Stephen Carpenter, (born August 3, 1973) is a US musician, the lead guitarist in Deftones. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (418x625, 85 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (418x625, 85 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Deftones Deftones are a multi-platinum selling, Grammy award winning rock band from Sacramento, California. ...

When he was younger, he was hit by drunk driver that broke both his legs and was confined to a wheel chair until he recovered. During that time, he obtained a guitar, as he said he needed something to do. In that time he learned to play and aquired money, which allowed him to purchase band equipment for him and his friends, who would later be his bandmates. The first song he learned to play was "Round And Round" by RATT. Drunk driving (drink driving in the UK) or drinking and driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol (i. ...

He has stated his two favorite heavy metal bands are Meshuggah and Fear Factory. Some of this can be heard in the Deftones more agressive songs. 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. His first record was from Black Sabbath and the first live performance he assisted was Corrosion of Conformity. Carpenter has a side project called Kush, featuring Christian and Raymond from Fear Factory and B Real from Cypress Hill. Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Meshuggah, named after the Hebrew (and not Yiddish as some think, including band members) word for crazy (the Yiddish term is meshugge), is a five-piece Scandinavian/tech metal band from Umeå, Sweden who use extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh... Fear Factory (Left to right) Christian Olde Wolbers, Byron Stroud, Raymond Herrera, Burton C. Bell. ... Old logo, as used in Master Of Puppets, circa 1986. ... Slayer in Augusta, Maine on July 11, 2004. ... The band in 1997. ... The bandmembers of Depeche Mode, circa 1993. ... Led Zeppelin was a British rock band, who were pivotal in the development of hard rock and heavy metal, and became one of the most popular and influential bands of all time. ... Clockwise starting from the left, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... Corrosion of Conformity started as a hardcore punk band in the 1980s. ... Cypress Hill is a prominent rap music group (formed in 1988), which has sold 15 million records around the world. ...

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. This approach, along with fusing his metal and new-wave influences, sets him apart from his peers.