Pete Loeffler
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| Pete Loeffler | |
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 Pete Loeffler performing at the 2007 MyCokeFest in Atlanta, Georgia
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| Birth name | Peter Loeffler |
| Born | October 19, 1976 Grayslake, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Metal Hard Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Label(s) | Epic Records |
| Associated acts | Chevelle |
Pete Loeffler (born October 19, 1976 in Grayslake, Illinois) is the lead guitarist and lead singer for the Chicago alternative metal band Chevelle. His vocal delivery varies from clean melodic singing to loud screaming.
Equipment-wise, Loeffler plays PRS (Two of which were custom-built for Pete) tuned to Drop A#, Drop B, C# Standard, and D Standard. He also uses two PRS Custom 22s, one red, one green, the red one tuned to either drop B or C# standard can be seen in the music video for "Send The Pain Below", 2 Custom 24 Guitars one of which is a baritone with red "X's" on the neck as inlays, the other is gold and tuned to Drop A#, and it is also known he uses a PRS McCarty Soapbar which can clearly be seen in the music video for "The Red". Pete also owns two Fender Stratocaster Baritones, both were stolen along with the rest of the band's gear on May 9th, 2007. He uses six Boss pedals, including a BF-3 flanger, PH-3 Phase Shifter,TR-2 Tremolo and a TU-2 tuner, DD-3 Digital Delay, and a OC-3 Octave. It is known Pete heavily uses a SansAmp GT-2 on tracks such as "Wonder What's Next". His amp of choice has long been a Mesa Boogie Mark IV. His onstage rig has two Mark IV heads, with one as a backup. Pete also owns a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, A Road King and a Mark III which is briefly seen in the music video for "The Clincher". He handles channel switching with an Axess Electronics MIDI pedal. He is also well known for always playing guitar with his foot propped on his toolbox, although the toolbox has been "retired" as of March 2006[1].
Pete tends to write abstract lyrics, but often directs them toward specific and sometimes humorous ideas. The track titled "Get Some" from their 3rd album "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)" was actually written as an ode to the greed sparked by the contest American Idol--this was announced by the band onstage at the May 25th, 2007 show at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York. Pete has said that "Forfeit", on the "Wonder What's Next" album, was written about overaggressive people in concert mosh pits.
"We gravitate toward making fun of big bruisers. That song "Forfeit" is all about when there's a mosh pit, you always have that big tough guy out there who's trying to kill people. That song is making fun of those people. It's like, "Yeah, I want you to jump around. Have a good time. . . . Vent. Go to a show and get lost for an hour or two in the music and enjoy. But don't go out and kick people's butts."
read article[citation needed] And "Brainiac", from 2007's release of "Vena Sera", is about a friend of the Loefflers' father who was sarcastically nicknamed "One Cell", referring to a one brain cell.[citation needed]
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