John Charles LeCompt (born March 10, 1973) is an American guitarist who has been part of the
Little Rock metal music since the mid-1990s. He played rhythm guitar for the rock band
Evanescence from 2003 to 2007. One of LeCompt's main collaborators is long-time friend musician
Rocky Gray. They both are members of the rock bands
Machina and
We Are the Fallen.
Career
His first commercial endeavor was the
Christian metal band
Mindrage
Mindrage was an American Christian metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas. The band was compared to Living Sacrifice and Soulfly in a review with another fellow Christian metal band Nailed Promise, who Mindrage did a split with. In 2002, the ba ...
, in which he performed as both lead vocalist and lead guitarist. Enlisted for the project was Nick Williams on bass and
Chad Wilburn on drums. Mindrage signed to Bulletproof Records and in June 1998 recorded the studio album ''
Sown In Weakness, Raised In Power'', consisting of eleven tracks. Their second album was a split EP with band Nailed Promise featuring four tracks released on
Pluto Records. For this album, Justin Carder replaced Wilburn on drums.
LeCompt later joined with then-
Living Sacrifice guitarist
Rocky Gray to form what would be known as Kill System, alongside Chad Moore (
Soul Embraced) on bass, Allen Robson (
Becoming Saints
Becoming Saints is an American metalcore band that originated in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2003.
Background
Becoming Saints formed in 2003 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The band released their album ''Bury Them, Bury Them All'' independently and the ...
) on guitar, and
Lance Garvin (also of Living Sacrifice & Soul Embraced) on drums. The project never obtained an official distribution deal.
LeCompt joined Evanescence alongside Gray as a touring musician in 2003, and played guitar with the band until 2007. LeCompt eventually joined back up with Gray to collaborate with Gray's band
Soul Embraced. LeCompt played guitar during many of the band's live shows, and was the featured vocalist on the track "Seems Like Forever" on the album, ''
Immune''. LeCompt joined Gray and former Evanescence member
Ben Moody for the band
We Are the Fallen.
Hardware
LeCompt uses a variety of guitars, both electric and acoustic. For electric, he uses a number of
ESP models, including the F-300FM, EC-1000, Viper-301, Viper Custom, Grynch, PC-1V PW, SC608B, H-301 and H-307. His acoustic guitars include the
Yamaha CPX900 and LJX6C models. For amplification, he stated that he uses a
Mesa Stiletto Deuce.
References
Further reading
*Former EVANESCENCE Members Sign MACHINA Deal With ROGUE RECORDS – September 12, 2012 http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179346
*Album Review of Machina's "To Live and Die in the Garden of Eden" http://pittsburghmusicmagazine.com/2012/10/17/machinas-to-live-and-die-in-the-garden-of-eden/
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External links
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1973 births
American performers of Christian music
American heavy metal guitarists
American heavy metal singers
American male singers
Evanescence members
Living people
Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas
We Are the Fallen members
Guitarists from Arkansas
American male guitarists
21st-century American singers