Psyopus

Psyopus (sometimes written as PsyOpus) was an American mathcore band from Rochester, New York. Christopher Arp is the founding member and the only member to remain in the band throughout its history.

==History== Formed in 2002, the band was noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arpmandude". To get endorsement deals from various guitar and amp companies, Arp had to send a live video of himself playing to prove that he could play as fast as he does. Arp stated "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 said: "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, didn’t do homework, and just played guitar all night."