In an interview with Toazted in 2011,
Stockdale revealed that former drummer Dave Atkins had suggested Ian Peres when the band were looking for a bassist. Peres responded by saying that he was "very excited by the prospect of playing with a band that he had always admired in the past." Peres has played bass and keyboards in both
Cosmic Egg and
New Crown; the band's second and third albums respectively. Peres contributed towards the
engineering,
editing and
audio mixing in
New Crown along with Kevin Garcia Fernandez. In between the release of the band's second and third studio album, Peres worked with bandmate Andrew Stockdale for the release of his debut solo record
Keep Moving, which was originally intended to be a Wolfmother record. During this period, the band briefly split up before cancelling Stockdale's tour for his solo album and within a few months of the release of the record, Wolfmother was reformed. Peres recorded bass, organ, piano and banjo, whilst also contributing with
Pro Tools editing on Keep Moving. After the release of New Crown in 2014, Wolfmother released their fourth studio album
Victorious in February 2016. With Stockdale recording bass on all tracks of the album, Peres contributed with only organ tracks. However, he toured with the band during their worldwide
Gypsy Caravan Tour of their newly released album, where he performed backing vocals for the first time during his ongoing reign with Wolfmother. In recent years, Peres has toured and performed with musicians including
Jarryd James,
Ash Grunwald and
Xavier Rudd. In June 2022, it was announced that he would be joining
The Whitlams after being the session bassist on their latest album Sancho. ==Equipment==