Teppei Teranishi

Teppei Teranishi (born September 13, 1980) is the lead guitarist of the post-hardcore quartet Thrice from Orange County, California. He favors Gibson Les Paul guitars and Fender Telecasters among others. Image File history File linksMetadata Teppei. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... This article is about the band Thrice. For other meanings, see Wiktionary:thrice. ... Official website: http://www. ... For the jazz guitarist, see Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul signature model is among the most recognized solid-body electric guitar designs. ... The Fender Telecaster, also known as a Tele, is a typically dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. ...

Life

Teppei was exposed to music at a very early age. By the time he was five years old he had begun to play the piano, and continued up until about the third grade. Two or three years later he started listening to metal bands like Pantera and Megadeth. In seventh grade he had discovered what he described as the "simpler but equally moving" punk rock genre, with artists such as Minor Threat and Operation Ivy. His discovery of punk led him to play guitar an increasing amount, eventually leading to classical guitar lessons; though he says he remembers none of what he was taught. While skateboarding began to take up more of his life, Teppei slowly accumulated skill in rock guitar. When Thrice formed in 1998, he didn't even know how to play with a pick. Constantly moving, he says he hopes to continue to make music many years from now. Heavy metal is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... Pantera was a heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Minor Threat was a short-lived but incredibly influential hardcore punk band from Washington DC, often credited with starting the straight edge movement. ... Operation Ivy was an influential ska punk band that originated from the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the family of musical instruments called chordophones. ... A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or interacting with a skateboard. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Various guitar picks. ...

Teppei uses a variety of guitars, amplifiers and effects pedals, claiming to be a self confessed gear nerd. His live guitar is mainly a 1985 Gibson Les Paul Custom with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge. For studio work, he mainly uses a wine red 1977 Gibson Les Paul Standard with DiMarzio pickups. He also has come to favor Fender Telecasters and owns two, both of which have become predominant in his live and studio work. He also was shown in the 2006 Fender Product Catalog with his Telecaster. He is currently using Marshall amplifiers and cabinets and Vox amplifiers, having previously used Mesa Boogie, Bogner, and Crate amplifiers.

Teppei is also in a side project called Black Unicorn with his friend Chris Jones.

External links

• Offical Thrice Website