Chris Kontos (musician)

Chris Kontos (born June 25, 1968) is an American drummer, born in New York City. As a former drummer of the metal band Machine Head, he performed on their first album, Burn My Eyes. He and the band parted ways in 1995, before their second album.^[1] He played in many bands and projects before and after that period of time, including Testament, Konkhra, Attitude Adjustment, Exodus, Death Angel, and Verbal Abuse.^[2]

Discography

• Attitude Adjustment, Dead Serious demo (1985)
• Attitude Adjustment, American Paranoia (1986)
• Attitude Adjustment, No More Mr. Nice Guy EP (1988)
• Attitude Adjustment, Out of Hand (1991)
• Grinch, The Blacking Factory (1992)
• Machine Head, Burn My Eyes (1994)
• Konkhra, Weed Out The Weak (1997)
• The Servants, Mostly Monsters (2002)
• Anti-Trust, Guilty as Charged (2005)
• Various Artists, A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal (plays with Testament on "Rapid Fire")
• Sangre Eterna demo(2006)
• Spiralarms ep. (2007)
• Attitude Adjustment "No Way Back" (2010)

References

1. Monger, James Christopher. "Biography: Machine Head". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
2. Smart, Noel (November 2010). "Interview With Chris Kontos - Ex: Machine Head / Testament". Sick Drummer Magazine.

• Verbal Abuse - Passport - Verbal Abuse of America (Destiny 1989)
• Verbal Abuse - Red, White and Violent (Century Media 1995)

External links

• Spiralarms on MySpace
• Former Machine Head Drummer Chris Kontos Officially Joins Spiralarms