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Stephen Carpenter
Sacramento, California, USA
Stephen "Steph" Carpenter (/ˈstɛfən/ STEF-ən; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His…
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Stephen "Steph" Carpenter (/ˈstɛfən/ STEF-ən; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings and dissonant chord voicings, as well as stock power chords in polyrhythms. Carpenter began his musical career with Deftones playing the traditional six-string guitar. After becoming influenced by such bands as Fear Factory and Meshuggah, he began playing a seven-string guitar in the late 1990s. After Deftones' third album White Pony, subsequent releases would be written with seven-strings, until 2010's Diamond Eyes and 2012's Koi No Yokan, which were written with an eight-string guitar. Starting with 2020’s Ohms, songs have been written with nine-string guitars. Carpenter was ranked 60th in Guitar World's The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Carpenter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
i think about you all the time
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2022
Slice!
Movie Stephen
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2021
Deftones: Dia De Los Deftones 2019
Movie Self - Guitar
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2018
Deftones - Live At Helfest 2018
Movie Self
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2016
Deftones - Live At Rock Am Ring 2016
Movie Self - Guitar
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2015
Deftones: [2015] Rock in Rio USA
Movie Self
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2014
Deftones: [2014] Sonisphere Festival
Movie Self
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2009
Deftones: Live at Area4
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2006
Family Values Tour 2006
Movie Guitars - Deftones
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2005
Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities DVD
Movie Self - Guitar
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2003
Deftones: Live in Hawaii
Movie Self
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2002
Entertain Me: A Film About the Deftones
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2000
Music in High Places
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1998
Deftones Live at The Palladium
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1998
Deftones: Live at Bizzare Fest ‘98
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1996
The Crow: City of Angels
Movie Self / Deftones
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The Warped Tour Documentary
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Deftones - Rock in Rio (2015) - Brasil
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