Cyclone Temple

Cyclone Temple was an American thrash metal band formed from the remnants of Znöwhite, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[1] The two key members responsible for producing Znöwhite's Act of God Scott Schafer and Ian Tafoya - now using his given name Greg Fulton - found lead vocalist Brian Troch and formed Cyclone Temple and released “I Hate Therefore I Am. The band never received commercial attention, due to the grunge explosion of the 1990s.

Cyclone Temple
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Years active1989–1994
Labels
Associated acts
  • Znöwhite
  • Rebels Without Applause
  • SOiL
  • From Zero
  • The Reign of Terror
  • Shooting Hemlock
Past membersBrian Troch
Sonny DeLuca
Greg Fulton
Scott Schafer
John Slattery
Marco Salinas

History

Cyclone Temple started life as Znöwhite. After vocalist Debbie Gunn left Znowhite for unspecified health reasons the three remaining members of Znowhite (Greg Fulton, Scott Schafer, and John Slattery) recruited singer Brian Troch (formerly of the local Chicago band Hammeron). They performed for a brief period of time as Znowhite, but after signing with Combat Records they decided to change the name of the band to Cyclone Temple. They arrived on the scene at the worst time, right when thrash metal was beginning its fall to the more modern sounding fad 'Grunge'. Cyclone Temple's first album I Hate Therefore I Am was released in 1991. Soon after, Combat Records's parent company Relativity Records was bought out by Sony BMG. Sony shut down Combat Records soon after buying Relativity.[2] Troch walked away from the group after the tour for I Hate Therefore I Am as stated in an interview for re-release through Dive Bomb Records in 2017.[3] He was replaced for Cyclone Temple's 1993 release Building Errors in the Machine EP by Marco Salinas (aka Marcos Jacob of the Mexican rock band Cohetica). In 1994, with a third new singer, Sonny DeLuca, Cyclone Temple released their last recording, My Friend Lonely. That release featured the re-recorded old tracks from the out-of-print/hard to find Building Errors In The Machine EP and new tracks. Both recordings met with limited success in the United States, but did well overseas. More current reviews of both full-length CDs reveal that Cyclone Temple's style may have been too far ahead of its time, combining elements of thrash, groove and reggae. Their sound seems to be better suited to today's diverse musical styles. I Hate Therefore I Am is still considered by many metal fans to be one of the last, great, pre-grunge, thrash metal recordings.

Guitarist Greg Fulton and bassist Scott Schafer went on to form Rebels Without Applause. Sonny DeLuca went on to work briefly with SOiL and was a founding member of Arista recording artists From Zero but stepped aside, reportedly due to musical differences.[4] Brian Troch worked on Shooting Hemlock, The Reign of Terror, My Infected Soul, Elliott Waits For No One and EWFNO / CMurder Collaboration “Mama’s Bad Boy”. Troch also went on to play Anas in Jesus Christ Superstar in New York.

Discography
  • I Hate Therefore I Am (1991)
  • Building Errors In the Machine (1993) (EP)
  • My Friend Lonely (1994)

References
  1. "Cyclone Temple - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "DIVEBOMB RECORDS » CYCLONE TEMPLE". Divebombrecords.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  4. "Cyclone Temple Biography - Yahoo! Music". Archived from the original on October 6, 2020.
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