Janick Robert Gers (Hartlepool, 27 jannewaris 1957) is in Ingelsk gitarist. Hy is benammen bekend as de tredde gitarist fan Iron Maiden.
Karriêre
Gers begûn syn karriêre as gitarist fan de NWOBHM-band White Spirit - dy't yn 1980 syn titelleaze debútalbum útbrocht, foardat Gers yn 1981 fuortgie om him by Gillan oan te sluten, in band foarme troch de doetiidske eardere Deep Purple sjonger Ian Gillan. Nei't de band Gillan der mei ophâlden wie, folge Gers in stúdzje geasteswittenskippen foardat er by Gogmagog kaam, dêr't ek earder Iron Maiden-sjonger Paul Di'Anno en drummer Clive Burr ta hearden. It projekt soe úteinlik op neat útrinne. Gers spile dernei mei op it earste solo album Tattooed Millionaire fan Bruce Dickinson en waard yn 1990 de ferfanger fan Adrian Smith. Hy bleau ek by Iron Maiden nei't Smith wer weromkaam by de band.
Priveelibben
Gers waard berne yn Hartlepool, Ingelân, it Feriene Keninkryk, as soan fan in nei Ingelân emigrearre Poalsk seeman. Janick Gers is boaske mei Sandra en hat twa bêrn.
Diskografy
Albums
| Album | Utbrocht op | Band | Single(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Spirit | 19 septimber 1980 | White Spirit | High upon High, Midnight Chaser |
| Tattooed Millionaire | 8 maaie 1990 | Bruce Dickinson | Tattooed Millionaire, All the Young Dudes, Dive! Dive! Dive!, Born in '58 |
| No Prayer for the Dying | 1 oktober 1990 | Iron Maiden | Holy Smoke, Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter |
| Fear of the Dark | 11 maaie 1992 | Be Quick or Be Dead, From Here to Eternity, Wasting Love | |
| The X Factor | 2 oktober 1995 | Man on the Edge, Lord of the Flies | |
| Virtual XI | 23 maart 1998 | The Angel and the Gambler, Futureal | |
| Brave New World | 29 maaie 2000 | The Wicker Man, Out of the Silent Planet | |
| Dance of Death | 8 septimber 2003 | Wildest Dreams, Rainmaker | |
| A Matter of Life and Death | 25 augustus 2006 | The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, Different World | |
| The Final Frontier | 13 augustus 2010 | El Dorado | |
| The Book of Souls | 4 septimber 2015 | Speed of Light, Empire of the Clouds | |
| Senjutsu | 3 septimber 2021 | The Writing on the Wall, Stratego |
Boarnen, noaten en referinsjes
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