18 Facts About Rowan Robertson

Rowan Wingate Robertson was born on 22 November 1971 and is an English rock guitarist who currently performs in the Las Vegas production show Raiding the Rock Vault and plays for Bang Tango.

Rowan Robertson has done work as a film composer for director Amber Moelter's Dirty Step Upstage and has filmed numerous instructional guitar videos.

Rowan Robertson was recruited to join the band Dio when he was only 17 years of age.

Rowan Robertson began an earnest effort to make contact with the band's management, asking for a chance to audition.

Rowan Robertson persisted and reached out to Dio's official fan club, hoping to reach someone closer to and with stronger personal ties to the band's management.

At the beginning of 1989 Rowan Robertson was flown to Los Angeles for a formal audition with Ronnie James and Wendy Dio.

At that time, the band, including Rowan Robertson, had been writing songs for an upcoming album that had been scheduled for a May 1991 release.

Rowan Robertson has confirmed the existence of rehearsal recordings for what would have been the follow-up to Lock Up the Wolves but he has stated these will remain archived and he does not feel comfortable releasing any of this to the public, maintaining he would have only done that with permission from Ronnie James Dio himself.

When Dio was put on ice due to the Ronnie James Dio-Black Sabbath reunion, Rowan Robertson began pursuing two new projects: work on an instruction video for guitar players and a new band with vocalist Oni Logan and drummer Jimmy Paxson.

Rowan Robertson then worked with the VAST, founded and fronted by Jon Crosby, on the tour supporting the project's first album.

Much of the work Rowan Robertson contributed to VAST was on rhythm guitars, while Rowan Robertson is specifically known for a wide range of ability spanning strong rhythm and lead guitars.

Rowan Robertson was recruited by Kevin Ridel and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo.

One of Rowan Robertson's more obscure projects is a band called Happy Birthday.

In 2005 Rowan Robertson began collaboration on a project called Wicked Outlaw.

Rowan Robertson joined the band in 2006 as a replacement for Church and featured on the band's second album, Explode, in 2007.

Rowan Robertson appeared on their third album, Electric Ministry in 2011.

Since May 2011, Rowan Robertson has served as a columnist for Intense Guitar and Bass magazine.

Rowan Robertson has teamed up with longtime Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, Nils Patrik Johansson, and others in a band called The Southern Cross.