| Psyopus | |
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| Origin | Rochester, New York, United States |
| Genre(s) | Technical metal Mathcore |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label(s) | Metal Blade Records Black Market Activities |
| Website | psyopus.com |
| Members | |
| Christopher Arp Harrison Christie Jason Bauers Michael Horn |
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Psyopus (sometimes written as PsyOpus) is a technical metal/grindcore band from Rochester, New York. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arpmandude". In order to receive endorsement deals from various guitar and amp companies, Arp had to send a live video of him playing in order to prove that he could actually play as fast as he does. The band recently recorded and released Our Puzzling Encounters Considered in February of 2007. The techniques Arp uses have made it even more difficult to receive any endorsement. Arp himself said, "Mesa Boogie has not done very much to sponsor me because I do too much of this," as he raised his guitar by the whammy bar shaking it up and down.
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Recent News
As of September 14th 2007, Psyopus have found a new bassist. The band made the following statement: "We here at the Psyopus camp are happy to announce that we have found our new bass player in the form of a Michael Horn. He is a 24 year-old freak of nature from just outside of the Washington, DC area. He graduated from The Shenandoah Conservatory with a degree in Arts Management with a minor in jazz bass along side two years of classical bass training at the instituation. "He will now be being institutionalized into the Psyopus school of music along side the realitively new talent in the form of University of Buffalo's Percussion major, Buffalo, NY's own Jason Bauers, and the acid fucked persona of The Jefferson Plane Crash's vocalist, Fredericksburg, VA's own Harrison Christie. "The promisingly revamped Psyopus line-up will be showcased on the road coming this November. Psyopus has four dates in the North East United States area supporting Japan's own noise rockers Melt Banana. Dates have yet to be offically announced."[1]
Trivia
Guitarist Christopher Arp was the regional winner during Limp Bizkit's nationwide open auditions for a guitarist to replace the departed Wes Borland.
""At the time, I was having no luck starting a band and was working the graveyard shift in a factory, just getting by. Some guy at work asked if I was going to audition and I was like, 'Nah.' He said, 'Yeah, I can see why you'd blow that opportunity off, working graveyard in a factory.' That just kind of put it in perspective; it would have been a job change and straight up, those guys hang out at the Playboy mansion," he laughs. "I went and just played a bunch of unorthodox crap. I think that's what I had going for me."
Members
Current members
- Christopher Arp - guitar
- Harrison Christy - vocals
- Jason Bauers - drums
- Michael Horn - bass
Former members
- Greg Herman - drums (formerly of Kalibas)
- Lee Fisher - drums (formerly of Commit Suicide and Overlord Exterminator)
- Corey Barnes - drums (formerly of Paria)
- Jon Cole - drums
- Adam Frappolli - vocals
- Fred DeCoste - bassist
Discography
- Stranglefuck Demo (2003)
- 3003 (2003)
- Ideas of Reference (2004)
- Our Puzzling Encounters Considered (2007)
