The band's second EP, Initium II was released in 2013 via the band's official SoundCloud page. The band released its debut EP, Initium in 2011 for free.
Other projectsĬarpenter is a member of the underground instrumental project Sol Invicto, formed by producer Richie Londres alongside Technical Itch & Dan Foord. It left me wondering where the hell I'd been the whole time." While recording Deftones' Diamond Eyes, he claimed that the only artist he listened to was American rapper Tech N9ne. He has also stated that his favorite album of all time is Chaosphere by Meshuggah, saying: "The most brutal record I've heard, from second one to second last. Musical influencesĬarpenter has stated that he mostly listens to hip hop, but outside of hip hop, Meshuggah, Fear Factory, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, and Faith No More are some of his influences. In November 2020, Carpenter revealed his belief in various conspiracy theories, including his belief that the Earth is flat and expressing anti-vaccination beliefs, among others. With regards to musical tastes, Saturday Night Wrist being described as "more aggressive" equated to it being "more aggressive for him " Carpenter said he'd "definitely be glad to take it to the next level, but that's asking too much right now." Apparently, recording of Saturday Night Wrist was protracted due to their "warfare".
His relationship with Deftones lead singer and bandmate Chino Moreno has been recorded as being fraught at times. When Moreno found out Carpenter played guitar, he set up a jam session with Cunningham and the three began playing regularly in Carpenter's garage circa 1989.Īfter playing with several bassists, the band settled on Chi Cheng and within two years the band began playing club shows and later expanded their playing territory to San Francisco and Los Angeles where they played shows alongside bands such as Korn. They were childhood friends and remained friends through the skateboarding scene in Sacramento.
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It has been reported that the driver paid Carpenter a cash settlement that allowed the band to purchase equipment, but drummer Abe Cunningham commented in an interview that this was "a myth about how our band was started." Ĭarpenter attended McClatchy High School with future bandmates Chino Moreno and Abe Cunningham. It was at this point that he began teaching himself guitar by playing along with the records of bands such as Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death and Metallica. When Carpenter was 15 years old, he was hit by a car while skateboarding. He grew up in the Sacramento area and pursued many hobbies, including skateboarding. He is first cousin to Testament singer Chuck Billy. Stephen Carpenter was born on Augin Sacramento, California, to an American father and a Mexican mother. 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.Ĭarpenter was ranked 60th in Guitar World's The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll. After becoming influenced by such bands as Fear Factory and Meshuggah, he began playing a seven-string guitar in the late 1990s. Carpenter began his musical career with Deftones playing the traditional six-string guitar. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings and dissonant chord voicings, as well as stock power chords in polyrhythms. Stephen "Stef" Carpenter ( /'st?f?n/ STEF-?n born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones.
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