Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian

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band Harem Scarem. Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in

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. Lesperance was a guitarist in the

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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

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only, where Harem Scarem had their main fanbase. With fellow guitarist Mike Turner (ex-

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), they put together the band Fair Ground. Together they released a new version of ''Down In It''. Lesperance's own studio, Hope Songs, is located in

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. 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

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and

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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) *''

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'' (2006) *''

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'' (2008) *''Mood Swings II'' (2013) *'' Thirteen'' (2014) *'' United'' (2017) *''Change The World'' (2020)

With Rubber

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'' (1999) *'' Ultra Feel'' (2001)

Solo

*''Down In It'' (2004) *''Fade Into Stars'' (2012)

Fair Ground

Fair Ground was an

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collaboration formed by Pete Lesperance and Mike Turner (

). Originally Turner was to make a guest appearance on Lesperance's solo album, but this developed into Fair Ground's only album, ''Down In It'', which was released on November 6, 2006. Following an

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the group released the song "Down In It" as a single. This was followed by "Boy Without A Clue". *''Down In It'' (2006). Track listing: # "Down In It" - 3:40 # "Automatic" - 3:25 # "Say You Will" - 3:33 # "Nameless" - 3:33 # "What are you Waiting For?" - 3:20 # "Boy Without a Clue" - 4:03 # "Skeleton Tree" - 3:47 # "No Sign of Life" - 3:45 # "Upside Down" - 3:37 # "Life Goes On" - 3:17 # "Life Goes On" (Acoustic Bonus Track) - 3:31

Guest appearances and collaborations

*Doctor Rock & The Wild Bunch - Eye of the Hurricane (1991) - Guitars *Doctor Rock & The Wild Bunch - Stark Raving Mad (1994) - Guitars *

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- 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 *Brian Tulk - Paperweight (2007) - 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

External links

Official Site

Official Harem Scarem Site

Minotaur Myspace
* Down In It
My Remote Producer
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