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Name: Lee James Gaze
Role: Lead Guitar
Born: Pontypridd
Birthdate: May 21st, 1975
Equipment: Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Telecaster, PRS Custom 24, Solano SLO 100 Custom, Fender Twin, MXR Phase 90, Electro Harmonix Poly Chorus, Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress, Electro Harmonix Holier Grail, Electro Harmonix Small Stone, Line6 MM4, Line6 DL4, Line 6 FM4, Jim Dunlop CryBaby, Furman PL-8E Power Conditioner, Sennheiser EW500 Wireless Unit, Korg DTR-1

Quote: "I'm definitely an introvert by nature. If we’re on tour and we’ve got a day off, sometimes I’ll just grab my bag and wander off into town on my own, or something. Sit in Starbucks and drink coffee pr something."

Favorite records: " The Cure- ‘Disintegration’, Metallica-‘And Justice For All’, Glassjaw- ‘Everything You Wanted To Know About Silence’, and anything by The Police."

More Info: Guitarist Lee Gaze is one of the key musical forces behind the band- the lead guitar hero that stands at the helm of most Lostprophets standards. Born in Pontypridd, the son of a mechanic, he grew up listening to his dad’s records, albums by bands like Joy Division, The Police, and The Cure. There was never really any doubt that music would be the vocation for the young Mr. Gaze. " i went to school, went to college and stuff. I did a media studies course, but i never finished it. But I always wanted to be in a band, really. It was all I was into, music, I was obsessed. " His first instrument was a second-hand drumkit. " But I couldn’t really play it in the house, it was too loud, " he remembers, " So I grabbed a guitar instead."

Lee formed his first band, Aftermath, with Ian Watkins back in 1990. " Ian was like thirteen, fourteen. I was like, seventeen. We were on full-on thrash metal, influenced by Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica… all that stuff. There’s a live video, actually, with me and Ian with hair right down our backs ! It’s definitely kicking around somewhere within our circle of friends. "

One of the band’s key motivators, Lee is the sort to spend long nights in the studio. " Me and Ian work well as a team, I think we’ve been together thirteen years, you know ? We’ve never not been in the same band since we’ve started, and i think we’ve got the same vision of what we want to do. A lot of times put in LA, after a long day, most of the band would go back to the apartment.

But sometimes me and Ian would stay back, and sit in the live room with Eric[Valentine, producer], and I’d be like, " Look, I’ve got this riff " and we’d build some ideas. "

A keen fan of local bands on the South Wales punk and hardcore scene, Lee is still a frequent face at shows. " I’ve been to a show every night this week ! There’s good bands everywhere right now… you can go to pretty much any gig and you’re guaranteed to see some good local support. There’s a lot of bands doing well for themselves down there- Hondo MacLean, Funeral For A Friend, and all that. I don’t know if the scene is this good all over the country, I’ve been too busy to go and see ! But there definitely seems to be something going on down here. " Lee hasn’t drunk alcohol in six years, although he denies the label straight-edge, suggesting his take on abstinence is more a personal preference than any " cool " stance. He does admit to one temptation, though : " Red Bull is my vice ! We used to be endorsed by them, so whenever we used to be heading off on tour, Julie from our label used to pack some crates of it into our van. We used to drink it for breakfast, we’d get through six a day each. Which is just wrong."

Credit: lostprophets.com and start-something.net

i typed it up so credit to me.

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