Fernando von Arb

Fernando von Arb or simply FVA, is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is known for the consistency of being the Swiss-based, hard-rock guitarist of Krokus.

Career

Von Arb once played in the band Montezuma, and eventually joined up with Chris von Rohr and Tommy Kiefer in the early 70's. He joined the two in To You All as the rhythm guitarist. In the 1970s Von Arb was encounter trouble finding a power voice for his band until he discovered Maltese-born Marc Storace to lead his band's vocals for years to come. Von Arb and Storace have been apart for a few albums, but are still in Krokus to this day. Before this, Storace and Von Rohr quit the band, leaving Von Arb to create another band with ex-Krokus member Juerg Naegeli. They took pseudonyms which were Rob Weiss and Ben Branov (Branov is von Arb spelled backwards), and the two released a couple of albums that were big in Switzerland.

In 1990, Von Arb assembled another line-up for Krokus, which would be shunned and uncared for. Around the same time, there was suspicion that Von Arb may have been diagnosed with lymphoma, but is healthy now.