Gregor Mackintosh

Gregor Mackintosh (born 20 June 1970) is a British guitar player and singer. He is the lead guitarist in the metal band Paradise Lost, which he founded in 1988 together with singer Nick Holmes, rhythm guitarist Aaron Aedy, and bassist Steve Edmondson. He is the main composer of one of the pioneer bands and founding fathers of the gothic metal genre, considered to be influential to many other artists.^[1][2][3]

Greg Mackintosh
Mackintosh in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Gregor John Mackintosh
Born	(1970-06-20) 20 June 1970 (age 54)
Origin	Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Gothic metal, doom metal, death metal, death-doom, blackened death-doom, gothic rock, dark wave, synth-pop, electronic rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Music For Nations, Peaceville, Season of Mist
Member of	Paradise Lost, Vallenfyre Strigoi, Host

Mackintosh also plays keyboards (on several Paradise Lost albums) and uses them to compose music.^[4] He founded the bands Vallenfyre, in which he is also the lead vocalist;^[5] Strigoi;^[6] and Host.^[7] Mackintosh has contributed production for the Hull industrial metal act Systemyk.

Regarding his influences, Mackintosh remarked, "I was into punky stuff when I was really young, then I started to delve into the goth stuff – Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and especially The Sisters of Mercy."^[8]