Stephen "Steph" Carpenter is an American musician, known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones.
Carpenter performing with Deftones at Rock im Park 2016
Carpenter performing with Deftones in November 2009.
Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988. They were formed by frontman Chino Moreno, lead guitarist Stephen Carpenter and drummer Abe Cunningham, with bassist Chi Cheng and keyboardist and turntablist Frank Delgado joining the line-up in 1990 and 1999, respectively. The band's experimental nature has led some critics to describe them as "the Radiohead of metal".
Deftones performing at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in 2011; from left to right: Carpenter, Cunningham, Moreno, and Vega
Carpenter, Moreno and Cunningham began playing together while attending C. K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento.
Moreno has been credited as contributing guitar from White Pony onwards.
Deftones performing live in Glasgow, June 2006