Pete Lesperance

Fair Ground
Fair Ground
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	2005–2008
Past members	Pete Lesperance; Mike Turner; Creighton Doane

Pete Lesperance
Pete Lesperance
Birth name	Peter Lesperance
Born	October 13, 1968 (age 56)
Origin	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Hard rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1987–present

Pete Lesperance is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as the lead guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem.^[1] Lesperance was born October 13, 1968, in Scarborough, Ontario. Lesperance was a guitarist in the Oshawa metal band Minotaur before forming Harem Scarem with Blind Vengeance vocalist Harry Hess in 1987.

Lesperance's solo album, Down In It, was released in 2004 in Japan only, where Harem Scarem had their main fanbase.^[2] With fellow guitarist Mike Turner (ex-Our Lady Peace), they put together the band Fair Ground.^[3]^[4] Together they released a new version of Down In It.

Lesperance's own studio, Hope Songs, is located in Toronto, Ontario. Lesperance has produced many bands, including the rock band One Short. He is currently finishing up albums for Canadian Idol contestants Aaron Walpole and Suzi Rawn.^{[citation needed]}

His influences include Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Nuno Bettencourt and Steve Vai.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

With Minotaur

83-87 (EP) (2004) -material was recorded in the early 80s

With Harem Scarem

Harem Scarem (1991)
Mood Swings (1993)
Voice of Reason (1995)
Karma Cleansing (1997)
Big Bang Theory (1998)
Weight of the World (2002)
Higher (2003)
Overload (2005)
Human Nature (2006)
Hope (2008)
Mood Swings II (2013)
Thirteen (2014)
United (2017)
Change The World (2020)

With Rubber

Rubber (1999)
Ultra Feel (2001)

Solo

Down In It (2004)
Fade Into Stars (2012)

Fair Ground

Fair Ground was an alternative rock collaboration formed by Pete Lesperance and Mike Turner (Our Lady Peace).^[5] Originally Turner was to make a guest appearance on Lesperance's solo album, but this developed into Fair Ground's only album, Down In It, which was released on November 6, 2006.^[6] Following an internet poll the group released the song "Down In It" as a single. This was followed by "Boy Without A Clue".

Down In It (2006). Track listing:

"Down In It" - 3:40
"Automatic" - 3:25
"Say You Will" - 3:33
"Nameless" - 3:33
"What are you Waiting For?" - 3:20
"Boy Without a Clue" - 4:03
"Skeleton Tree" - 3:47
"No Sign of Life" - 3:45
"Upside Down" - 3:37
"Life Goes On" - 3:17
"Life Goes On" (Acoustic Bonus Track) - 3:31

Guest Appearances/Collaborations

Doctor Rock & The Wild Bunch - Eye of the Hurricane (1991) - Guitars
Doctor Rock & The Wild Bunch - Stark Raving Mad (1994) - Guitars
Honeymoon Suite - 13 Live (1994) - Engineer, Mixer
Mystery - Backwards (1995) - Producer (with Harry Hess)
Lame - Ol' Doctor Bomb (1996) - Producer (With Harry Hess)
Fall From Grace - Within The Savage Garden (1997) - Guitar Technician
Steve Holliday - Stark Raving Mad (1997) - Guitars
Xntrik - Focus (1997) - Guitar Technician
Fiore - Body Electric (1998) - Producer
Fiore - Today Till' Tomorrow (1998) - Producer (With Harry Hess)
Rafa Martin - Corazon De Hierro (2000) - Guitars
Stupid Angel - Stupid Angel (2000) - Producer (With Harry Hess)
John Boswell - Stranger In The Mirror (2002) - Guitars
Ken Tamplin - Wake The Nations (2003) - Guitars
Maureen Leeson - aka MOE (2003) - Guitars
Billy Klippert - Billy Klippert (2004) - Composer, Guitars
Brian Tulk - The Pop Machine (2004) - Guitars
Brian Tulk - Paperweight (2007) - Guitars
John Grolman - Existence (2009) - Guitars, Backing Vocals
LORD - Set in Stone (2009) - Guest guitar solo: Track 11: "New Horizons"
Liberty N' Justice - Light It Up (2010) - Guitars, Backing Vocals: Track 11: "Beautiful Decision"

References

^ "Harem Scarem: Biography^[usurped]", Jam! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
^ Bliss, Karen (June 10, 2004). "Harem Scarem and OLP guitarists start band^[usurped]", Jam! Music. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
^ Monk, Jeff (January 6, 2007). "Fair Ground: Down In It (Hope Songs)", Winnipeg Free Press, p. C4.
^ Krewen, Nick (spring 2006). "Together but separate", Words & Music 13 (1): 24.
^ Words & Music. Vol. 13, Issues 1-2. Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada. 2006. p. 26.
^ "Fair Ground - Down In It (Full Album)". youtube.com. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-10-09.