Jerry Fielden

Jerry Fielden (May 6, 1957-) is a Montreal, Canada, guitarist and songwriter for AraPacis and for Miranie Morissette. He also has written lyrics and music for several Canadian bands.

Fielden first got involved in music in 1965. His bands included Landslide and Nighwatch in Montreal in the 70s, then Steelfield and Riser (with Canadian comic Alan Park) in Toronto from 1981-1987. Fielden returned to Montreal and released three solo albums: The Hunt (1998), Children of the Night (2000) and The Mime (2001). He founded the female fronted Gothic/Hard Rock/Prog Metal band AraPacis in 2003 and has been touring with this band ever since. Their first album "So Many Leapers" was released in April 2006. AraPacis is in preproduction for their second album as of September 2007.

Fielden endorses Godin Guitars.

He also had a career as a photographer, published in several Canadian newspapers and magazines (such as L'Express de Toronto, Canadian Musician, Graffiti, Photo Selection, etc.) and also did two Anvil album covers (Past and Present: Live in Concert and Plenty of Power).

He also played a musician in the Quebec film Pour le meilleur et pour le pire (1975), directed by Claude Jutra.

Fielden is the son of author Charlotte Fielden and her editor. He has recently edited A THIN PLACE, which was released in October 2006, and AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME (the sequel to MESSAGES LIKE MEMORIES), to be released early in 2008.

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References: AraPacis Official Site : http://www.arapacis.com/band.htm
Charlotte Fielden: http://www.cfmbooks.com/index.html
 
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