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Lori Linstruth | |
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 Lori Linstruth performing guitar withStream of Passion in 2006. | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Lori Von Linstruth |
| Origin | Santa Barbara,California |
| Genres | Hard rock,heavy metal,industrial metal,progressive metal,neoclassical metal |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar,bass,keyboards |
| Years active | Late 80s-2010 |
Lori Von Linstruth is anAmericanlyricist,music manager and retiredguitarist. She currently resides in the Netherlands where she lives with her partner and musical collaboratorArjen Anthony Lucassen.
She is also Lucassen's manager, the webmaster of Lucassen's official website, and was a member of his former bandsStream of Passion andGuilt Machine (notably writing all lyrics for Guilt Machine's sole albumOn This Perfect Day). Since retiring as a guitarist in 2010, she has continued to work with Lucassen, notably co-writing the lyrics of hisAyreon albumThe Theory of Everything and ofSimone Simons' solo albumVermillion, for which Lucassen wrote the music.[1][2]
She currently resides in the Netherlands where she lives with her partner and musical collaboratorArjen Anthony Lucassen; she previously lived inSweden.[3] In a 2017 interview, Lucassen mentioned that, in addition to her work with him, she was also an English teacher.[4]
Linstruth first came to prominence in the late 1980s when she was featured inMike Varney's "Spotlight" column inGuitar Player magazine. She moved fromSanta Barbara toLos Angeles and, after a short stint in local band Jaded Lady, formed Warbride along with former Rude Girl drummerSandy Sledge. Linstruth left Warbride in order to move to Sweden with her then husband and the band continued for a brief period with only one original member, keyboard player Velia Garay.
Linstruth attempted to reform the original Warbride in the early 2000 however, the project was put on hold when Linstruth became more involved inArjen Anthony Lucassen's projects which led to her becoming a member ofStream of Passion.
Around 2004, Linstruth became involved inArjen Anthony Lucassen's side-projectStream of Passion, touring extensively in 2006 and 2007. Lucassen had discovered her via a video on her website invited her over to his studio to see if some sort of co-operation was possible. He asked her to record some guitar parts for the re-release of hisAyreon albumThe Final Experiment and liked it, as the result invited her to join Stream of Passion.[3]
Linstruth decided to leave the band in March 2007, following the departure of Lucassen.
In 2006 Linstruth contributed with two solos on the tribute-projectMountain of Power, led by guitaristJanne Stark.
By late 2007, Lori left Sweden and headed for the Netherlands where she became Lucassen's manager.
In February 2009, it was announced that Linstruth would contribute to Lucassen's latest project,Guilt Machine, as a guitarist and lyricist.
In 2010 Linstruth announced in her blog that she had lost her passion of playing guitar and instead would concentrate ondog training.[1][2]
While Linstruth herself promotesRammstein as one of her main influences, she is also known to be influenced byUli Jon Roth,Michael Schenker andYngwie J. Malmsteen.
She uses wah and tremolo effects extensively.
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