William Kopecky
William Kopecky | |
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Also known as | Bill Kopecky |
Born | November 17, 1969 |
Origin | Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Genres | progressive rock, progressive metal, Heavy metal |
Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, keyboard, sitar |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Musea, M.A.C.E., Cyclops, Mellow, Unicorn Digital |
William Kopecky (born November 17, 1969) is an American musician from Racine, Wisconsin, United States. He currently resides in France and, in 2011, work with Haiku Funeral featured his spoken-word delivery of dark poetry.[1] He is known for playing bass, keyboards and sitar in the band Kopecky with his two brothers, Joe and Paul. He also contributed to numerous progressive rock acts, including Far Corner, Parallel Mind, Pär Lindh Project. Kopecky has put forward that the dark, moody at times oppressive atmosphere of the Yeti Rain project is influenced by storms.[1] The heavy prog rock of Kopecky's Snarling Adjective Convention projects features group improvisation.[1] In a 10-April 2011 interview, Kopecky stated that a new Far Corner album is underway, but may not come out on Cuneiform due to the label's already set release schedule.[1]
Influences
Kopecky lists his influences as the following:
- Chris Squire
- Billy Sheehan
- Mick Karn
- Jaco Pastorius
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Ravi Shankar
- Tripti Mukherjee
- Veena Chandra
- Ritual music of Tibetan monks
- Robert Smith
- Univers Zero
- Rush
- Miles Davis
- Robert Fripp
- Edgar Allan Poe
- J. G. Ballard
- Georges Bataille
- The Surrealists
- Ben Okri
- Hans Bellmer
- H. R. Giger
- Francis Bacon
- David Lynch
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- The Brothers Quay
Equipment
Bass guitars
Amplifiers
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Cabinets
Effects
Other equipment
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Selected discography
with Kopecky
with Michael Angelo Batio
with C4
with Haiku Funeral
with Par Lindh Project
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with The Bollenberg Experience
with Truth Squad
with Far Corner
with Parallel Mind
with Silence the Freak
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with Yeti Rain
with Dan Maske
with Dimension X
with Anja
with Glass
with Snarling Adjective Convention
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References
- "Biography". Williamkopecky.com. Retrieved 2008-08-17.