---
title: "Tourniquet"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/tourniquet"
genre: "Thrash Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1990
disbanded: 2022
---

# Tourniquet

**Tourniquet** is a thrash metal band, from United States, active 1990 to 2022.

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.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourniquet_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Tourniquet |
| Genre | Thrash Metal |
| Parent genre | Thrash Metal |
| Origin | United States |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Disbanded | 2022 |
| Releases in catalog | 13 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Christian Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/christian-metal) · [Technical Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/technical-thrash)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Vince Dennis](https://themetalnet.com/musician/vince-dennis) | Bass guitar |  | Current |
| [Aaron Guerra](https://themetalnet.com/musician/aaron-guerra) |  | 1994 to present | Current |
| [Luke Easter](https://themetalnet.com/musician/luke-easter) |  | 1993 to present | Current |
| [Steve Andino](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-andino) |  | 1999 to present | Current |
| [Ted Kirkpatrick](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ted-kirkpatrick) |  | 1990 to 2022 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1990 | [Stop the Bleeding](https://themetalnet.com/album/25113ccd-2bf9-3a89-89b2-359cc4a7b958) | Album |
| 1991 | [Psycho Surgery](https://themetalnet.com/album/506f1374-b06c-3b33-97d8-3ecaed610cc9) | Album |
| 1992 | [Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance](https://themetalnet.com/album/86e7d469-b1e9-3790-8786-b129adac242e) | Album |
| 1994 | [Vanishing Lessons](https://themetalnet.com/album/13357d1d-2fbe-3512-80f2-475f51166fec) | Album |
| 1995 | [Carry the Wounded](https://themetalnet.com/album/4688f5bc-7113-3ccb-b167-86b15e35d94d) | EP |
| 1996 | [The Collected Works of Tourniquet](https://themetalnet.com/album/4b3c3a97-b1d5-3b2e-82d5-e410f0e047d5) | Album |
| 1997 | [Crawl to China](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1cf68cd-d1ff-3023-a9b1-a56b5cf9e9b7) | Album |
| 1998 | [Acoustic Archives](https://themetalnet.com/album/c2bf97c4-f3c1-3995-be9d-3ad192f69dcd) | Album |
| 2000 | [Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm](https://themetalnet.com/album/3df4377f-be8b-3bd6-849f-f37e7ccc69d7) | Album |
| 2003 | [Where Moth and Rust Destroy](https://themetalnet.com/album/d6b257f1-b293-33cb-9639-abf992765f24) | Album |
| 2012 | [Antiseptic Bloodbath](https://themetalnet.com/album/4fe0b82c-f318-43d2-85e8-ef5fb2c553ce) | Album |
| 2014 | [Onward to Freedom](https://themetalnet.com/album/0df89579-03a8-4a1c-abd9-3a2ab81628ee) | Album |
| 2018 | [Gazing at Medusa](https://themetalnet.com/album/5a03e30c-4a48-4ea9-bcf7-243f409e2245) | Album |

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- [Tool](https://themetalnet.com/band/tool) (listened together)
- [Stryper](https://themetalnet.com/band/stryper) (listened together)
- [Pantera](https://themetalnet.com/band/pantera) (listened together)
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- [Deliverance](https://themetalnet.com/band/deliverance) (listened together)
- [Mortification](https://themetalnet.com/band/mortification) (listened together)
- [Whitecross](https://themetalnet.com/band/whitecross) (listened together)
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## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://tourniquet.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tourniquet-56372703466
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tourniquet/958

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/tourniquet](https://themetalnet.com/band/tourniquet). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt