Pete Lesperance

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Pete Lesperance
Birth namePeter Lesperance
Born (1968-10-13) October 13, 1968 (age 55)
Origin Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres Hard rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active1987–present

Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. [1] Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist in the Oshawa metal band Minotaur before forming Harem Scarem with Blind Vengeance vocalist Harry Hess in 1987.

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Lesperance's solo album, Down In It, was released in 2004 in Japan only, where Harem Scarem had their main fanbase. [2] With fellow guitarist Mike Turner (ex-Our Lady Peace), they put together the band Fair Ground. [3] [4] Together they released a new version of Down In It.

Lesperance's own studio, Hope Songs, is located in Toronto, Ontario. Lesperance has produced many bands, including the rock band One Short. He is currently finishing up albums for Canadian Idol contestants Aaron Walpole and Suzi Rawn.[ citation needed ]

His influences include Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Nuno Bettencourt and Steve Vai.[ citation needed ]

Discography

With Minotaur

With Harem Scarem

With Rubber

Solo

Fair Ground

Fair Ground
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Alternative rock
Years active2005 (2005)–2008 (2008)
Past membersPete Lesperance
Mike Turner
Creighton Doane

Fair Ground was an alternative rock collaboration formed by Pete Lesperance and Mike Turner (Our Lady Peace). [5] Originally Turner was to make a guest appearance on Lesperance's solo album, but this developed into Fair Ground's only album, Down In It, which was released on November 6, 2006. [6] Following an internet poll the group released the song "Down In It" as a single. This was followed by "Boy Without A Clue".

  1. "Down In It" - 3:40
  2. "Automatic" - 3:25
  3. "Say You Will" - 3:33
  4. "Nameless" - 3:33
  5. "What are you Waiting For?" - 3:20
  6. "Boy Without a Clue" - 4:03
  7. "Skeleton Tree" - 3:47
  8. "No Sign of Life" - 3:45
  9. "Upside Down" - 3:37
  10. "Life Goes On" - 3:17
  11. "Life Goes On" (Acoustic Bonus Track) - 3:31

Guest Appearances/Collaborations

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References

  1. ↑ "Harem Scarem: Biography [usurped] ", Jam! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ Bliss, Karen (June 10, 2004). "Harem Scarem and OLP guitarists start band [usurped] ", Jam! Music. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  3. ↑ Monk, Jeff (January 6, 2007). "Fair Ground: Down In It (Hope Songs)", Winnipeg Free Press , p. C4.
  4. ↑ Krewen, Nick (spring 2006). "Together but separate", Words & Music13 (1): 24.
  5. ↑ Words & Music. Vol. 13, Issues 1-2. Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada. 2006. p. 26.
  6. ↑ "Fair Ground - Down In It (Full Album)". youtube.com. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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