Pete Lesperance

Pete Lesperance
Birth name	Peter Lesperance
Born	October 13, 1968 (1968-10-13) (age 43)
Origin	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Melodic Rock Pop Rock Hard Rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1987–present
Associated acts	Harem Scarem, Fair Ground

Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the former lead guitarist for the Canadian melodic rock band Harem Scarem.^[1] 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.^[2] With fellow guitarist Mike Turner (ex-Our Lady Peace), they put together the band Fair Ground.^[3]^[4] 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.

1 Discography
2 References
3 External links

Discography

With Minotaur

83-87 (EP) (2004) -material was recorded in the early 80s

With Harem Scarem

Harem Scarem (1991)
Mood Swings (1993)
Voice of Reason (1995)
Karma Cleansing (1997)
Big Bang Theory (1998)
Weight of the World (2002)
Higher (2003)
Overload (2005)
Human Nature (2006)
Hope (2008)

With Rubber

Rubber (1999)
Ultra Feel (2001)

Solo

Down In It (2004)

With Fair Ground

Down In It (2006)

Guest Appearances/Collaborations

Doctor Rock & The Wild Bunch - Stark Raving Mad (1994) - Guitars
Honeymoon Suite - 13 Live (1994) - Engineer, Mixer
Mystery - Backwards (1995) - Producer (with Harry Hess)
Lame - Ol' Doctor Bomb (1996) - Producer (With Harry Hess)
Fall From Grace - Within The Savage Garden (1997) - Guitar Technician
Steve Holliday - Stark Raving Mad (1997) - Guitars
Xntrik - Focus (1997) - Guitar Technician
Fiore - Body Electric (1998) - Producer
Fiore - Today Till' Tomorrow (1998) - Producer (With Harry Hess)
Rafa Martin - Corazon De Hierro (2000) - Guitars
Stupid Angel - Stupid Angel (2000) - Producer (With Harry Hess)
John Boswell - Stranger In The Mirror (2002) - Guitars
Ken Tamplin - Wake The Nations (2003) - Guitars
Maureen Leeson - aka MOE (2003) - Guitars
Billy Klippert - Billy Klippert (2004) - Composer, Guitars
Brian Tulk - The Pop Machine (2004) - Guitars
John Grolman - Existence (2009) - Guitars, Backing Vocals
LORD - Set in Stone (2009) - Guest guitar solo: Track 11: "New Horizons"
Liberty N' Justice - Light It Up (2010) - Guitars, Backing Vocals: Track 11: "Beautiful Decision"

References

^ "Harem Scarem: Biography", Jam! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
^ Bliss, Karen (June 10, 2004). "Harem Scarem and OLP guitarists start band", Jam! Music. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
^ Monk, Jeff (January 6, 2007). "Fair Ground: Down In It (Hope Songs)", Winnipeg Free Press, p. C4.
^ Krewen, Nick (spring 2006). "Together but separate", Words & Music 13 (1): 24.

External links

Harem Scarem

Harry Hess · Pete Lesperance · Barry Donaghy · Creighton Doane · Darren Smith · Mike Gionet

Studio albums	Harem Scarem · Mood Swings · Voice of Reason · Karma Cleansing · Believe (Special Edition) · Big Bang Theory · Rubber · Ultra Feel · Weight of the World · Higher · Overload · Human Nature · Hope

Singles	"Slowly Slipping Away" · "Honestly" · "Love Reaction" · "Something to Say" · "Change Comes Around" · "No Justice" · "If There Was a Time" · "Die Off Hard" · "Rain" · "New Religion" · "What I Do" · "Turn Around" · "So Blind"

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