Rob van der Loo

Rob van der Loo is a Dutch bass player, known from his work with Dutch metal bands Epica and Delain.
Career
Rob van der Loo started playing bass guitar at age 15. In 1999, he joined Sun Caged. During that time, he also worked on (solo) projects, including Freak Neil Inc. Many artists, from bands like Death, Testament, Sun Caged, Ayreon, Stream of Passion, After Forever and many more. These are André Vuurboom, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Chris Godin, Irene Jansen, James Murphy, Joost van den Broek, Marcel Coenen, Nick Hameury, Roel van Helden, Ron Baggerman, Sean Malone and Steve DiGiorgio.
In 2004, he began to study at the Dutch Rock Academy, which he completed in the meantime. At present, he is working on projects and is much less busy with Delain, which he left in 2010. His place was taken by Otto van der Schimmelpennick Oije. In January 2011, van der Loo joined a new band called MaYaN, which included members of Epica, the band he joined on March 25, 2012.
Gear
Bass guitars
*ZON Sonus RT5 (Sold)
*Conklin 7String
*Conklin -Rob van der Loo- 9string
*Warwick custom 6string fretless
*Grand Stick (purpleheart)
*Lindert guitar-bass
Strings
*Snakeskins Conklin
Amplifiers
*Ashdown evo II head
*Ashdown 4x10 inch speaker cabinet
*Ashdown 8x10 inch speaker cabinet
Effects
*Electro Harmonix Bass Balls
*Electro Harmonix Double Muff
*Electro Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer
*Morley Bad Horsie Wah
*Boss Line selector
*Boss Octave
*Digitech Digital Delay
*Carl Martin Bass Chorus
*Radial Bassbone
Multi-effects
*Digitech GSP 2101 Artist
*TC Electronics G-Major
*Line 6 POD
Discography
Demo's
*2000 - Sun Caged - Scar Winter
*2001 - Sun Caged - Dominion
*2002 - Sun Caged - Promo 2002
*2005 - Sun Caged - Promo 2005
Albums
*1995 - Agony - And Then You Die
*1996 - Agony - The Promise
*1997 - Krist of Kather - Delikat
*1997 - Soulcatcher - Soulcatcher 2025
*1998 - Rock Fiction - Go Fishin'
*2000 - Rock Fiction - Kobajashi Maru
*2001 - Triple 7 - Witness Of A Dead Creation
*2002 - Fifth - Fifth
*2003 - Sun Caged - Sun Caged
*2005 - Freak Neil Inc. - Characters
*01-09-2006 - Delain - Lucidity
*20-03-2009 - Delain - April Rain
*2011 - Hangover Hero - Hangover Hero
*2012 - MaYaN - Quarterpast
*2014 - MaYaN - Antagonise
*2014 - EPICA - The Quantum Enigma
EP's
*2002 - Freak Neil Inc. - Six Arms
Singles
*21-01-2007 - Delain - Frozen
*23-07-2007 - Delain - See Me in Shadow
*09-02-2009 - Delain - April Rain
*21-09-2012 - Epica - Forevermore

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