Tom Hunting

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Tom Hunting
Born	(1965-04-11) 11 April 1965
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Drums, Vocals
Associated acts	Exodus, Angel Witch, I4NI, IR8, Sexoturica, Piranha

Tom Hunting (born 11 April 1965) is an American drummer, famous for his work with the band Exodus.^[1] He played on their first three albums, Bonded by Blood, Pleasures of the Flesh, and Fabulous Disaster. Hunting later left the band due to illness in 1989 and was replaced by John Tempesta.

In 1996, he reunited with Paul Baloff, Gary Holt, Rick Hunolt, and new bassist Jack Gibson for the Another Lesson in Violence tour.

In 2005, he, along with Steve "Zetro" Souza, and Rick Hunolt left the band. Tom was replaced with drummer Paul Bostaph, who had left Slayer when Dave Lombardo rejoined the band. Later, in 2007, Tom rejoined the band when Bostaph left to rejoin Testament. He has said that he is great friends with Bostaph.

He is the only original member of the band left, although he departed from the band on two occasions.

Since Exodus' reformation in 2001 he has played on 4 of the 5 studio albums; Tempo of the Damned, The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A, Let There Be Blood and Exhibit B: The Human Condition.

Equipment

Drums (Yamaha) 22" x 17" Oak Custom Bass Drum 10" x 8" Oak Custom Tom Tom 12" x 9" Oak Custom Tom Tom 16" x 16" Oak Custom Floor Tom 18" x 16" Oak Custom Floor Tom 14" x 6.5" Yamaha Maple Snare Drum

Cymbals (Meinl)

14" Mb8 Medium Hi-Hats (Left)
14" Soundcaster Custom Medium Hi-Hat (right)
08" Soundcaster Custom Splash
12" Soundcaster Custom Splash
16" Mb8 Medium Crash
17" Mb8 Medium Crash
18" Mb8 Medium Crash
17" Mb10 China
22" Mb20 Heavy Bell Ride

-Sticks (2)Vic Firth Extreme 5B

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Exodus". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 June 2010.

External links

v t e Exodus

Rob Dukes Gary Holt Lee Altus Jack Gibson Tom Hunting Paul Baloff Steve "Zetro" Souza Rick Hunolt Rob McKillop Michael Butler John Tempesta Paul Bostaph Kirk Hammett

Studio albums	Bonded by Blood Pleasures of the Flesh Fabulous Disaster Impact Is Imminent Force of Habit Tempo of the Damned Shovel Headed Kill Machine The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A Exhibit B: The Human Condition

Live albums	A Lesson in Violence Good Friendly Violent Fun Another Lesson in Violence Live at the DNA Double Live Dynamo! Shovel Headed Tour Machine: Live At Wacken & Other Assorted Atrocities

Compilation albums	Lessons in Violence Let There Be Blood

Demo albums	1982 Demo A Lesson in Violence Turk Street Demo Pleasures of the Flesh Die by His Hand

Related articles	Discography Primus Metallica Slayer Exodus photo gallery

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Name	Hunting, Tom
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Short description	American musician
Date of birth	11 April 1965
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v t e Angel Witch

Kevin Heybourne Will Palmer Andrew Prestidge Bill Steer Rob Downing Barry Clements Steve Jones Kevin Riddles Dave Hogg Dave Dufort Ricky Bruce Jerry Cunningham Roger Marsden Peter Gordelier Dave Tattum Spencer Hollman Jon Torres Grant Dennison Tom Hunting Doug Piercy Lee Altus Gary Gorton Darren Minter Chris Fullard Myk Taylor Richie Wicks Scott Highham Keith Herzberg Clive Starr

Studio albums	Angel Witch Screamin' 'n' Bleedin' Frontal Assault As Above, So Below

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