Teppei Teranishi (born September 13, 1980) is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the post-hardcore band Thrice from Orange County, California.
 He is of Japanese-American descent.
 After graduating from Irvine High School, where band member Dustin Kensrue also graduated, he briefly attended Orange Coast College then left without graduating, to be a part of Thrice full time.
 In addition to guitar and keyboard duties, he also provides backing vocals for Thrice's live performances.
 He favors Gibson Les Paul guitars and Fender Telecasters among others.
 He is also in a side project called Black Unicorn with his friend Chris Jones.
 At a young age, he began to learn classical guitar and was influenced by heavy metal bands Pantera and Megadeth.
 Eventually, he moved onto the punk scene.
 Teranishi is a Beatles fanatic, and a fan of classic '50s, '60s, and early '70s acts.
Gary Lightbody (born 15 June 1976) is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol.
Thrice is an American rock band from Irvine, California, formed in 1998.
 The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while they were in high school.
Dustin Michael Kensrue (pronounced KENZ-roo) (born November 18, 1980) is a vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist in the Orange County, California, post-hardcore/experimental rock quartet Thrice, as well as a solo artist.
The Alchemy Index Vols.
 III & IV is Thrice's sixth studio album release.
 It consists of the final two volumes of "The Alchemy Index", a four-disc concept album that was split between two releases, the first in October 2007 and the second in April 2008.
 The band originally planned to release four discs at once, each disc with six tracks representing one of the four elements: "Fire", "Water", "Earth", and "Air".
 A blog titled The Alchemy Index chronicled the album's progress for fans.
 The artwork for the Album was designed by Dustin Kensrue.
The Trip: Created by Snow Patrol is a mix album compiled by alternative rock band Snow Patrol's vocalist Gary Lightbody and released through the Family Recordings label on 1 November 2004.
 Issued as a 2×CD and a 3×LP Vinyl, the album was the fifth in "The Trip" series.
 In the CD release, Disc I was called "Bert" and Disc II was "Ernie".
 Lightbody wished to compile his own "Trip" album after listening to the album compiled by Tom Middleton.
 Lightbody credits his DJ friend Roy Kerr, better known as The Freelance Hellraiser, for putting together most of the songs (which he then picked for the album), joking about directing Kerr "from the comfy chair".
 Lightbody also wishes to compile a similar album with Kerr in the future.
Please Come Home is the first studio album by Dustin Kensrue, released in 2007.
Carry the Fire is the fourth studio album by Dustin Kensrue.
 Vagrant Records alongside Staple Records released the album on April 21, 2015.
Thoughts That Float on a Different Blood is the fifth album by Dustin Kensrue, and his first live album.
 Vagrant Records released the album on March 18, 2016.
 The album was recorded over two shows at the Constellation Room in Santa Ana, California in December 2015.
The Water & the Blood is the third studio album from Christian indie musician Dustin Kensrue, which was released on September 30, 2013 by BEC Recordings and Mars Hill Music, and the album was produced by Brian Eichelberger.
 The album has seen commercial and critical success.

Question: Are Gary Lightbody and Dustin Kensrue from the same country?
Answer: no