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Deftones’ Stephen Carpenter explains why he’s always preferred being a rhythm guitarist rather than a lead player
The eight-string-toting riff machine also revealed what made Anthrax his favorite thrash-metal band and why he considers himself Deftones’ “odd man out” in a new episode of Ernie Ball's String Theory