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Tourniquet

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Tourniquet

Tourniquet is a thrash metal band from United States, active 1990 to 2022. 13 releases and 5 musicians in the catalog.
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Facts

Genre
Thrash Metal
Origin
United States
Formed
1990
Disbanded
2022
Releases
13

Biography

Tourniquet is an American heavy metal band that formed in Los Angeles in 1987. It was founded by Ted Kirkpatrick, Guy Ritter, and Gary Lenaire. Tourniquet primarily played a mixture of thrash and progressive metal and was influenced by additional, non-rock forms of music such as classical and world music. The band earned six GMA Dove Award nominations and won multiple recognitions from the readers of HM Magazine, including "Favorite Band of the 1990s" and "Favorite Album of the 1990s" for Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (1992). They released ten studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, one EP, and several video releases. The last Tourniquet lineup consisted of Ted Kirkpatrick (drums) and Aaron Guerra. The band disbanded after Kirkpatrick's death in 2022. Lenaire reformed the band in 2025 with Ritter, former vocalist Luke Easter, and bassist Anna Sentina. Ritter stepped down the following year.

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Genres

Current line-up

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Vince DennisBass guitar
Aaron Guerra1994 to present
Luke Easter1993 to present
Steve Andino1999 to present

Former members

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Ted Kirkpatrick1990 to 2022

Albums

Other releases

EPs, demos, live records and compilations.

Related bands

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