Lou Ciccotelli is an American musician from Chicago who served as a drummer for multiple British bands, including God, Ice and Laika.[1]

Lou Ciccotelli
GenresDream pop, industrial, noise rock, trip hop
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDrums
Years active1989–present
LabelsToo Pure

Biography

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Lou Ciccotelli was a founding member of the noise rock group Drunk Tank, but parted with them after recording their two singles in 1989. The same year he briefly became a member of the industrial rock act Slab! shortly before they disbanded.

He later joined God, an industrial metal ensemble with free jazz leanings founded by British musician Kevin Martin. He recorded two studio albums with the band, Possession in 1992 and The Anatomy of Addiction in 1994, along with several live albums and EPs. He collaborated again with Martin on Bad Blood, an industrial hip hop project issued under the name Ice in 1998.[2]

He began recording with the dream pop band Laika in 1994, first appearing on the EP Antenna and then on their full-length debut album Silver Apples of the Moon.[3] He has since performed on all four of Laika's studio albums.

Discography

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Year Artist Album Label
1988 SLAB! Sanity Allergy Ink
1992 God Possession Virgin
1994 God The Anatomy of Addiction Big Cat
Laika Silver Apples of the Moon Too Pure
1996 Gary Smith Stereo Chronoscope
1997 Laika Sounds of the Satellites Too Pure
1998 Ice Bad Blood Morpheus
Mass Mass Paratactile
1999 Rhys Chatham Hard Edge Morpheus
Mass From Zero The Wire Editions
2000 Laika Good Looking Blues Too Pure
2001 Eardrum Side Effects The Leaf
2003 Laika Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing Too Pure
2007 Klima Klima Peacefrog
2013 Dragline Speedway Black Thunder Gibbon Envy

References

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General

  • "Lou Ciccotelli > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  • Lou Ciccotelli discography at Discogs

Notes

  1. ^ "Godflesh Encyclopedia". godflesh.com. 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2003). All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop. Backbeat Books. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2007). "Laika". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 September 2014.