Lou Ciccotelli
Lou Ciccotelli is an American drummer from Chicago, who drummed for multiple British post-rock projects including God, Ice, Laika and Eardrum in the 1990s.
Biography
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 |Bad Blood], an industrial hip hop project issued under the name Ice in 1998.
He began recording with the ambient pop band Laika in 1994, first appearing on the EP Antenna and then on their full-length debut album Silver [Apples of the Moon |Silver Apples of the Moon]. He subsequently performed on all four of Laika's studio albums until the band dissolved.