Terry Balsamo

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Name = Terry Balsamo

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Img_capt = Terry Balsamo playing guitar at an Evanescence concert, April 2007
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1973|10|9|mf=y
Tampa, Florida
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Genre = Alternative metal, post-grunge
Occupation = Musician, songwriter
Instrument = Guitar
Associated_acts = Evanescence
Cold
Limp Bizkit
Years_active = 1994 - Present
URL = [http://www.evanescence.com/ Evanescence.com]

Terence Patrick David Balsamo (born October 9, 1973 in Tampa, Florida), is an American guitarist. He is a member and guitarist of the Grammy Award winning alternative metal band Evanescence and former guitarist of alternative metal band Cold.

Biography

Early projects

After a quick run with the early line-up of Limp Bizkit in 1995 & 1996, Terry joined up with fellow Jacksonville rockers Scooter Ward, Sam McCandless, Jeremy Marshall and Kelly Hayes, of the band Cold.

Evanescence

Terry remained with Cold writing and recording with them for their albums 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage (2000) and Year of the Spider (2003). Terry also appeared alongside Staind, in Staind's MTV Unplugged performance in 2001. Near the end of his stint with Cold, the band joined Evanescence as an opening act on the 2003 Nintendo Fusion Tour.

When Evanescence's guitarist Ben Moody left the band during their European tour, Terry filled in for Moody on stage. When Cold's future suddenly came into question, Terry jumped ship, signing on for good with Evanescence. He has also become a songwriter with Amy Lee.

Terry can be seen and heard most prominently in Evanescence's live album, "Anywhere but Home" (2004) and on the band's most recent album "The Open Door" (2006). He has become Amy Lee's main collaborator for Evanescence and co-wrote most of Evanescence's new album including the album's first single, "Call Me When You're Sober", and third single "Sweet Sacrifice".

Limp Bizkit

A Rumor says that he has once again joined Limp Bizkit.

MTV is now reporting that Terry indeed hasn't left the band(Evanescence) and is just working on a side project:

Quote:Don't believe those rumors that have been floating around the Net about Limp Bizkit. The band has not replaced guitarist Wes Borland with Evanescence's Terry Balsamo, although it certainly seemed that way earlier this week. In fact, a source close to Balsamo tells Metal File the guitarist has not left Evanescence but is instead working with Limp bassist Sam Rivers on an unnamed side project at Rivers' Born Recording Studio in Jacksonville, Florida.

Health issues

In November of 2005, Balsamo suffered a stroke. The doctors informed him that it was a result of a blood clot in his neck that formed from headbanging on-stage. [1] Terry has since recovered and is back touring with the band. As a result from his injury, he now uses his "dreadlocks" as a stage act by shaking them and bringing them forward while standing still, so as not to create too much movement and thus avoiding further problems.

Equipment

cquote|I "use" Ibanez guitars. In the studio, I kind of use a similar setup to what I used on the last Cold record I did, which is mix up the amps and combine the sound together. It’s a Diezel and a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier and mixed that for one side. Then I took a Bogner and a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier on the other side. I combined it and made one big wall of metal!Right now on tour I’m using T.C. Electronics, the G-System.|20px|20px|Terry Balsamo|Ultimate-Guitar.comcite web |url=http://ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/evanescence_guitarist_filling_ben_moodys_shoes.html|title=Evanescence Guitarist: Filling Ben Moody's Shoes|publisher=Ultimate Guitar|accessdate=2006-02-04|date=2006-03-11]

Band Projects

*Limp Bizkit - Guitar (1995-1996, 2008-present)
*Shaft - Guitar (1996-1999)
*Cold - Guitar (1999-2003)
*Evanescence - Guitar (2003-present)

Discography

=Cold=

*"13 Ways to Bleed on Stage" (September 12, 2000)
*"Year of the Spider" (May 13, 2003)

Evanescence

*"Anywhere but Home" (November 23, 2004)
*"The Open Door" (October 3, 2006)

References

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1595650/20080925/story.jhtml

External links

* [http://www.evanescence.com/ Evanescence] - Official Evanescence site
* [http://www.ibanez.com/ Ibanez Guitars]
* [http://www.mesaboogie.com Mesa Boogie]
* [http://www.tribalgear.com Tribal Gear]

Persondata
NAME = Terry Balsamo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH = October 8, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH = Tampa, Florida
DATE OF DEATH =
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