[1] is an English musician. He joined Marillion in 1982, taking over the role of bassist,^[2] from Diz Minnitt, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist.

Although he was born in Middlesbrough, Trewavas spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury.^[3] It was in Aylesbury that he became involved in several bands, having most success with The Metros, before taking up his long term role in Marillion.

Although still a full member of Marillion, in recent years, Trewavas has also become a member of the progressive rock supergroup, Transatlantic. In 2004, Trewavas co-founded another group called Kino, with John Mitchell (Arena), John Beck (It Bites) and Chris Maitland (ex-Porcupine Tree).

In 2011, Pete Trewavas joined up with his longtime friend Eric Blackwood to form the duo Edison's Children. The new project was designed to be a creative outlet for Pete Trewavas (who has traditionally recorded in a "band" or "group" format on bass and acoustic guitar), in which he could also play lead guitar, lead vocals, drum programming and keyboards as well as have full creative control over the writing and producing of the record with. The 72-minute concept album In The Last Waking Moments... about a man fighting to understand if a recent bizarre happening was reality or a descent into madness, was released on 11.11.11.^[4]

The Edison's Children project would result in the release of the single "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)". The song debuted on American Commercial Radio in June 2012 and by September it had reached the FMQB U.S. Commercial Radio Top 40 where it remained for 10 weeks (and stayed in the top 100 for 25 weeks) peaking at No. 32.^[5]

Edison's Children did live performances in Montreal, Wolverhampton England and Port Zelande Netherlands opening up for Marillion's "Brave" performances during the Marillion 2013 Weekend. The Montreal show was recorded and released as a B-Side on their "In the Last Waking Moments..."-EP Single.

Edison's Children released their second album, The Final Breath Before November, on 13 December 2013. It was mixed by Jakko Jakszyk, lead singer of King Crimson, John Mitchell, lead guitarist of It Bites, and Arena and Robin Boult, lead guitarist of Fish.

On 17 September 2012, during a Marillion concert at The Junction in Cambridge, Steve Hogarth announced that Trewavas was now called "Sweet Pea Tremendous" as it was the result of putting his name into an anagram solver.

Trewavas has also appeared in Prog Aid, the charity project set up to raise money for victims of the 2004 tsunami.

Trewavas was a guest musician on English progressive rock band Big Big Train's 2007 album, The Difference Machine.

Though primarily a bassist, Trewavas has been known to write keyboard parts during his time with Transatlantic, and has played acoustic guitar on Marillion songs, particularly "Faith" and "Now She'll Never Know".

Trewavas is a fan of the Football team Manchester United F.C.

Trewavas on tour with Transatlantic (2010)

Equipment

Trewavas uses:^[1]

• Laney Amplification and Ibanez Bass Guitars
• Laney B2 power amp & cabinets
• Laney RWB300 Combo
• Ibanez RDB Bass
• Fender Precision Bass
• Fender Jazz Bass
• Squier Precision Bass
• Squier Jazz Bass
• Rickenbacker 4080
• Elites stadium series 45–105 strings
• TC Electronic D-Two multi-tap rhythm delay processor
• Various Boss effects pedals: Delay, EQ, Chorus, Distortion, Octaver
• Sennheiser wireless system
• Roland PD5 Bass Pedals Controller

References

External links

• Pete Trewavas' homepage at Marillion.com
• Kino official homepage