Christian Olde Wolbers performing at the 2001 Bizarre Festival

Christian Olde Wolbers (born August 5, 1972 in Antwerp, Belgium) was the third bassist of the industrial metal band Fear Factory from 1994 to 2002 when the group disbanded. Since the group reformed in 2004, Christian has switched instruments, replacing guitarist Dino Cazares (Byron Stroud of Strapping Young Lad fame filled the empty bass position). In addition to his role as bass player he handled "extra sound bites" and "transforming cuts" on the groups Digimortal album. He is talented at many other instruments including keyboard, turntables and upright bass. He is also a remixer and "beat maker" working under the name "the edgecrusher" (taken from the title of a fear factory song) Image File history File links Wolbers. ... Image File history File links Wolbers. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... It has been suggested that Chicago Industrial be merged into this article or section. ... Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California based metal band. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Byron Stroud is the bassist for metal bands Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad and Zimmers Hole. ... Strapping Young Lad is an influential progressive extreme metal band from Canada, started by Devin Townsend in 1994. ... Digimortal is Fear Factorys 4th album, released on April 24, 2001. ...

Wolbers did not come to North America until 1993, after being in college in 1990/1991. He joined Fear Factory in 1994 after former bassist Andrew Shives was asked to leave the group. He met the band in Los Angeles, California through Bobby Hambel of Biohazrd in Dec of 93' being asked if he knew how to triple pick, before finally joining and creating the now "classic" Fear Factory line-up. Christian's recorded outputs with the band were on three albums, Demanufacture (1995), Obsolete (1998) and Digimortal (2001). In July 2005, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported that Olde Wolbers was in a relationship with singer Karen Damen of the Belgian group K3. In 2006, he helped with the production and mixing of danish/french metal band Mnemic's third album Passenger. Also in 2006 he produced Canadian band Threat Signal's debut album Under Reprisal. He has been filling in as live guitarist for Korn on their European tour only for the three first shows. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Andrew Shives was the former bassist of the industrial metal group Fear Factory between 1990 and 1994. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. ... Demanufacture is the second official album (not counting the previous EP Fear is the Mindkiller) by the Los Angeles groove metal/industrial band Fear Factory. ... Obsolete is the third full-length album released by Fear Factory on July 28, 1998. ... Digimortal is Fear Factorys 4th album, released on April 24, 2001. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Het Laatste Nieuws is a Flemish language newspaper based in Brussels. ... K3 is a Belgian musical group playing pop music. ... Mnemic (IPA: ) is a Danish/French metal band, formed in Aalborg, Denmark in 1998. ... Passenger is the third album by industrial metal band Mnemic (the first with Guillaume Bideau on vocals. ... Threat Signal are a metal band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... Under Reprisal is the debut album from Threat Signal. ... This article is about the band. ...

Trivia

• He is a huge fan of rap music, Rage Against the Machine & The Prodigy.
• His favorite Fear Factory songs are Edgecrusher, Scumgrief & Scapegoat.
• His favorite food is Mexican food.

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Equipment

In an issue of Guitar World (November 2005), for an article called "Vulgar Display of Power," in which guitarists show fans their gear. Christian credits Stephen Carpenter for his design philosophy, saying "Stephen saw me going through a spider's web of wires and cable patches, so he took me over to Bob Bradshaw (CAE) to have him build my rig... Now my setup has no problems or noise." Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

• Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String (red with sticker; said to be his favorite piece of gear)
• Jackson USA Custom Shop Christian Olde Wolbers 7-String - Brown/Wood
• Jackson Custom Shop 7-String - Black with Stickers (As seen on the Archetype bonus DVD , and Big Day Out 2004 (Sydney Australia)
• Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7 string Dinky Archtop - Black
• Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers Signature 7 string Dinky Archtop - Desert Camo
• Jackson Custom Shop King V - 7 string
• Jackson Silverburst USA Custom Shop Electric Guitar w/Tremolo
• Krank Krankenstein Heads & Krank Revolution Series 4x12 Cabinets
• Two Digitech Wh4 Whammy Pedals
• Dunlop Crybaby Wah
• CAE r5-10 Controller
• Krank Smalltone Custom Volume Controller
• Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Pedal
• Digitech X-Series Multi-Chorus
• X-Wire Wireless Unit
• ISP Decimator Noise Reduction
• Korg DTR-2000 Rack Tuner
• CAE Custom Switcher/Interface
• Emagic MT4 Midi Unit
• Boss RGE-10 Micro Series EQ
• Whirlwind MLTDIR Multi-director
• Mac G4 Laptop (uses a program called "Guitar Rig", which he used in the studio, and it sounded "amazing," so he now uses it in his live setup, in a move he calls "the way of the future." He uses it mainly for clean tones, and the occasional weird sound effect.)

External links

• Christian Olde Wolbers at MySpace