Adrian Paul Erlandsson (born October 27, 1970) is a Swedish heavy metal drummer who is a member of At the Gates (1990–present), The Haunted (1996–1999, 2013–present), and Nemhain (2006–present). He has also been a member of H.E.A.L. (1994–1996), Hyperhug (1994–1996), Decameron (1997), Cradle of Filth (1999–2006), Needleye (2006–?), Brujeria (2006–2013), Netherbird (2007–2010), and Paradise Lost (2009–2016). Erlandsson currently resides in London where he owns a photo studio.
Bands
- Cradle of Filth - former member
Credited On
No disc here credits them by name - the catalogue holds 1 release by Cradle of Filth, credited to the band.
Biography
From the en.wikipedia article Adrian Erlandsson (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 1339282453.
Erlandsson was born in Malmö to a Swedish father with Romanian roots. He's the older brother of Daniel Erlandsson, the drummer of Arch Enemy, and ex-Carcass. They both grew up together in Sweden and started playing drums at a very young age but with Adrian's career beginning in 1981 at the age of 11 after getting his first drum kit, and started to play with friends began playing covers of classic rock songs. He got his brother into drumming as Daniel admits "If it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't be playing today." They also started playing with their music teacher at school, and eventually began to write their own songs and formed a band. Inspired by Judas Priest, he formed the Black Nuns which evolved into Berits Polisonger playing until 1986. There then followed a series of other bands including thrash metal band Penance in 1987. Erlandsson went on to form Penance, a thrash metal band, which never recorded a demo, although they did record some rehearsal tracks. As soon as he could hold down his first beat, Adrian Erlandsson and a friend formed a band and covered classic rock songs. The first song they learned was Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" They soon gathered more members and began playing covers by bands like Def Leppard, Dokken, The Exploited, GBH, Thin Lizzy and Twisted Sister.
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q2089260.
- en.wikipedia, Adrian Erlandsson (revision 1339282453), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ja.wikipedia, エイドリアン・アーランドソン (revision 109466935), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photograph: Aerlandsson.jpg on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, by Makito nagai.
