Fernando von Arb

Fernando von Arb
Von Arb, second from right
Background information
Born	(1953-01-17) January 17, 1953 Fulenbach, Switzerland
Genres	Heavy metal, Hard rock
Instruments	guitar, bass
Years active	1977–present
Associated acts	Montezuma Krokus The Heavy's
Website

Fernando von Arb or simply FVA, is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is known for the consistency of being the Swiss-based, hard-rock guitarist of Krokus.

Career

Von Arb once played in the band Montezuma, and eventually joined up with Chris von Rohr and Tommy Kiefer in the early 70's. He joined the two in To You All as the rhythm guitarist. In the 1970s Von Arb was encounter trouble finding a power voice for his band until he discovered Maltese-born Marc Storace to lead his band's vocals for years to come. Von Arb and Storace have been apart for a few albums, but are still in Krokus to this day. Before this, Storace and Von Rohr quit the band, leaving Von Arb to create another band with ex-Krokus member Juerg Naegeli. They took pseudonyms which were Rob Weiss and Ben Branov (Branov is von Arb spelled backwards), and the two released a couple of albums that were big in Switzerland.

In 1990, Von Arb assembled another line-up for Krokus, which would be shunned and uncared for. Around the same time, there was suspicion that Von Arb may have been diagnosed with lymphoma, but is healthy now.

1994 rolled around and Von Arb again tried to build Krokus. He was successful and this time added former vocalist, Marc Storace. Failing to keep Storace in 1999 proved to be a downfall. Round 13 was released, but was less noticed. In 2004, Von Arb and Storace were reunited once again and released live albums that proved to be an advantage of having Storace.

In 2005, Von Arb called it quits on Krokus due to tendonitis in his wrist. He would be replaced by Mandy Meyer. In 2007 he was able to recruit the original line-up. In 2008 the band played live shows and it included Mark Kohler, another member of the original line-up which was a landmark in the band's history. Krokus released Hoodoo in 2010.

Von Arb and Krokus released Dirty Dynamite on March 5, 2013, with minor success in the US, but a major hit in Switzerland. It contains a cover of the Beatles hit song: Help.

References

Krokus

Chris von Rohr Fernando von Arb Marc Storace Mandy Meyer Dominique Favez Flavio Mezzodi Freddy Steady Hansi Droz Remo Spadino Tommy Kiefer Jürg Naegeli Steve Pace Jeff Klaven Dani Crivelli Many Maurer Peter Haas Peter Tanner Tony Castell Carl Sentance Chris Lauper Patrick Aeby Stefan Schwarzmann Mark Kohler

Studio albums	Krokus To You All Painkiller / Pay It In Metal Metal Rendez-vous Hardware One Vice at a Time Headhunter The Blitz Change of Address Heart Attack Stampede To Rock or Not to Be Round 13 Rock the Block Hellraiser Hoodoo Dirty Dynamite

Live albums	Alive and Screamin' Fire and Gasoline Long Stick Goes Boom - Live From Da House Of Rust

Compilation albums	Early Days '75-'78 Stayed Awake All Night - The Best The Dirty Dozen Definitive Collection The Collection Best Of Long Stick Goes Boom: The Anthology

Singles and EPs	"Tokyo Nights" "Heatstrokes" "Bedside Radio" "Winning Man" "Rock City" "American Woman" "Save Me" "Bad Boys Rag Dolls" "Stayed Awake All Night" "Screaming in the Night" "Midnite Maniac" "Ballroom Blitz" "Our Love" "School's Out" "Screaming in the Night (Live)" "Let the Love Begin" "Let It Go" "Wild Love" "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" "I Want It All" "Angel of My Dreams"

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