Per Jonas Wiberg[1] (born 8 June 1968) is a Swedishmusician who has been a member of the bands Spiritual Beggars (1998-) as a keyboardist, King Hobo (2007-) as a keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist, and Kamchatka (2015-) as a bassist and vocalist, his solo band, Per Wiberg (2019-), and Switchblade (2020-) as a Bassist. Wiberg was formerly in the bands, Death Organ (1993-1997) as an Organist, Boom Club (1994) as a Vocalist, and Opeth (2003-2011) as a Keyboardist / Backing vocalist.
Before joining Spiritual Beggars, Wiberg was a member of Death Organ, a band based in Borlänge.[2] He has also fronted the band Boom Club, of the same area.
Wiberg toured with Opeth from the 2003 Deliverance/Damnation tour onward,[3] and joined Opeth officially in 2005.[4] Wiberg provided backing vocals for Opeth in addition to his keyboard duties. It was announced on 6 April 2011 that Wiberg was leaving Opeth as part of a mutual decision between him and the other band members.[5]
In 2007, Wiberg collaborated on a project called King Hobo with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and Kamchatka guitarist Thomas Andersson.[6]
Since 2012 he has been a live musician for the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass as well as joining Swedish band Switchblade on selected dates as a keyboard player.[7][8] He also played bass when needed.[9]
Wiberg has collaborated on all Big Scenic Nowhere releases since 2019, including two studio albums and two EPs.[10][11]
Equipment
Per Wiberg uses Nord & Mellotron keyboards, EBS & Blackstar amps, and Fender & Gibson guitars and basses.
^"OPETH Keyboardist, CLUTCH Drummer Collaborate On New Project". Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007. OPETH keyboardist Per Wiberg recently collaborated on a new project with CLUTCH drummer Jean-Paul Gaster and KAMCHATKA guitarist Thomas "Juneor" Andersson, among others