Wesley Harmon Geer Jr. is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the band

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, formed in 1994 in

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. He also toured with

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Biography

Geer was born in

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. He met rapper and singer

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, while attending local music shows in

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during the 1990s. Together they formed the band

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, and toured with bands like

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, and

. Geer left the band in 2003, to adopt a different lifestyle, and took a job with Fusion Academy & Learning Center to teach music to children in grades 6–12. In 2010, Geer joined

. He knew guitar player James "Munky" Shaffer since 1994. After lead guitar player

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left the band in 2005, Korn reached out to Geer; he toured and performed live as a guitar player for Korn since 2010, until 2013, when Welch returned to the band.

Rock To Recovery

In December 2012, Wes Geer started Rock to Recovery, to provide music therapy for addicts.Lacy, David. "Former Korn guitarist shares the healing power of music." iPinion Syndicate. iPinion, March 31, 2014. Web. April 6, 2014. . Recovering addicts, victims of abuse, and troubled teens have the opportunity to express themselves through songs that are written by the participants in each session. Each participant in the group forms a "band" with Rock to Recovery staff members (professional musicians in recovery), they write a song with recovery-based lyrics, and in the final session the song is recorded. In 2016, the Department of Defense granted Rock to Recovery an official contract, to work with the Air Force and Army Wounded Warriors. Rock to Recovery Award Show was created in 2016. The first award show, Rock to Recovery 1, the organization honored Mike Ness and for Rock to Recovery 2, the non-profit honored Corey Taylor and Wayne Kramer.

Discography

Hed P.E.

* '' Church of Realities'' (1995) * ''

'' (1997) * '' Broke'' (2000) * '' Blackout'' (2003) * '' The Best of (həd) Planet Earth'' (2006)

Korn

* '' BBC Sessions'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012)

Other musical credits (with Hed PE)

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" (1998) — "33" *'' Strangeland'' (1998) — "Serpent Boy (Radio Edit)" *''

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" *"Circus" was a song included in the soundtrack for

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'' (2001) — " Killing Time" *'' Tomcats'' (2001) – "

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'' (2001) — " Killing Time" *'' NASCAR: Crank It Up'' (2002) — " Crosstown Traffic" *''

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'' (2003) — "I Got You" *"Suck It Up" was a song included in the soundtrack for

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. *" Blackout" was a song included in the soundtrack for

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. *"Get Away" was a song included in the soundtrack for

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'' (2006) — " Killing Time"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Geer, Wesley American rock guitarists American male guitarists Living people Musicians from Fullerton, California Guitarists from California 1974 births