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, 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. He subsequently performed on all four of Laika's studio albums until the band dissolved.

Discography 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