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Fair Ground (band)
Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. 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. Lesperance's solo album, ''Down In It'', was released in 2004 in Japan only, where Harem Scarem had their main fanbase. With fellow guitarist Mike Turner (ex-Our Lady Peace), they put together the band Fair Ground. 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. His influences include Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Nuno Bettencourt and Steve Vai. Discography With Minotaur *''83-87 (EP)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarborough, Toronto
Scarborough (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census 629,941) is a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is situated atop the Scarborough Bluffs in the eastern part of the city. Its borders are Victoria Park Avenue to the west, Steeles Avenue (Toronto), Steeles Avenue to the north, Rouge River (Ontario), Rouge River and the city of Pickering, Ontario, Pickering to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south. It borders Old Toronto, East York and North York in the west and the city of Markham, Ontario, Markham in the north. Scarborough was named after the English town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Scarborough, which was settled by Europeans in the 1790s, has grown from a collection of small rural villages and farms to become fully urbanized with a diverse cultural community. Incorporated in 1850 as a township, Scarborough became part of Metropolitan Toronto in 1953 and was reconstituted as a borough in 1967. Scarborough rapidly developed as a suburb of Toronto over the next decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Idol
''Canadian Idol'' is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show ''Pop Idol''. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons (appearing in comedy skits throughout the show). Elena Juatco (a season 2 contestant) assumed the role for season four, Dave Kerr had the role in season five and Jully Black in season six. The show began with a cross-Canada tour in which singers audition in front of four judges: Jake Gold of Toronto, Sass Jordan of Montreal, Quebec, Zack Werner of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Farley Flex of Ajax, Ontario. Eventually the performers were narrowed down to 10 finalists (11 in season one due to a near-tie), with each competitor performing live. Viewers had two hours following the broadcast of the show to phone in their votes for their favourite competitor. On the following night's episode (liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higher (Harem Scarem Album)
''Higher'' is a 2003 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Track listing Band members *Harry Hess - lead vocals, guitar, producer *Pete Lesperance Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist i ... - lead guitar, backing vocals *Barry Donaghy - bass, backing vocals *Creighton Doane - drums, backing vocals References 2003 albums Harem Scarem albums Frontiers Records albums {{2000s-hard-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weight Of The World (Harem Scarem Album)
''Weight of the World'' is a 2002 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. They released it as Rubber in Canada. Track listing Band members *Harry Hess - lead vocals, guitar, producer *Pete Lesperance Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist i ... - lead guitar, backing vocals *Barry Donaghy - bass guitar, backing vocals * Creighton Doane - drums, backing vocals Release history References 2002 albums Harem Scarem albums Frontiers Records albums {{2000s-hard-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bang Theory (Harem Scarem Album)
''Big Bang Theory'' is a 1998 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Track listing Band members *Harry Hess – lead vocals, guitar, producer. *Pete Lesperance Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist i ... – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer. *Barry Donaghy – bass, backing vocals. * Darren Smith – drums, backing vocals. References 1998 albums Harem Scarem albums Warner Music Group albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karma Cleansing
''Karma Cleansing'' is a 1997 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. The album was released as ''Believe'' in Japan with the songs "Cages" and "The Mirror" being replaced with "Staying Away" and "Baby with a Nail Gun". ''Believe'' was also released as a "Special Edition" featuring different versions of a few songs. Track listings Canadian version Japanese version Personnel ;Band members *Harry Hess – lead vocals, guitar, producer. *Pete Lesperance Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist i ... – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer. *Barry Donaghy – bass, backing vocals. * Darren Smith – drums, backing vocals. References 1997 albums Harem Scarem albums Warner Music Group albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of Reason (Harem Scarem Album)
''Voice of Reason'' is a 1995 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. "Blue" was released as a promotional single and there was a music video for it. After this album was released, bass player Mike Gionet was replaced with Barry Donaghy. Track listing Personnel ;Band members *Harry Hess – lead vocals, guitar, producer. *Pete Lesperance – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer. *Mike Gionet – bass, backing vocals. *Darren Smith – drums, backing vocals. ;Production * Harry Hess, Pete Lesperancei - Producers. *Harry Hess - Recording engineer. *Kevin Doyle - Mixing engineer. * Tom Trafalski – Assistant Engineer. *Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bisho ... – Mastering Engineer. References 1995 albums Harem Scarem albums Warner M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mood Swings (Harem Scarem Album)
''Mood Swings'' is a 1993 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. A music video was shot for the song "No Justice". The album charted at No. 85 on the Canadian charts. Track listing Charts Album Singles Personnel ;Band members *Harry Hess – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer, engineer. *Pete Lesperance – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer. *Mike Gionet – bass, backing vocals. * Darren Smith – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on Track 6 ;Additional musicians *Rob Cooper – B3 Organ ;Production *Kevin Doyle – producer, engineer. *Stephen Marcussen – mastering. *Andrew MacNaughtan Andrew Neil MacNaughtan (25 February 196425 January 2012) was a Canadian photographer and music video director. Work MacNaughtan won four Juno Awards for his work as a photographer, director and album art designer, including three wins for CD ... – photography. *Package design by Stanford Communications. References 1993 albums Harem Scarem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harem Scarem (album)
''Harem Scarem'' is the 1991 debut album by the Canadian hard rock band of the same name. Music videos were shot for the songs; " Slowly Slipping Away", " Honestly", and "With a Little Love". The album charted at No. 68 on the Canadian charts. However two singles from the album, "Honestly" and "Something to Say", were big hits in Indonesia and the Philippines. The album includes guest appearances by fellow Canadian stars such as Ray Coburn of Honeymoon Suite, Carl Dixon of Coney Hatch and Paul MacAusland of Haywire. It also boasted a co-writing credit by award-winning songwriter Christopher Ward of " Black Velvet" fame. Connection to Degrassi In 1992, Harem Scarem was able to gain some notoriety when 8 songs from their debut album were predominantly featured in the Canadian teen series ''Degrassi Junior High'' and ''Degrassi Highs farewell TV movie, '' School's Out''. Track listing Charts Album Singles Personnel Band *Harry Hess – lead vocals, guitar, producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Vai
Steven Siro Vai (; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, composer, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, and the Experience Hendrix tour, as well as headlining international tours. Vai has been described as a "highly individualistic player" and part of a generation of "heavy rock and metal virtuosi who came to the fore in the 1980s". He released his first solo album ''Flex-Able'' in 1984, while his most successful release, ''Passi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and businessman. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. He has also recorded a solo album as well as having founded bands including Mourning Widows, Population 1, DramaGods, and The Satellite Party. Early years Bettencourt was born on September 20, 1966 in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal, to Ezequiel Mendes Bettencourt and wife Aureolina da Cunha Gil de Ávila. When he was four years old, his family, including brothers Luís and Roberto, moved to Hudson, Massachusetts. Initially, Bettencourt had little interest in music, wanting to become an actor and preferring to spend his time playing hockey and football. His first instrument was the drums, and he played them exclusively until his brother Luís started teaching him the guitar. While Bettencourt was slow to adopt the instrument under his brother' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian May
Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and astrophysicist, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor (Queen drummer), Roger Taylor. His songwriting contributions helped Queen become among the most successful acts in music history. May previously performed with Taylor in the blues rock band Smile (band), Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. After Queen's formation in 1970, bass guitarist John Deacon joined to complete the line-up in 1971. They became one of the biggest rock bands in the world with the success of the album ''A Night at the Opera (Queen album), A Night at the Opera'' and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen played at some of the biggest venues in the world, including at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
