Seven Antonopoulos

Seven Antonopoulos
Birth name	Chris Antonopoulos
Born	(1974-05-25) May 25, 1974
Genres	Metal Rock Gothic metal Post grunge Alternative metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	drums & percussion
Labels	Napalm Records Nuclear Blast Century Media American VooDoo SBK Records

Chris Antonopoulos (born on 25 May 1974 in Dallas, Texas) is Greek-American rock drummer, most notably for his tenure in Opiate for the Masses.

Career

Antonopoulos joined the Phoenix/Los Angeles hard rock band Opiate for the Masses as a drummer in 2004. Before this time he was a drummer for Vanilla Ice for three years. In 2006, he toured with the Revolting Cocks. 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 and joined the German bands Atrocity and Leaves' Eyes. After his resigns on 27 March 2010 with Atrocity. Seven currently plays the live shows for the Belgian band Channel Zero.

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

Equipment

Drums-PDP and DW (PDP is actually owned by Drum Workshop)

• 18x24 bass drum (2x)
• 12x14 floor tom used between bass drums in place of rack tom
• 16x18 floor tom
• 18x20 bass drum on floor tom legs used as floor tom
• 14x16 floor tom (on left side)
• 7x14 DW cast steel snare
• 6x12 DW Edge snare

Cymbals-Sabian (from left to right)

• 20" APX Solid Crash
• 20" AA Metal-X Chinese
• 14" AAX X-Celerator Hi-Hats
• 20" AA Metal-X Crash
• 20" AAX Metal Crash
• 24" (custom) HH Power Bell Ride
• 20" AA Rock Crash
• 20" HH Chinese
• 20" Paragon Crash
• 12" Chopper
• 20" AA Rock Crash
• 9" Alu Bell (mounted on top of 2nd AA rock crash)

Drumheads-Aquarian

• Snare: Hi-Energy (Batter); Classic Clear Snare Side (Reso)
• All Toms: Clear Performance II (Batter); Classic Clear Video Gloss Black (Reso)
• Bass: Superkick II (Batter); Regulator Small Hole (Reso)

Drumsticks-Vic Firth

• Vic Firth American Classic rock w/ wood tips

Member Of

• Channel Zero 2014-Present
• Brand New Machine 2013–2014
• Livan 2011–2013
• Atrocity (2008-2010)
• Leaves' Eyes: (2008-2010)
• Opiate for the Masses (2005-2008)
• Vanilla Ice (2001-2004)
• Hellafied Funk Crew (1996-2001)
• Lone Star Trio (1993-1996)

Discography

with Lone Star Trio

Studio albums

• 21 Songs (1993)
• Four Play (1995)

with Hellafied Funk Crew

• 1998 "Hellafied Funk Crew"

with V-Ice

Studio albums

• 2001 Bi-Polar

with Opiate for the Masses

Studio albums

• The Spore (2005)
• Manifesto (2008)

Compilations

• Jagermeister Music Tour (2006)
• Taste of Christmas (2005)
• Saw II soundtrack
• Saw III soundtrack
• The Best of Taste of Chaos
• The Best of Taste of Chaos Two.

Albums

• Njord (2009)

Live Session Member Of

• Revolting Cocks 2006–present

Personal life

Antonopoulos became fast friends with Ministry’s Al Jourgensen and is married to Anna Kjellberg who also played in his former band Opiate for the Masses.