| Full name: | Gert De Groot |
| Birthday: | December 15nd |
| Living in: | Gent |
| Occupation: | Software engineer / Java developer |
| Job in the band: | Playing rhythm and lead guitars, writing songs, managing web site and MySpace page |
| Previous /other bands: | Currently playing in Fairyland, previously in No Mercy, K-Daver, and some other small projects, most of which never made it to the stage of having a name |
| Influences (fav bands, composers, ...) | Great guitarists: Steve Vai, Michael Romeo (of Symphony X), Kiko Loureiro (of Angra) Great bands: Symphony X, ARK, Dream Theater, Angra, Pagan's Mind, Threshold, Vanden Plas, House Of Lords, Queen, Deep Purple, Europe, Whitesnake, Savatage, Ayreon Film score composers: Hans Zimmer, John Williams Classical composers: Stravinski, Ravel, Rodrigo |
| Gear/Equipment: | Marcus custom 7 string guitar, equipped with DiMarzio pickups and Ernie Ball strings (.010-.064), -> Sennheiser ew 172 G2 wireless -> RMC Wizard Wah ->Peterson Strobostomp tuner -> Mesa/Boogie Triaxis 1.0 preamp -> T.C. Electronic G-Force effects processor -> Mesa/Boogie 395 power amp -> two Mesa/Boogie 1x12" Thiele cabinets. Switched by Mesa/Boogie Abacus MIDI board, and connected with custom-made cables with Neutrik plugs and Planet Waves cables. |
| Likes: | My girlfriend Silvia, making music, listening to great music, attending concerts, meeting friends and relatives, great beers and wines, slow food in general and Mediterranean food (Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish, North-African,.) in particular, travelling, Blackadder, Stephen King |
| Dislikes: | Commercial radio and TV, mass tourism, hypocrisy, bourgeoisie,... |
| Links: | http://www.marcusguitars.be http://www.guitarprinciples.com http://www.myspace.com/gertdegroot www.myspace.com/fairylandfantasia |