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Number Two, No. 2, or similar may refer to:

Film[link]

• No. 2 (film), a 2006 New Zealand film, also:
  • No. 2 (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
• Number 2 (Austin Powers), a character from the Austin Powers films
• Number Two (film), a 1975 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Television[link]

• Number Two (Battlestar Galactica) or Leoben Conoy, character from the 2004 TV Series
• Number Two (The Prisoner), a character from the British television series The Prisoner
• Numbuh Two, a character from the animated television series Codename: Kids Next Door

Music[link]

• No. 2 (band), an American alternative rock band
• N° 2, a 1959 Serge Gainsbourg album
• #2, the pseudonym of American musician Paul Gray, when performing with Slipknot
• "Number Two", from They Might Be Giants's album, Here Come the 123s

Other[link]

• 2 (number), the natural number
• No. 2 fuel oil or No. 2 diesel fuel
• Number two, character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• No. 2, later revealed to be Stanley, an engine from the fictional Mid Sodor Railway of Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series
• No. 2, a slang term for defecation

See also[link]

• 2 (disambiguation)

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Guthrie Govan
Background information
Birth name	Guthrie Govan
Born	(1971-12-27) 27 December 1971 (age 40) Chelmsford, Essex
Genres	Jazz fusion, rock, blues, progressive rock, funk, country, bluegrass
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Cornford Records
Associated acts	Erotic Cakes, Young Punx, The Fellowship, GPS, Asia, Dizzee Rascal, Docker's Guild, The Aristocrats
Website	Official website
Notable instruments
Suhr Standards Classic Classic T

Guthrie Govan (born 27 December 1971 in Chelmsford, Essex, England) is a virtuoso guitarist known for his work with the bands Asia (2001–2006), GPS, The Young Punx and The Fellowship as well as Erotic Cakes (a vehicle for his own music). He is a noted guitar teacher through his work with the UK magazine Guitar Techniques, Guildford’s Academy of Contemporary Music and currently the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. He is the 1993 winner of Guitarist magazine's "Guitarist of the Year" competition.

Biography and early playing career[link]

Govan began playing guitar aged three, encouraged by his father but initially learning mainly by ear. At the age of nine he and his brother Seth Govan played guitar on a Thames Television programme called Ace Reports. At secondary school he was exposed, via older classmates, to "shred" guitarists of the time.^[1]

After leaving school, Govan read English at the University of Oxford, though he left after a year to pursue a career in music. Around this time (by Govan’s own estimation, 1991^[1]) he sent demos of his work to Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records. Varney was impressed and offered him a record deal; ultimately however, Govan declined. Regarding his reasons he has explained: "it was as though all I really wanted to know was that I was good enough […] I found I was getting a bit wary of the shred movement."^[2]

In 1993 he won Guitarist magazine’s "Guitarist of the Year" competition with his instrumental piece Wonderful Slippery Thing (a version of which would eventually appear on his debut solo album); the demo of the track earned him a place amongst several other entrants in the live final, which he then won. Subsequently, he submitted a sample transcription (of a Shawn Lane piece) to Guitar Techniques magazine; this earned him a job as a contributor to the magazine, ending a spell working in fast food.^[1]

Guitar tuition[link]

Govan has since worked with Guitar Techniques,^[1] including an article providing a transcription of his track Wonderful Slippery Thing.^[3] Since the late 1990s, Govan has taught at the Guitar Institute in Acton, Thames Valley University, and the Academy of Contemporary Music; he currently teaches at Brighton Institute of Modern Music. In this context, he is known for his ability to teach a wide range of styles.^[1] Govan has published two books on guitar playing: Creative Guitar Volume 1: Cutting Edge Techniques and Creative Guitar Volume 2: Advanced Techniques.^[4][5]

Playing career in the 2000s[link]

Asia, GPS and The Young Punx[link]

Govan began his involvement with Asia playing on the album Aura. With his work on the album complete, Govan was added to the Asia line-up for the tour to support the new album. Bad Asteroid, an instrumental in the live shows, was a Govan original composition; it dates back to his early 1990s demo. He went on to play on the band’s 2004 album Silent Nation.

In 2006, Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes left to reform an earlier Asia line-up; Govan and the other two band members, John Payne and Jay Schellen, along with and Erik Norlander continued as Asia featuring John Payne. Govan left in mid-2009 and was replaced by Mitch Perry. Payne, Govan and Schellen also formed GPS (named after the members' initials) and after the addition of Ryo Okumoto on keyboards the band released the album Window to the Soul (2006).

Govan performs on a number of tracks on Your Music Is Killing Me, the debut album of UK electronic dance music act The Young Punx and is part of their live act. He also appears in the music video for their track Rockall.

Govan has played live guitar for Dizzee Rascal, including a performance on Later With Jools Holland.^[6]

Docker's Guild[link]

In December 2010, Govan performed on all tracks on Docker's Guild album The Mystic Technocracy - Season 1: The Age of Ignorance, due for release in 2012 on Lion Music. The project also features some other Asia artists, notably John Payne on vocals and Simon Hanhart, who mixed the album. Other special guests include Gregg Bissonette (drums), Tony Franklin (bass), Jeff Watson (guitars), Douglas R. Docker (keyboards), Goran Edman, Tony Mills and Amanda Somerville (vocals).^[7]

Erotic Cakes and The Fellowship[link]

Govan’s debut solo album, Erotic Cakes, was released through Cornford Records in August 2006. In the album's sleeve notes, Govan states the album is named after an episode of The Simpsons; he also explains that when playing live, the band is billed as Erotic Cakes rather than simply Guthrie Govan.^[8] In addition to bass by Govan’s brother Seth and drumming by Pete Riley, the album features guitar solos by Richie Kotzen (whose Los Angeles studio was used to record the guitar tracks on the album) on Ner Ner and Bumblefoot on Rhode Island Shred respectively. Seth Govan and Pete Riley also complete the Erotic Cakes live band. Previous versions of Waves and Rhode Island Shred appeared on the compilation Guitar on the Edge, Vol 1. no.4 (Legato Records, 1993).^[8] A version of his Guitarist of the Year winning piece, Wonderful Slippery Thing appears on the album. While this is his first album, Govan had been collaborating with drummer Pete Riley on the music since the mid-1990s.^[1]

The Erotic Cakes band line up, with the addition of saxophonist Zak Barrett, also forms jazz-fusion band The Fellowship. The band plays at the Bassment club in Chelmsford, Essex, every Thursday night and has done so for several years.^[1][9]

Playing career in the 2010s[link]

In late 2011, Govan announced a new tour with new band The Aristocrats, featuring Bryan Beller on bass and Marco Minnemann on the drums. Their self-titled album was released worldwide in September 2011.

In 2012, TBS began running a TV ad for the popular show "House of Payne" that features part of his solo from his jam track "Les is More" available through www.JamTrackCentral.com

Influences and technique[link]

Govan’s earliest influences were Jimi Hendrix and Cream-era Eric Clapton; as such he describes himself as coming from a "blues rock background".^[1] While he is "wary" of 1980s technique driven guitar music ("shred") he cites the imagination of Steve Vai (as well as Frank Zappa, with whom Vai played) and the passion of Yngwie Malmsteen as influences. Jazz and fusion elements are an important part of his style: he cites Joe Pass as a pivotal influence in this respect.^[2]

Govan is known for his virtuoso command of the electric guitar, due to both his technical ability and proficiency in various styles. Govan’s MySpace profile lists quotes from various guitarists to this effect;^[10] elsewhere, fellow virtuosos Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert have praised Govan's playing.^[11][12]

Equipment[link]

Govan mainly uses various Suhr guitars: three different Guthrie Govan Signature Model guitars, three custom Standards, a Modern 24-fret model, a Classic and Classic T.^[13] He plays Vigier fretless guitar. Govan also favours Cornford amps: the sleeve notes of Erotic Cakes state he has used an RK100, MK50 and Hellcat.^[1] In the last European tour of 2010 and 2011 he played Brunetti amplifiers (CustomWork Mercury 50) like his friend Dave Kilminster, and he recorded live his last CD/DVD during the Lapsus (Torino, Italy) show on the December 8th 2011.^{[citation needed]}

On December 17, 2011 Guthrie and the Erotic Cakes band had their gear stolen after a show in Rome. Among the equipment stolen were Brunetti Mercury heads, a 1989 Warwick Streamer bass, yet-to-be-edited footage from the show played at Lapsus, Torino IT and more.^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Guthrie Govan Web Site
• Cornford Records on Myspace Samples of the debut album
• A YouTube clip of Govan improvising Sample of his fusion-jazz style
• Another YouTube clip of Govan improvising Bluesy style showcasing Govan's string overbends to create melody
• Official Aristocrats Band Site

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Chris Redfield (クリス・レッドフィールド, Kurisu Reddofīrudo^?) is a fictional character from Capcom's Resident Evil horror series.^[2] Chris debuted as one of two main protagonists in the first Resident Evil video game,^[3] along with Jill Valentine, and is one of the two protagonists in the game Resident Evil Code: Veronica, in which he looks for his missing younger sister, Claire, and one of the main characters in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Chris returned as the protagonist of Resident Evil 5, working alongside his new partner Sheva Alomar,^[4] and also appears in the latest installment of the game series, Resident Evil Revelations, as well as in several other games and the film Resident Evil: Afterlife. The character received a somewhat mixed (in particular regarding his later redesign) but generally positive critical reception.

Character design[link]

Hideki Kamiya described Chris as a "blunt, tough-guy type," admitting that he was a fan of this archetype.^[5] Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi said that the series' fans "would really love" a video game featuring both Chris and Leon S. Kennedy as the protagonists due to their popularity, and it would be "pretty dramatic" if the two characters never met when the series ended.^[6]

Chris' increased muscle mass in the game was to show that he had trained heavily in order to fight the series' powerful villain Albert Wesker bare-handed.^[7] Modeler Yosuke Yamagata added that they "made a new design that retained their signature color — green for Chris, blue for Jill — to carry over the same look from the past. The facial structures are mainly based on the visuals of the GameCube version, and we added various details to these in order to develop a realistic structure."^[8]

In video games[link]

This section requires expansion.

Chris Redfield debuted in the original Resident Evil as one of the main playable protagonists, along with Jill Valentine, partnered with the rookie officer Rebecca Chambers. He is introduced as a former U.S. military pilot^[10] and a member of the local police special force STARS' Alpha Team which was sent to investigate the disappearance of Bravo Team after their helicopter went missing in Raccoon Forest. Chris, accompanied by Albert Wesker, Barry Burton and Jill Valentine, soon find themselves trapped in the nearby mansion, which is filled with horrific zombies and monsters, and deadly booby traps. In the end, Chris and his comrades discover how the nightmare began and witness the death of Albert Wesker, who was betraying them all along, and they face and kill a prototype Tyrant released by Wesker.

Chris returns in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, set five months later. As the protagonist of the second half of the game, he attempts to rescue his younger sister, Claire, from Umbrella Corporation's research facilities in Rockfort Island and in Antarctica. Upon discovering she is now in Antarctica, Chris is briefly confronted by Wesker, seeking revenge on Chris for having destroyed his plans. Eventually, he confronts Alexia Ashford, the creator of the T-Veronica virus. At the end of the game, he fights with Wesker shortly after killing Alexia. He is no match for Wesker at this point in his life, and their fight is cut short due to the imminent destruction of the base. They vow to finish things another time.

Chris was one of the main characters of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles,^[11] in which he reunites with Jill Valentine. Parts of the game are essentially an inaccurate retelling of Resident Evil. The two of them join a private biohazard-containment force and in 2003 embark on a mission to destroy the Umbrella Corporation after hearing rumours of a new BOW being developed, resulting in their successful attack on an Umbrella facility located in Russia's Caucasus region.

Chris is the main protagonist in Resident Evil 5,^[12] in which he is a founding member of the UN paramilitary group Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA). In the game, Chris investigates a terrorist threat in Kijuju, Africa while looking for his old partner and friend Jill, who is missing and presumed dead. Accompanying him is his new partner Sheva Alomar. Eventually, they manage to find and free Jill, and to ultimately defeat and destroy Wesker who was planning to release a new virus into the atmosphere, ensuring the end of humanity.

Chris makes an appearance in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles as a playable character in "Game of Oblivion" scenario's final chapter, a re-imagining of Code: Veronica.^[13] He is also available in the Extreme Battle mode featured in the later versions of Resident Evil 2 (the PlayStation 2 Dual Shock edition and the PC, Dreamcast and GameCube ports)^{[citation needed]} and is one of the eight playable characters in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.^{[citation needed]}

Chris returned in Resident Evil Revelations, with Jill Valentine.^[14]

Chris will return as one of the primary protagonists of Resident Evil 6, alongside Leon S. Kennedy.^{[citation needed]}

Outside of the Resident Evil franchise, Chris also appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. The game's first cinematic trailer showed him fighting versus Hulk.^[15]

Gameplay[link]

This section requires expansion.

In the original Resident Evil, Chris's scenario is more challenging than Jill's, as he has a smaller carrying capacity and lacks certain items. He is also not equipped with a lockpick and so he needs to find small desk keys. On the other hand, Chris can take a lot more damage from enemies than Jill.^[16]

In other media[link]

In the rejected Resident Evil movie script by George A. Romero, Chris is a Native American civilian and ultimately one of the few survivors.^[17]

Chris appears in the 2010 live-action film Resident Evil: Afterlife, portrayed by Wentworth Miller.^[1] In the film, Chris is found trapped in a maximum security cell after his unit's attempt to control the T-virus in Los Angeles goes haywire and the survivors who find him believe him to be a prisoner. He is reunited with his sister Claire, who cannot remember him due to memory damage caused by an Umbrella mind-control device. He, Alice and Claire eventually defeat Albert Wesker and rescue imprisoned survivors being used for Umbrella's experiments.

During the release of the Japanese Sega Saturn version of the original game, Capcom published a promotional sourcebook The True Story Behind Biohazard, containing an original short story titled Biohazard: The Beginning by Hiroyuku Ariga. The story depicts the events prior to the first game and fleshes out his character, describing the deaths of his parents in a car accident and his service in the USAF.

He also appears in several Resident Evil comic books by WildStorm, Image Comics and Marvel Comics.^[18]

In merchandise[link]

A double-pack of action figures of Chris and the monster Cerberus was released in 1998 in the Resident Evil Series 1 by Toy Biz. Another action figure from the original game was released in 2002 by Moby Dick. Palisades Toys released two action figures (differing only by their color patterns) of Chris from Code: Veronica in 2002. An action figure of Chris from the original game was released as part of the 2006's Resident Evil Anniversary Series 1 by NECA. An action figure of Chris from Resident Evil 5 was released in 2009 by Hot Toys.^[19]

A PVC diorama figure of Chris facing the monster Yawn from the original game's remake was released in 2008 in the Bio Hazard Figure Collection Vol.4 by Organic (Beagle).^[19] A figure of Chris from the same game was also released in 2009 by Gaya Entertainment.^[20]

Reception[link]

Chris Redfield's critical reception has been mixed. GameZone ranked Chris as fourth on a list of the top five "gaming gods" of 2008 for his looks, calling him "one gorgeous hunk" with "a killer body and dreamy good-looks."^[21] In 2009, Chris and his sister Claire were included in IGN's "Ultimate Zombie Strike Team", Chris for his "long, fruitful career killing zombies" that "proved that Umbrella's fearsome bio-weapons are no match for a lone warrior with guts."^[22] That same year, Gameplanet stated that if Chris and Leon S. Kennedy would both appear in the next game it would be "awesome," adding that both are the main protagonists of the series.^[23] Chris was also repeatedly compared with Leon by IGN, both of them being regarded as the leading heroes of the series.^[24][25] In 2010, GamesRadar featured his team-up with Sheva in their article about the gaming's "most violent double acts" for their actions in Resident Evil 5.^[26]

Among negative criticism, Chris was ranked fifth in IGN's 2009 list of most overrated video game characters, with a suggestion that he should "ditch the 'roids and concentrate on getting the job done",^[27] and included in UGO.com's 2010 list of top ten out-of-luck game characters for his failures across the series.^[28] His new design in the Resident Evil 5, called by GameSpy to be "a cross between Colin Farrell and Hugh Jackman",^[29] in particular became a source of controversy and was often ridiculed. GameSpot gave Chris the special award for "character most likely to fail a performance-enhancing drug test" in the Dubious Honors awards in 2009, adding that "the man is clearly a walking pharmacy."^[30] Including him on the list of "ten game heroes who fail at the simple stuff" for his inability to shoot while moving in RE5, GameDaily called him "to spend a little more time on the shooting range and a little less time pumping iron in front of a mirror."^[31] Joystiq commented that possibly during The Umbrella Chronicles Chris started his "steroid abuse",^[32] which was also suggested by IGN.^[27] In 2011, BeefJack featured Chris among the five game characters who are supposed to be sexy but turned out awkward, as "he looks like the runner-up in a Popeye lookalike contest."^[33] On the other hand, when GamesRadar compared his Code Veronica and RE5 designs while trying to evaluate which would fit better for a zombie apocalypse, they found the latter to give better chances to survive to a zombie attack,^[34] also rating Chris from the original game to be "horribly ill-prepared".^[35]

In 2009, GameTrailers made a video focusing on the his evolution throughout the series.^[36] Game Informer explored the meaning of Chris Redfield's name.^[37]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Redfield - Resident Evil Wiki
• Chris Redfield - Capcom Database