Brazen Abbot

{{Short description|Finnish rock band}} {{mi| {{Primary sources|date=January 2007}} {{Expand French|topic=cult|date=January 2025}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Brazen Abbot | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Mariehamn, Åland, Finland | genre = Hard rock | years_active = 1994–1998, 2002–2010 | label = USG, SPV, Frontiers | associated_acts = Europe, TNT, Masterplan, Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen, Trapeze | website = | current_members = Nikolo Kotzev Tony Harnell Göran Edman Joe Lynn Turner Erik Mårtenson Nelko Kolarov Wayne Banks Mattias Knutas | past_members = Glenn Hughes Thomas Vikström Jørn Lande Mic Michaeli Lars Pollack Svante Henryson John Levén Ian Haugland Thomas Broman }}

'''Brazen Abbot''' is a Finnish rock band. Originally a studio project of Bulgarian guitarist, producer and song writer Nikolo Kotzev, who is a Finnish resident, the band has since made several live performances.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Brazen Abbot {{!}} Discography, Members |url=https://www.metalkingdom.net/band/brazen-abbot-10121 |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Metal Kingdom |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=BRAZEN ABBOT |url=https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/brazen-abbot |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=MetalMusicArchives.com |language=en}}</ref>

One of the defining aspects of Brazen Abbot is the employment of multiple singers; every album features three or four singers, with Göran Edman and Joe Lynn Turner having appeared on most Brazen Abbot albums. Nikolo Kotzev originally intended to use only one singer; original singer Göran Edman could only commit to recording two songs for the first album due to contractual obligations. Glenn Hughes was then supposed to record the remaining songs; however contractual obligations hindered him from recording more than three songs, at which point Kotzev brought in Thomas Vikström to record the remaining songs. Kotzev was so pleased with the result that he decided to keep using multiple singers for future albums. When performing live, however, Joe Lynn Turner is typically the only singer.<ref name=":1" />

Several of the band members have also appeared on Nikolo Kotzev's ambitious rock opera ''Nostradamus'' (2001); Brazen Abbot was on hiatus during the time Kotzev was working on the rock opera (1998–2001).

Former members include Mic Michaeli, John Levén and Ian Haugland, all members of the famous rock band Europe.<ref name=":0" />

== Members == === Current members === * Nikolo Kotzev - guitars, violin, production, mixing * Göran Edman - vocals * Joe Lynn Turner - vocals (1996- ) * Tony Harnell - vocals (2005- ) * Erik Mårtensson - vocals (2005- ) * Nelko Kolarov - organs (2005- ) * Wayne Banks - bass (2004- ) * Mattias Knutas - drums (2005- )

=== Former members === * Glenn Hughes - vocals (1995) * Thomas Vikström - vocals (1995–1997) * Jørn Lande - vocals (2003) * Mic Michaeli - keyboards (1995–2003) * Lars Pollack - keyboards (2004) * Svante Henryson - bass (1995) * John Levén - bass (1996–2003) * Ian Haugland - drums (1995–2003) * Thomas Broman - drums (2004)

== Discography == * ''Live and Learn'' (1995) * ''Eye of the Storm'' (1996)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=brianmc |title=Album review: BRAZEN ABBOT : Eye Of The Storm and Bad Religion |url=https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/12/brazen-abbot-eye-of-the-storm-and-bad-religion/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Get Ready to ROCK! |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Bad Religion'' (1997) * ''Guilty as Sin'' (2003) * ''A Decade of Brazen Abbot'' (live) (2004) * ''My Resurrection'' (2005)

== See also == * Nikolo Kotzev

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.brazenabbot.nostramusic.com/ Official Brazen Abbot website]

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