Dean Menta served as the guitarist for the rock band Faith No More from 1995 to 1997. Menta had been a keyboard tech for the band and was recruited to handle guitar duties after Trey Spruance declined to tour for the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. He appears in their videos for "Digging The Grave," "Ricochet" and "Evidence." Concurrently, Menta was a member of the band Duh! He was replaced by Jon Hudson. Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative rock / metal group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Preston Lea Spruance III or Trey Spruance (born 1969 in Eureka, California) is an American composer and musician. ... King for a Day. ... Guitarist of rock band Faith No More. ...
Since leaving Faith No More, Menta has been performing and recording with legendary pop group Sparks; he has played on Plagiarism (1997) Lil' Beethoven (2002) and Hello Young Lovers (2006). Sparks is an American rock and pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals). ... Plagiarism is the seventeenth album by Sparks. ... Lil Beethoven is the nineteenth album by Sparks. ... Hello Young Lovers is the twentieth album by Sparks. ...
Menta now works primarily in television and film as a Music Editor, Composer and Sound Designer.[1]
Additionally, Menta has also composed music for several video games.[2]