Tourniquet is an American Christian thrash metal band, named after the medical device called a tourniquet, based out of California. The current members of Tourniquet are Ted Kirkpatrick (drums), Luke Easter (vocals), Steve Andino (bass) and Aaron Guerra (guitar, vocals). The band's latest release, Where Moth and Rust Destroy, features special guests Marty Friedman, formerly of Megadeth, and Bruce Franklin, fomerly of Trouble, on lead guitar.
History
Tourniquet was formed in Los Angeles in 1990 by Gary Lenaire, Guy Ritter and Ted Kirkpatrick. Tourniquet has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including HM magazine's Favorite Band, two CCM magazine #1 Rock Singles, many #1 Metal Singles, and six Dove Award nominations. They have appeared in a number of magazine, newspaper, and online publications.
Discography
Albums
- Stop the Bleeding (1990)
- Psycho Surgery (1991)
- Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (1992)
- Intense Live Series, Vol. 2 (1993) (also known as Recorded Live, Vol. 2)
- Vanishing Lessons (1994)
- Carry the Wounded (1995)
- The Collected
Works of Tourniquet (1996) - Crawl to China (1997)
- Acoustic Archives (1998)
- Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm (2000)
- Stop the Bleeding (remastered) (2001)
- Psychosurgery (remastered) (2001) (the remastered version refers to the album as one word, but the original release refers to the album as two words)
- Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (remastered) (2001)
- Where Moth and Rust Destroy (2003)
- Vanishing Lessons (remastered) (2004)
Videos
- Ark of Suffering (1991) - Music Video
- Video Biopsy (1992) - VHS
- Pushin' Broom Video (1995) - VHS
- The Unreleased Drum Solos of Ted Kirkpatrick (1997) - VHS
- Guitar Instructional Video (1998) - VHS
- Tourniquet Live in California (1998) - VHS
- Video Biopsy (re-release) (2000) - VHS
- Circadian Rhythms - The Drumming World of Ted Kirkpatrick (2003) - DVD
- Ocular Digital (2003) - DVD
See also
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