John Tempesta

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

With Exodus

• Impact is Imminent (1990)
• Good Friendly Violent Fun (1991)
• Force of Habit (1992)

With Testament

• Low (1994)
• First Strike Still Deadly (2001)
• Live in London (2005)

With White Zombie

• Astro Creep: 2000 (1995)

With Rob Zombie

• Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
• The Sinister Urge (2001)
• Past, Present & Future (2003)
• The Best of Rob Zombie (2006)

With Helmet

• Size Matters (2004)

With Scum of the Earth

• Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs for the New Millennium (2004)

With The Cult

• Born into This (2007)
• Capsule EPs (2010)
• Choice of Weapon (2012)
• Hidden City (2016)

References

1. ↑ "ANTHRAX - FRIGGIN' THE RIGGIN' LYRICS". SongLyrics.com. Retrieved October 14, 2015. 
2. ↑ "Iommi". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2015. 
3. ↑ Bill Meredith. "Helmet". AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2015. 
4. ↑ "Metal Machine EZX - Toontrack". Toontrack. Retrieved October 14, 2015. 
5. ↑ "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. 

External links

• John Tempesta's Official Website