- Dean Menta
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Dean Menta served as the guitarist for the rock band Faith No More from 1995 to 1996. Menta had been a keyboard tech for the band and was recruited to handle guitar duties after Trey Spruance declined to tour for the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. He appears in their videos for "Digging the Grave", "Ricochet" and "Evidence". Concurrently, Menta was a member of the band Duh! He was replaced as Faith No More guitarist by Jon Hudson.
Since leaving Faith No More, Menta has been performing and recording with legendary pop group Sparks. Sparks albums that Dean has contributed to include Plagiarism (1997) Lil' Beethoven (2002) Hello Young Lovers (2006) Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008) and "The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman" (2009).
Menta worked as a Sound Designer for acclaimed television advertisement and film music company Asche & Spencer.[1]
Menta now works primarily in television and film as a Music Editor, Composer and Sound Designer.[2] Additionally, Menta has also composed music for several video games,[3] one of which, Jak X: Combat Racing, was in collaboration with Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle.
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Faith No More Mike Patton · Jon Hudson · Billy Gould · Roddy Bottum · Mike Bordin
Chuck Mosley · Jim Martin · Dean Menta · Trey Spruance
Joe Pye · Walter · Paula Frazer · Courtney Love · Jake Crucifix · Mark Stewart · Desmond Trial · Scott Colbertson · Mark BowenStudio albums Live albums Live at the Brixton AcademyCompilations Who Cares a Lot? · This Is It: The Best of · Epic and Other Hits · The Platinum Collection · The Works · The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits CollectionVideos You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy · Video Croissant · Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos · You Fat Bastards/Who Cares a Lot? (DVD)Singles "Quiet in Heaven"/"Song of Liberty" (as Faith No Man) · "We Care a Lot" · "Anne's Song" · "From Out of Nowhere" · "Epic" · "Falling to Pieces" · "Midlife Crisis" · "A Small Victory" · "Everything's Ruined" · "Easy" · "Another Body Murdered" · "Digging the Grave" · "Ricochet" · "Evidence" · "Ashes to Ashes" · "Last Cup of Sorrow" · "Stripsearch" · "I Started a Joke"Related articles ListsArticlesGroupsToursClub Shows · We Care a Lot Tour · Introduce Yourself Tour · The Real Thing Tour · Angel Dust Tour · King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime Tour · Album of the Year Tour · The Second Coming TourCategories Albums · Songs · MembersSparks Jim Mankey · Earle Mankey · Harley Feinstein · Martin Gordon · Adrian Fisher · Norman "Dinky" Diamond
Trevor White · Ian Hampton · Bob Haag · Leslie Bohem · David Kendrick · Christi Haydon · Tammy Glover · Dean MentaAlbums Halfnelson/Sparks · A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing · Kimono My House · Propaganda · Indiscreet · Big Beat · Introducing Sparks · No. 1 In Heaven · Terminal Jive · Whomp That Sucker · Angst in My Pants · In Outer Space · Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat · Music That You Can Dance To · Interior Design · Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins · Plagiarism · Balls · Lil' Beethoven · Hello Young Lovers · Exotic Creatures of the Deep · The Seduction of Ingmar BergmanSingles Related discography Categories:- Living people
- American rock guitarists
- Faith No More members
- Sparks members
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