Tony Costanza (July 2, 1968 – August 4, 2020) was an American drummer, known for being the first drummer for the heavy metal band Machine Head, playing in the band from 1992 to 1993.
Costanza did two shows with Machine Head. A kegger/house party in Oakland, California and the first "official" Machine Head show in Las Vegas on August 29, 1992.[3]
In 1993, he decided to leave the band, stating, "I left the band, because I was very young and new at playing drums, especially double bass. The band called for a lot of double bass. Basically, out of my own insecurities, I self-destructed. I've suffered a lot from the loss and will never forget not playing in my favorite band ever, but I had to do what was healthy for me and the band. I was even asked to rejoin, if I had certain parts very solid on the double bass aspect of it all, but I still felt I couldn't give the band what they needed."
He wrote the drums for seven songs from their debut album Burn My Eyes: A Thousand Lies, The Rage to Overcome, Death Church, A Nation on Fire, Blood for Blood, I'm Your God Now, and Block (originally titled Fuck it All).
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Constanza died in his sleep on August 4, 2020, aged 52.[4] No official cause of death was revealed.[5]
tony, costanza, july, 1968, august, 2020, american, drummer, known, being, first, drummer, heavy, metal, band, machine, head, playing, band, from, 1992, 1993, born, 1968, july, 1968diedaugust, 2020, 2020, aged, genresgroove, metal, thrash, metaloccupation, dru. Tony Costanza July 2 1968 August 4 2020 was an American drummer known for being the first drummer for the heavy metal band Machine Head playing in the band from 1992 to 1993 Tony CostanzaBorn 1968 07 02 July 2 1968DiedAugust 4 2020 2020 08 04 aged 52 GenresGroove metal thrash metalOccupation s DrummerYears active1986 2020 Contents 1 Career 1 1 Machine Head 2 Death 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksCareer editCostanza received jazz lessons from Irv Kluger 1 Influenced by such drummers as Dave Lombardo Gene Hoglan and Terry Bozzio whom Tony considered his favorite drummer 2 Machine Head edit Costanza did two shows with Machine Head A kegger house party in Oakland California and the first official Machine Head show in Las Vegas on August 29 1992 3 In 1993 he decided to leave the band stating I left the band because I was very young and new at playing drums especially double bass The band called for a lot of double bass Basically out of my own insecurities I self destructed I ve suffered a lot from the loss and will never forget not playing in my favorite band ever but I had to do what was healthy for me and the band I was even asked to rejoin if I had certain parts very solid on the double bass aspect of it all but I still felt I couldn t give the band what they needed He wrote the drums for seven songs from their debut album Burn My Eyes A Thousand Lies The Rage to Overcome Death Church A Nation on Fire Blood for Blood I m Your God Now and Block originally titled Fuck it All Death editConstanza died in his sleep on August 4 2020 aged 52 4 No official cause of death was revealed 5 Discography editWith PapsmearFear amp Loathing in Las Vegas Demo 1986 Lunch for the P M R C Demo 1987 With Machine HeadDemo 1993 With CrowbarSonic Excess in Its Purest Form 2001 References edit Tony Costanza interview Biography of Tony Costanza Biography of Tony Costanza Staff NextMosh August 4 2020 Tony Costanza Machine Head Crowbar has died NextMosh Rock and Metal News nextmosh com Former Machine Head and Crowbar Drummer Tony Costanza has died NME August 5 2020 Retrieved April 6 2021 External links editTony Costanza discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tony Costanza amp oldid 1133436235, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
