Tourniquet
Debuting in 1990,
Tourniquet has been one of the more well-known and popular Christian
thrash bands for some time,
blending mid-paced power-laced intense thrash metal with
thought-provoking and positive yet not preachy lyrics.
In later years well-known metal players
including former
Megadeth
guitarists Marty Friedman and Chris Poland
and vocalist extraordinaire Ripper Owens,
made guest appearances, bolstering the band's credibility.
The passing of sole remaining founding member Ted Kirkpatrick
in August may signal the end of the band, as they were down to a duo
by that time.
Last Lineup
Aaron Guerra
guitars
Ted Kirkpatrick
drums RIP: August 19, 2022, IPF, age 62
Former Members/Guests
Guy Ritter
vocals (Echo Hollow )
Luke Easter
vocals
Tim Owens (guest)
vocals (Beyond Fear , Charred Walls Of The Damned , ex-Iced Earth , ex-Judas Priest , KK's Priest , ex-Yngwie Malmsteen , ex-The Three Tremors , ex-Winters Bane )
Gary Lenaire
guitars (Echo Hollow )
Erik Mendez
guitars
Marty Friedman (guest)
guitars (ex-Cacophony , ex-Hawaii , ex-Megadeth , ex-Vixen )
Bruce Franklin (guest)
guitars (ex-Generation , ex-Supershine , Trouble )
Chris Poland (guest)
guitars (ex-Damn The Machine , ex-Megadeth )
Victor Macias
bass (ex-Deliverance )
Steve Andino
bass
Discography
Studio
Compilation
Video
Stop The Bleeding
1990
Intense
The Test for Leprosy
Ready or Not
Ark of Suffering
Tears of Korah
The Threshing Floor
You Get What You Pray For
Swarming Spirits
Whitewashed Tomb
Somnambulism
The Harlot Widow and the Virgin Bride
Guy Ritter
Gary Lenaire
Ted Kirkpatrick
Psycho Surgery
1991
Intense
Psycho Surgery
A Dog's Breakfast
Viento Borrascoso (Devastating Wind)
Vitals Fading
Spineless
Dysfunctional Domicile
Broken Chromosomes
Stereotaxic Attrocities
Officium Defunctorum
Guy Ritter
Gary Lenaire
Ted Kirkpatrick
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
1992
Metal Blade
Impending Embolism
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
Phantom Limb
Ruminating Virulence
Spectrophobic Dementia
Gelatinous Tubercles of Purulent Ossification
Incommensurate
Exoskeletons
Theodicy of Trial
Descent into the Maelstrom
En Hakkore
Skeezix Dilemma
The Tempter
Guy Ritter
Gary Lenaire
Erik Mendez
Victor Macias
Ted Kirkpatrick
1992 Readers' Album
#49
Live Vol. 2
1993
Intense
Phantom Limb
Medley: Ark of Suffering/Sterotaxic Atrocities
Whitewash Tomb
The Skeezix Dilemma
The Tempter
The Messiah
Gary Lenaire
Erik Mendez
Victor Macias
Ted Kirkpatrick
Vanishing Lessons
1994
Intense
Bearing Gruesome Cargo
Pecking Order
Drowning Machine
Pushin' Broom
Vanishing Lessons
My Promise
Acid Head
K517
Twilight
Your Take
Sola Christus
Luke Easter
Gary Lenaire
Victor Macias
Ted Kirkpatrick
Carry The Wounded
EP
1995
Intense
Carry the Wounded
When the Love is Right (to Lizett)
Oh Well
My Promise
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Luke Easter
Gary Lenaire
Aaron Guerra
Victor Macias
Ted Kirkpatrick
The Collected Works Of Tourniquet
COMPILATION
1996
Intense
Perfect Night for a Hanging
Vanishing Lessons
Pathogenic Occular Dissonance
Twilight
Psycho Surgery
You Get What You Pay For
Acidhead
Broken Chromosomes
Viento Borrascoso
Carry the Wounded
Bearing Gruesome Cargo
The Skeezix Dilemma
Ark of Suffering
The Hand Trembler
Crawl To China
1997
Benson
Claustrospelunker
Crawl to China
Enveloped in Python
White Knuckliní the Rosary
If I Was There
The Tell-Tale Heart
Bats
Proprioception: The Line Knives Syndrome
The Kicking
If Pigs Could Fly
Crank (The Knife)
Stumblefoot
Imaginary Friend
Going, going...gone
America
Luke Easter
Aaron Guerra
Ted Kirkpatrick
Acoustic Archives
1998
Tourniquet
Viento Borracoso
Vanishing Lesson
Claustrospelunker
Bearing Gruesome Cargo
Phantom Limb
Bats
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Twilight
If Pigs Could Fly
Trivializing the Momentous, Complicating the Obvious
Luke Easter
Aaron Guerra
Ted Kirkpatrick
Microscopic View Of A Telescopic Realm
2000
Metal Blade
Besprinkle in Scarlet Horror
Drinking from the Poison Well
Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm
The Tomb of Gilgamesh
Servant of the Bones
Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit
Martyr's Pose
Immunity Vector
Indulgence by Proxy
Caixa de Raiva
The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsesewah)
Luke Easter
Aaron Guerra
Ted Kirkpatrick
Where Moth And Rust Destroy
2003
Metal Blade
Where Moth And Rust Destroy
Restoring The Locust Years
Drawn And Quartered
A Ghost At The Wheel
Architheuthis
Melting The Golden Calf
Convoluted Absolutes
Healing Waters Of The Tigris
In Death We Rise
Luke Easter
Marty Friedman
Bruce Franklin
Steve Andino
Ted Kirkpatrick
2003 Readers' Album
#68
Till Sverige Med Karlek
VIDEO
2006
Antiseptic Bloodbath
2012
Pathogenic
Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis)
Antiseptic Bloodbath
The Maiden Who Slept in the Glass Coffin
Chamunda Temple Stampede
Flowering Cadaver
86 Bullets
Duplicitous Endeavor
Lost Language of the Andamans
Carried Away On Uncertain Wings
Fed By Ravens, Eaten By Vultures
Luke Easter
Aaron Guerra
Ted Kirkpatrick
Onward To Freedom
2014
Pathogenic
Onward to Freedom Prelude
Onward to Freedom
The Slave Ring
The Noble Case for Mercy
Let the Wild Just Be Wild
No Soul
If I Had to Do the Killing
Virtual Embryo
Stereotaxic Atrocities
Animal Crossing at the Rainbow Bridge
Drowning in Air
Cage 23
Luke Easter
Ted Kirkpatrick
Gazing At Medusa
2018
independent
Sinister Scherzo
Longing for Gondwanaland
Memento Mori
All Good Things Died Here
The Crushing Weight of Eternity
The Peaceful Beauty of Brutal Justice
Can't Make Me Hate You
One Foot in Forever
Gazing at Medusa
Tim Owens
Aaron Guerra
Chris Poland
Ted Kirkpatrick
The Epic Tracks
COMPILATION
2019
Pathogenic
The Slow Cosmic Voyage To Wisdom
COMPILATION
2020