About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1970-08-03
Place of birth:
Sacramento, California, USA
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Stephen Carpenter

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2022 Slice! Actor Stephen N/A
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2021 Deftones: Dia De Los Deftones 2019 Actor Self - Guitar N/A
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2018 Deftones - Live At Helfest 2018 Actor Self N/A
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2016 Deftones - Live At Rock Am Ring 2016 Actor Self - Guitar N/A
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2015 Deftones: [2015] Rock in Rio USA Actor Self N/A
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2014 Deftones: [2014] Sonisphere Festival Actor Self N/A
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2009 Deftones: Live at Area4 Actor Self N/A
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2005 Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities DVD Actor Self - Guitar 59
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2003 Deftones: Live in Hawaii Actor Self 59
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2002 Entertain Me: A Film About the Deftones Actor Self 59
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1998 Deftones Live at The Palladium Actor Self N/A
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1998 Deftones: [1998] Bizarre Festival Actor Self N/A
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1998 Deftones: Live at Bizzare Fest ‘98 Actor Self N/A
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1996 The Crow: City of Angels Actor Self / Deftones 56
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Deftones - Rock in Rio (2015) - Brasil Actor Self N/A
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