Marcus Jidell
Evergrey
Marcus Jidell was born In Stockholm on September 11 th 1973. Raised
in a big family where everybody played music, it came natural for him to start playing an instrument himself, so he picked up the cello at the age of 8.
A bit later he was chosen to be a member of the Stockholm Opera children's choir as well. When Marcus was about 13 he fell in love with the sound of electric guitars -after listening to albums by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen. Marcus is a musician with a lot of different influences, because of that he has mastered styles like, hardrock, metal, blues, soul, rock, country, latin, swedish folk music and a lot more.
in a big family where everybody played music, it came natural for him to start playing an instrument himself, so he picked up the cello at the age of 8.
A bit later he was chosen to be a member of the Stockholm Opera children's choir as well. When Marcus was about 13 he fell in love with the sound of electric guitars -after listening to albums by Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen. Marcus is a musician with a lot of different influences, because of that he has mastered styles like, hardrock, metal, blues, soul, rock, country, latin, swedish folk music and a lot more.

