Olde Wolbers was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and moved to the United States in 1993. He was asked to join Fear Factory in December 1993 as a bass player. He recorded five albums with them. The group disbanded in 2002 and when it reformed in 2003, Olde Wolbers had switched to guitar, replacing Dino Cazares.
Olde Wolbers is the only bassist that played on a Fear Factory album, as the other bassists only played live (with Dino Cazares recording the bass in the studio).
In 2003, he was offered a position of bassist in Ozzy Osbourne's solo band after he jammed with Ozzy, guitarist Zakk Wylde and drummer Mike Bordin for a few weeks.[3]
He eventually turned down this offer in order to fully concentrate on Fear Factory.[4]
In 2006, Olde Wolbers played three shows with Korn on their European tour.[5]
Olde Wolbers has a project Arkaea with fellow ex-Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera[10] and Jon Howard and Pat Kavanagh of the band Threat Signal. On 14 July 2009, Arkaea's debut album, Years in the Darkness was released.
He also played with Beowülf and co-produced their 2011 album Jesus Freak.
In early 2014, Olde Wolbers was in a serious motorcycle accident in which he sustained severe injuries, including broken arms, legs and ribs. He conducted guitar and bass lessons on Skype to help cover his medical bills.[11]
In July 2016, Olde Wolbers joined Threat Signal as their bass player on the Under Reprisal Anniversary tour. In 2020, Olde Wolbers joined Vio-lence as the replacement of original bassist Deen Dell, who had left the band for personal reasons.[12][13]
In October 2022, Olde Wolbers was announced as the new bass player of Bloodclot,[14] a project formed by former Cro-Mags vocalist John Joseph.
In 2023, Olde Wolbers was the touring upright bassist for Cypress Hill's live performances with the London Symphony Orchestra.[15]
In 2017, Olde Wolbers formed a new band called Powerflo with Senen Reyes, Roy Lozano, Billy Graziadei and Fernando Schaefer. The band released their self-titled debut album the same year. Olde Wolbers is the band's bassist and backing vocalist.[16]
As a teenager, Olde Wolbers was a goalkeeper at the youth academy of Belgian professional football club Germinal Ekeren, and was the team's reserve goalkeeper for several games in the Belgian Second Division. At 17, he was suspended for having long hair and tattoos, and chose to concentrate on his music career. Olde Wolbers also played wide receiver and defensive back for the Antwerp Diamonds of the Belgian Football League.[18] Since moving to the United States, he has played regularly for the Los Angeles-based amateur team Hollywood United, and currently played for Angel City FC in the semi-professional Los Angeles Premier League.[19] Olde Wolbers is also the founder and owner of Aviata Sports,[20] a manufacturer of goalkeeper gloves.