Chris Kontos (born June 25, 1968) is an American drummer, born in New York City. As a former drummer of the

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band

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, he performed on their first album, 1994's ''

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''. He and the band parted ways in 1995, before their second album. He played in many bands and projects before and after that period of time, including Testament, Konkhra, Attitude Adjustment,

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, and

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. Kontos is recognized by his peers for his performance on songs—notably in " Davidian"—which are "considered by many as classic pieces of metal drumming". Kontos performed with Machine Head for the first time in 24 years with a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of ''Burn My Eyes'' in 2019, though, he never officially rejoined the band.

Discography

* Attitude Adjustment, ''Dead Serious'' demo (1985) * Attitude Adjustment, ''American Paranoia'' (1986) * Attitude Adjustment, ''No More Mr. Nice Guy'' EP (1988) *

– Passport, ''Verbal Abuse of America'' (1989) * Attitude Adjustment, ''Out of Hand'' (1991) * Grinch, ''The Blacking Factory'' (1992) *

, ''

'' (1994) * Verbal Abuse, ''Red, White and Violent'' (1995) * 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) * Anti-Trust, "Guilty" (2021) * The Boneless Ones, "Back to the Grind" (2022)

References

External links

Spiralarms on MySpace

Former Machine Head Drummer Chris Kontos Officially Joins Spiralarms
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kontos, Chris Living people American heavy metal drummers 1968 births Machine Head (band) members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians