Tony Costanza (July 2, 1968 – August 4, 2020) was an American drummer, known for being the first drummer for the heavy metal band Machine Head, playing in the band from 1992 to 1993.
Costanza received jazz lessons from Irv Kluger.
A kegger/house party in Oakland, California and the first "official" Machine Head show in Las Vegas on August 29, 1992.
I was even asked to rejoin, if I had certain parts very solid on the double bass aspect of it all, but I still felt I couldn't give the band what they needed."
He wrote the drums for seven songs from their debut album Burn My Eyes: "A Thousand Lies", "The Rage to Overcome", "Death Church", "A Nation on Fire", "Blood for Blood", "I'm Your God Now", and "Block" (originally titled "Fuck it All").