William Kopecky

Infobox Musical artist
Name = William Kopecky


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Alias = Bill Kopecky
Born = birth date and age|1969|11|17
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Origin = Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Instrument = Bass, keyboard, sitar
Genre = Progressive rock, heavy metal
Years_active = 1999–present
Label = Musea, M.A.C.E., Cyclops, Mellow
Associated_acts = Kopecky
Michael Angelo Batio
Far Corner
Yeti Rain
Snarling Adjective Convention
Truth Squad
The Flyin' Ryan Brothers
Par Lindh Project
Tempest
URL = [http://www.williamkopecky.com/ www.williamkopecky.com]
Notable_instruments = Axtra custom basses
Music Man Bongo
Warwick Corvette
Roland V-Bass

William Kopecky (born November 17, 1969) is an American bassist from Racine, Wisconsin. He is known for playing bass, keyboards and sitar in the band Kopecky with his two brothers, Joe and Paul.

Influences

Kopecky lists his influences as Chris Squire, Billy Sheehan, Mick Karn, Jaco Pastorius, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ravi Shankar, Tripti Mukherjee, Veena Chandra, ritual music of Tibetan monks, Robert Smith, Univers Zero, Rush, Miles Davis, Robert Fripp, Edgar Allan Poe, J. G. Ballard, Georges Bataille, The Surrealists, Ben Okri, Hans Bellmer, H. R. Giger, Francis Bacon, David Lynch, Andrei Tarkovsky and The Brothers Quay.cite web |url=http://www.williamkopecky.com/bio.htm |title=Biography |accessdate=2008-08-17 |publisher=William Kopecky ]

Personal life

Kopecky's interests include poetry, painting, dark beer, sex and nightmares. His favourite animals are giraffes and scorpions, his favourite colours are black and red, his favourite films include "A Clockwork Orange", "The Shining", "Stalker", "The Plague Dogs", "Eraserhead" and "Un chien andalou", his favourite books include "Complete Tales and Poems" (Edgar Allan Poe), "Day of Creation" (J. G. Ballard), "Story of an Eye" (Georges Bataille) and "Macbeth" (William Shakespeare), and his favourite albums include "Hemispheres" (Rush), "Disintegration" (The Cure), "Mob Rules" (Black Sabbath) and "Romantic Warrior" (Return to Forever).

Equipment

Bass guitars

Kopecky uses Axtra 4-string fretted and fretless custom basses, the 5-string Music Man Bongo, the 6-string Warwick Corvette and the Roland V-Bass.

Amplifiers

The Hartke 3500 and Ampeg SVT II Pro are Kopecky's amplifiers of choice.

Cabinets

Kopecky favours Ampeg 8x10 and 4x10 cabinets.

Effects

Kopecky uses Boss effects pedals, namely flanger, phaser, chorus and digital delay effects. He also uses a Red Llama distortion effect.

Other equipment

Other equipment Kopecky uses include a Boomerang loop device and EBows.

Discography

with Kopecky

*1999: "Kopecky"
*2000: "Serpentine Kaleidoscope"
*2001: "Orion"
*2003: "Sunset Gun"
*2006: "Blood"

with Michael Angelo Batio

*2000: "Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity"
*2004: "Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2"
*2005: "Hands Without Shadows"

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*2001: "Call to Arms"

with Par Lindh Project

*2002: "Live in Iceland"
*2008: "Live in Poland"

with The Flyin' Ryan Brothers

*2002: "Legacy"
*2005: "Blue Marble"
*2008: "Totality"

with The Bollenberg Experience

*2002: "If Only Stones Could Speak"

with Truth Squad

*2003: "Superkiller"

with Far Corner

*2004: "Far Corner"
*2007: "Endangered"

with Parallel Mind

*2005: "Colossus ADEA"

with Silence the Freak

*2005: "Relations"

with Yeti Rain

*2006: "Discarnate"
*2008: "Nest of Storms"

with Dan Maske

*2007: "Progressive Rock Keyboard"

with Dimension X

*2007: "Implications of a Genetic Defense"

with Anja

*2007: "Leaving the Alley of Dead Trees"

with Glass

*2007: "Live at Progman Cometh"

with Snarling Adjective Convention

*2008: "Bluewolf Bloodwalk"

References

External links

* [http://www.williamkopecky.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.kopecky.com/ Kopecky official website]