Stephen Carpenter
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Stephen Carpenter, (born August 3, 1973) is a US musician, the lead guitarist in Deftones.
When he was younger, he was hit by drunk driver who broke both his legs, and was confined to a wheelchair. The insurance settlement as a result of this ended up in his favor and he acquired a large sum of money. This allowed him to purchase high-quality musical equipment for him and his bandmates.
He has stated that his two favorite heavy metal bands are Meshuggah and Fear Factory. Some of this can be heard in the Deftones more aggressive songs like "Elite" or "Hexagram". Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Faith No More are some more of his metal influences, but he also draws influence from Depeche Mode and Led Zeppelin, which can be heard on more subdued tracks. Carpenter has a side project called Kush, featuring Christian and Raymond from Fear Factory and B-Real from Cypress Hill. Carpenter also recently formed a second side project called Sol Invicto that is described as metal meets drum and bass. Stephen does guitars, FX, and production, alongside Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill on percussion and drums, and Rich from the Cultural Drones on production and guitar. A release date for this project is unknown, and no music of theirs is currently available as it is still in the writing process. Their myspace is in the "top" group on Stephen Carpenter's myspace.
Stephen Carpenter has been known to play second keyboards alongside Frank Delgado when the Deftones perform their song Beware (formerly known as Beware the Water) from their Saturday Night Wrist CD. He switches to guitar once the song's extremely heavy ending begins.
Carpenter is currently endorsed by ESP Guitars, Marshall Amplifiers, and Line 6. He has a number of ESP/LTD signature models in production, both in six and seven string models. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings and dissonant chord voicings and stock power chords.
| Deftones |
| Chino Moreno | Stephen Carpenter | Abe Cunningham | Chi Cheng | Frank Delgado |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Adrenaline | Around the Fur | White Pony | Deftones | Saturday Night Wrist |
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