Тревор Болдер: Рок-музыкант және өнертузушының өмірі мен мансабы

English rock bassist, musician, songwriter and record producer

Trevor Bolder (9 June 1950 – 21 May 2013) was an English rock musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with the Spiders from Mars, the backing band for David Bowie, although he also played alongside a variety of musicians from the early 1970s.

Bolder was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. His father was a trumpet player, and other members of his family too were musicians. He played cornet in the school band and was active in his local R&B scene in the mid 1960s. Inspired by the Beatles, in 1964 he formed his first band with his brother and took up the bass guitar. in the song "Ziggy Stardust", in the lyrics "Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilly, and the Spiders from Mars". Bolder "never looked comfortable as a glam rock mannequin, tottering behind Ziggy Stardust in platform boots and a rainbow hued outfit of latex and glitter". Bolder's bass (and occasional trumpet) work appeared on the studio albums Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Aladdin Sane (1973), and Pin Ups (1973), the Spiders' swan song with their leader. As well as his usual bass playing and backing vocal duties, Bolder produced Heep's 1991 album Different World. In 2012 and early 2013, Bolder worked with Stevie ZeSuicide (Steve Roberts of the band U. K. Subs) as producer on singles "Wild Trash" (co writer with ZeSuicide), "Lady Rocker" and a cover of "Ziggy Stardust". Bolder also played on these tracks. Bolder died in May 2013 at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham from cancer, aged 62. He had undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer earlier that year.