Angelo Barbera is an American bass player best known for his work with the
Robby Krieger Band and
The Doors of the 21st Century.
Life and career
Angelo grew up in southern California and was inspired to take up the bass guitar at the age of 12 after meeting
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who has performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music.
Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three A ...
's bass player at a concert. He says that his favorite bass player and biggest influence is
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regard ...
of
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...
. In addition to bass, Barbera can also play guitar and keyboards.
During the 1990s, Barbera worked with such musicians and bands as
The Motels featuring Martha Davis,
Red Square Black,
Lita Ford, and Los Angeles based Rock Pop band, Perfect Stranger (band). In 2000, he auditioned for, and joined, the
Robby Krieger Band, led by Robby Krieger of
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts ...
. Later that year, he joined Krieger,
Ray Manzarek
Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. ( Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band the Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Te ...
, and
John Densmore
John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the Rock music, rock band the Doors and as such is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He appeared on every recording made by the band, ...
in the last full reunion of The Doors on
VH1 Storytellers
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In each episode, artists perform in front of a (mostly small and intimate) live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat ...
, where they performed with guest singers
Scott Stapp,
Scott Weiland,
Ian Astbury
Ian Robert Astbury (born 14 May 1962) is an English singer, best known as the lead vocalist, frontman and a founding member of the rock band the Cult. During various hiatuses from the Cult, Astbury fronted the short-lived band Holy Barbarians ( ...
, and
Travis Meeks. In 2002, he joined Krieger and Manzarek in their Doors revival band
The Doors of the 21st Century (later known as Manzarek-Krieger) and he stayed with them for a few years before being replaced by
Phil Chen because of his
fear of flying
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.
Since leaving The Doors of the 21st Century, Barbera has worked with his new band
I-94 (formerly Bottlefly).
References
External links
Angelo Barbera on MySpace
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Living people
American bass guitarists
The Motels members
Year of birth missing (living people)