Dean Menta

Born: 1966-07-23

Dean Menta (born July 23 1966) is an American music editor and composer living in Los Angeles, California. In 1995, Dean Menta became involved in the band DUH and appeared on their second album The Unholy Handjob. Menta went on to serve as the guitarist for the rock band Faith No More from 1995 to 1996. He had been a keyboard tech for the band, first meeting them in 1991, while working at a San Francisco art gallery. Menta was recruited to handle guitar duties after Trey Spruance declined to tour for the album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime. He appears in their videos for "Digging the Grave", "Ricochet" and "Evidence". He was replaced as Faith No More guitarist by Jon Hudson. Since leaving Faith No More, Menta has been performing and recording with pop group Sparks. He has contributed to Sparks' albums: Plagiarism (1997) Lil' Beethoven (2002) Hello Young Lovers (2006) Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008), The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009) and Hippopotamus (2017). Menta now works primarily in television and film as a Music Editor, composer and Sound Designer. Additionally, Menta has also composed music for several video games, one of which, Jak X: Combat Racing, was in collaboration with Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle. Source: Article "Dean Menta" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


Placeholder

The Sparks Brothers

as Self
Released: 2021-06-18

Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell...

Movie page

Sparks - Live in London

as Self
Released: 2000-01-01

Sparks triumphant return to the grand Shepherds Bush Empire, London, where in 1994 Britain's Q...

Movie page

Sparks - Dee Vee Dee

as Self
Released: 2007-11-26

Sparks exploded onto the music scene back in 1974, with their debut and most famous hit, "This...

Movie page

Sparks - Lil Beethoven Live in Stockholm

as Self
Released: 2005-01-01

Sparks' highly visual and mesmerizing live show of the Lil Beethoven album is expertly brought...

Movie page