Pär Sundström

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Pär Sundström at , 2016

Pär Sundström (born 8 June 1981[1]) is a Swedish bass player. He and Joakim Brodén are the last remaining founding members of heavy metal band Sabaton. He is also the band's manager and one of the band's lyricists.[2]

Life[]

Sundström was born in Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden. During his youth, Sundström played mainly in black and death metal bands.[3] In 1999, he founded Aeon with Rikard Sundén and Richard Larsson. Shortly after Joakim Brodén and Oskar Montelius joined and the band was renamed to "Sabaton". Concerning his role in Sabaton he stated in an interview with metalheadspotted.com: "I do a lot of stuff that is necessary for the band as manager."[2]

Before Sabaton became a professional band, Sundström worked for two years "as a manager of a big company". His management office as well as the band's studio are based in Falun.[4]

Sundström is childless and has one sister.[2] His main musical influences are Twisted Sister, especially Dee Snider, as well as Skid Row.[5][4] He speaks of Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Guns N' Roses, Raubtier, Skid Row and Sabaton as his favourite bands.[1] In the early years of Sabaton, Sundström set up the pyrotechnics for the Sabaton live shows by himself, as he is a trained pyrotechnician.[6]

Discography[]

Sabaton

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Interview with the Polish fanclub
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c SABATON: Interview with Bassist Pär Sundström "I do not consider Sabaton to be Power Metal, we play simply Heavy Metal", in: metalheadspotted.com.
  3. ^ Alan Faulkner: INTERVIEW: Pär Sundström – Sabaton, in: distortedsoundmag.com, 18th January 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Interview with darkscene.at.
  5. ^ Joe DiVita: Sabaton’s Par Sundstrom: History Is a Passion, But Metal Still Comes First (Exclusive Interview), in: loudwire.com, 26th April 2017.
  6. ^ Rustyn Rose: Sabaton's bassist shares 5 unknown facts about the band.

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