Stephen Carpenter
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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- 2022 · Slice! as Stephen
- 2021 · Deftones: Dia De Los Deftones 2019 as Self - Guitar
- 2018 · Deftones - Live At Helfest 2018 as Self
- 2016 · Deftones - Live At Rock Am Ring 2016 as Self - Guitar
- 2015 · Deftones: [2015] Rock in Rio USA as Self
- 2014 · Deftones: [2014] Sonisphere Festival as Self
- 2009 · Deftones: Live at Area4 as Self
- 2005 · Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities DVD as Self - Guitar
- 2003 · Deftones: Live in Hawaii as Self
- 2002 · Entertain Me: A Film About the Deftones as Self
- 1998 · Deftones Live at The Palladium as Self
- 1998 · Deftones: [1998] Bizarre Festival as Self
- 1998 · Deftones: Live at Bizzare Fest ‘98 as Self
- 1996 · The Crow: City of Angels as Self / Deftones
- 2025 · Deftones - Rock in Rio (2015) - Brasil as Self