Seven Antonopoulos
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Chris Antonopoulos is Greek-American rock drummer, who played on Sabian
Sabian (company)
Sabian is a Canadian cymbal designer and manufacturer. It is a leading manufacturer of cymbals along with other top companies such as Zildjian, Paiste, and Meinl.-History:...

 Cymbals for
Opiate for the Masses

Career

Antonopoulos joined the Los Angeles hard rock band Opiate for the Masses
Opiate For The Masses
Opiate for the Masses was a post-hardcore band from Arizona. They formed in Phoenix in 1999 by Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon and Jim Kaufman. The meaning of their name comes from the Karl Marx quote that says the organized religion is nothing but an opiate for the masses. In June 2009,...

 as a drummer in 2004. Before this time he was a drummer for Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, extreme athlete and home improvement television personality...

 for three years. In 2006, he toured with the Revolting Cocks
Revolting Cocks
Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, is an American–Belgian industrial rock band and sometime supergroup that began as a musical side-project for Richard 23 of Front 242, Luc Van Acker, and Al Jourgensen of Ministry.-History:...

. On 21 August 2008, he played with Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal's (Guns N Roses) All Star Band at Rock Against Diabetes. On 3 November 2008, he left Opiate for the Masses
Opiate For The Masses
Opiate for the Masses was a post-hardcore band from Arizona. They formed in Phoenix in 1999 by Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon and Jim Kaufman. The meaning of their name comes from the Karl Marx quote that says the organized religion is nothing but an opiate for the masses. In June 2009,...

 and joined the German bands Atrocity
Atrocity (band)
Atrocity is a German Heavy Metal band formed in Ludwigsburg.-History:First started in 1985 as Instigators and playing grindcore, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use...

 and Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes is a German-Norwegian symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, the former lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy and the entire line-up of Atrocity...

. After his resigns on 27 March 2010 with Atrocity
Atrocity (band)
Atrocity is a German Heavy Metal band formed in Ludwigsburg.-History:First started in 1985 as Instigators and playing grindcore, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use...

.

Seven describes his approach to the drums as "the idea of putting on a show as well as having fun and playing.

Member Of

  • Livan 2011- present
  • Atrocity
    Atrocity (band)
    Atrocity is a German Heavy Metal band formed in Ludwigsburg.-History:First started in 1985 as Instigators and playing grindcore, Atrocity arose as a death metal band with their debut EP, Blue Blood, in 1989, followed soon by Hallucinations, a concept album about drug use...

     (2008-2010)
  • Leaves' Eyes
    Leaves' Eyes
    Leaves' Eyes is a German-Norwegian symphonic metal band from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, the former lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy and the entire line-up of Atrocity...

    : (2008-2010)
  • Opiate for the Masses
    Opiate For The Masses
    Opiate for the Masses was a post-hardcore band from Arizona. They formed in Phoenix in 1999 by Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon and Jim Kaufman. The meaning of their name comes from the Karl Marx quote that says the organized religion is nothing but an opiate for the masses. In June 2009,...

      (2005-2008)
  • Vanilla Ice
    Vanilla Ice
    Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, extreme athlete and home improvement television personality...

     (2001-2004)
  • Hellafied Funk Crew (1996-2001)
  • Lone Star Trio (1993-1996)

Studio albums

  • The Spore
    The Spore
    The Spore is Opiate for the Masses's fourth full-length release. It was released on April 26, 2005 by Jim Kaufman's own Voodoo Records. The CD comes with a Warcon DVD featuring videos from OFM, Eighteen Visions, Queens of the Stone Age, Drowning Pool, El Pus, Stutterfly and Bleed The Dream...

    (2005)
  • Manifesto
    Manifesto (Opiate For The Masses album)
    Manifesto is Opiate for the Masses's fifth release and first release on Century Media Records. "Wandering Star" is a cover of Portishead from their album Dummy. The track "Burn You Down" is a downloadable song for Rock Band 2...

    (2008)

Compilations

  • Jagermeister Music Tour
    Jägermeister Music Tour
    The Jägermeister Music Tour is a hard rock, hardcore punk, and heavy metal music tour that has been held twice a year in the United States since 2002. It is owned by the American importer of Jägermeister, Sidney Frank Importing.-History:...

    (2006)
  • Taste of Christmas (2005)
  • Saw II soundtrack
  • Saw III soundtrack
    Saw III (soundtrack)
    Saw III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the film Saw III. It was released on October 24, 2006 by Artists Addiction...

  • The Best of Taste of Chaos
    The Best of Taste of Chaos
    The Best of Taste of Chaos is an album of songs by bands that appeared on the Taste of Chaos tour.-Track listing:...

  • The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.
    The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.
    The Best of Taste of Chaos Two. is a compilation album of material by bands that played in the Taste of Chaos tour.-Disc 1:#Underoath – "In Regards to Myself"#Thursday – "At This Velocity"#Bullet for My Valentine – "4 Words "...


Personal life

Antonopoulos became fast friends with Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...

’s Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen
Alain David Jourgensen , is a Cuban-American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry. He is sometimes credited as Alain Jourgensen, Alien Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa , Dog, Alien Dog Star and Buck Satan...

 and is married to Anna Kjellberg who also played in his former band Opiate for the Masses
Opiate For The Masses
Opiate for the Masses was a post-hardcore band from Arizona. They formed in Phoenix in 1999 by Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon and Jim Kaufman. The meaning of their name comes from the Karl Marx quote that says the organized religion is nothing but an opiate for the masses. In June 2009,...

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