# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-kontos-q281400
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:09:44.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-kontos-q281400"
name: "Chris Kontos"
slug: "chris-kontos-q281400"
description: "Chris Kontos is an American drummer, born in New York City. As a former drummer of the heavy metal band Machine Head, he performed on their first album, 1994's Burn My Eyes. He and the band parted ways in 1995, before their second album. He played in many bands and projects before and after that period of time, including Testament, Konkhra, Attitude Adjustment, Exodus, Death Angel, and Verbal Abuse. Kontos is recognized by his peers for his performance on songs—notably in \"Davidian\"—which are \"considered by many as classic pieces of metal drumming\"."
tagline: "American drummer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.84
  momentum:             5.556989760499826
  historical:           8.620201333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/532985"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "كريس كونتوس (طبال من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kontos_(Schlagzeuger)"
    title: "Chris Kontos (Schlagzeuger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kontos_(drummer)"
    title: "Chris Kontos (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kontos"
    title: "Chris Kontos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "کریس کونتوس (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kontos_(muusikko)"
    title: "Chris Kontos (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kontos_(musicien)"
    title: "Chris Kontos (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kontos"
    title: "Chris Kontos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83303e2f-007b-4e7e-a3e6-98f273ae1231"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump