current_members website years_active alias label image_size article_title past_members background genre origin name
christopher arp jason bauers adam frappolli fred decoste -lsb- http://www.myspace.com/psyopus www.myspace.com/psyopus official myspace -rsb- 2002 -- 2010 , 2012-present stranglefuck metal blade black market activities 250 psyopus
 greg barnes jon cole harrison christie michael horn matt dalberth brent herman glover brian woodruff brian kelly lee fisher corey group_or_band avant-garde metal , mathcore rochester , new york , united states psyopus
psyopus

psyopus -lrb- sometimes written as psyopus -rrb- is a mathcore band from rochester , new york .
formed in 2002 , the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of christopher arp , often referred to as `` arpmandude '' .
in order to receive endorsement deals from various guitar and amp companies , arp had to send a live video of himself playing in order to prove that he could actually play as fast as he does .
arp considers psyopus to be a very technically proficient band : `` i understand people not understanding us so by default the music comes across as noise but , the music makes sense to us all too much and every 16th note was scrutinized . ''
regarding learning to play guitar , arp says : `` i learned to play guitar in my bedroom .
i got my first guitar in eighth grade .
i bought metallica tablature books , megadeth books , guitar magazines , did n't do homework and just played guitar all night . ''
the band released their 2nd album `` our puzzling encounters considered '' in february 2007 .
the techniques arp uses have made it even more difficult to receive any endorsement .
arp himself said , `` mesa boogie has not done very much to sponsor me because i do too much of this , '' as he raised his guitar by the whammy bar shaking it up and down .
the band released their third studio album `` odd senses '' , on february 17 , 2009 .
the band entered an extended hiatus in 2010 .
in 2011 , christopher arp posted several videos of himself on youtube explaining the history and eventual hiatus of psyopus .
the band 's hiatus may have been interrupted in 2012 , when a photo appeared on arp 's facebook page showing him with michael van munster and ike schultz .
a comment on the photo by long-time psyopus producer , doug white , showed that he was working with the three in the studio .
on october 2012 , it was revealed on ` metal injection ' that psyopus would be reuniting with three of the four original members : chris arp , adam frappolli , fred decoste .
joining them on drums will be jason bauers , who was a member until the hiatus began .
