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John Norum
Norum performing in 2009
Background information
Birth name	John Terry Norum
Born	(1964-02-23) 23 February 1964 (age 54) Vardø, Norway
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock, Blues rock, glam metal[1]
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1978–present
Associated acts	Europe, Don Dokken
Website	www.johnnorum.se

John Terry Norum (born 23 February 1964 in Vardø, Norway) is a Norwegian/Swedish^[2] rock guitarist and one of the founders of the Swedish rock band, Europe. As an infant, he moved with his parents to Upplands Väsby (a Stockholm's suburb) in Sweden, where he grew up and has spent most of his life. Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a successful side solo career.

Career

During his career in music, Norum has played with Eddie Meduza & the Roaring Cadillacs, Dokken, Don Dokken's solo band, as well as collaborations with other well-known artists in his solo albums, including Glenn Hughes, Kelly Keeling, Peter Baltes, Simon Wright and Göran Edman. His influences include the likes of Gary Moore and Michael Schenker.^[3][4]

Personal life

Norum started and developed his musical career in Sweden, but has also lived in the United States for a few years, where he met and married Michelle Meldrum in 1995, founder and lead guitarist of the all-female hard rock band Phantom Blue and the Swedish metal band Meldrum.^[5] The couple had one son, Jake Thomas, born on 22 September 2004. Michelle died on 21 May 2008 from a cystic growth in her brain.^[5] On 16 April 2012 he had a son, Jim Henry, from his Swedish fiancée Camilla Wåhlander. The couple had also a daughter, Celine Margareta, born on 28 July 2014.^[5][6]

Norum is the older brother of singer Tone Norum.^[5] and his stepfather is Thomas Witt,^[7] a former record producer, Columbia executive and drummer for Eddie Meduza^[8][9]

Equipment

Norum performing with Europe in Festivalna hall, Sofia 2012.

• 
  Fender Stratocaster guitars


• 
  Gibson Les Paul guitars


• Paoletti John Norum Signature guitars


• 
  Marshall "Silver Jubilee Series" head and JCM 800 head (both heads run concurrently)


• 
  Marshall '72 4x12 Cabinets with Celestion Greenbacks


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  Dunlop Crybaby Jimi Hendrix Wah pedal


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  MXR Stereo Chorus pedal


• 
  MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay pedal


• 
  Two notes Torpedo Live Speaker simulator

His guitar goes through the Wah into the chorus pedal, from where the separate outputs connect to the two amp heads, with the delay connected in the effects loop of the JCM 800 only.^[10]

Discography

Filmography

• 
  On the Loose (1985)


• 
  Far Out Man (1990)

Bibliography

• Tegnér A., Johansson, M. Europe - den stora rockdrömmen, Wiken, 1987, .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
  ISBN 91-7024-408-1
  


• 
  John Norum. En biografi ver en Svensk gitarrhjalte, Sony Music Ent. Sweden, 1992. Contained into the Swedish special edition of "Face the Truth" album.


• Bevilacqua F., John Norum's biography, 2010, last update December 2012


• Bevilacqua F., John Norum's discography, 2012, last update April 2012


• Stern M., Europe Biography, Agosto 2006

References

External links

• Official website