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John Tempesta
Birth name
John Tempesta
Born
(1964-09-26 ) September 26, 1964 (age 51)
Bronx, New York
Genres
Heavy metal , alternative metal , thrash metal , groove metal , alternative rock , hard rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instruments
Drums
Years active
1989–present
Associated acts
White Zombie , Rob Zombie , Helmet , Scum of the Earth , The Cult , Exodus , Testament
John Joseph Tempesta (born September 26, 1964 in New York City) is the drummer of The Cult . He also played with several bands including: Exodus , Testament and White Zombie . He worked with former White Zombie singer Rob Zombie as a solo artist and served as drum technician for Charlie Benante , drummer for the heavy metal band Anthrax earlier in his career. He is referenced in the band's rendition of "Friggin' in the Riggin' " (from their 1989 EP Penikufesin ), with lyrics about the band's crew members.[ 1]
In 2000, he played drums on the song "Meat", from Tony Iommi 's self-titled solo album .[ 2]
He played with the band Helmet in 2004–2005.[ 3]
In October 2004, he recorded with the band Scum of the Earth , composed of John and his brother Mike Tempesta who was formerly the guitarist of Powerman 5000 , Riggs (former Rob Zombie guitarist), John Dolmayan (System of a Down ), Seven, and Clay Campbell released Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs for the New Millennium , a pop-heavy release sounding very reminiscent of the White Zombie / Rob Zombie sound, produced by Ben Burkhardt at Belt of Orion Recording in Hollywood.
On February 14, 2006 he was hired by The Cult .
In April 2011 he recorded drum samples and MIDI grooves for a Toontrack expansion to drum emulation software EZdrummer , called Metal Machine EZX .[ 4]
July 15, 2013, Tempesta finished his drum recordings for the project Temple of the Black Moon , a project with well-known (metal)artists. (black, death, heavy and doom metal) Other members are: Dani Filth , Rob Caggiano and King Ov Hell .[ 5]
Discography [ edit ]
With Exodus [ edit ]
With Testament [ edit ]
With White Zombie [ edit ]
With Rob Zombie [ edit ]
With Helmet [ edit ]
With Scum of the Earth [ edit ]
With The Cult [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "ANTHRAX - FRIGGIN' THE RIGGIN' LYRICS" . SongLyrics.com . Retrieved October 14, 2015 .
^ "Iommi" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2015 .
^ Bill Meredith. "Helmet" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 14, 2015 .
^ "Metal Machine EZX - Toontrack" . Toontrack . Retrieved October 14, 2015 .
^ "New band Temple Of The Black Moon made up of Cradle of Filth, Anthrax, Gorgoroth, and more – Metal Riot" . metalriot.com . Retrieved October 14, 2015 .
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