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Will Loconto
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Will Loconto is a musician, composer, and producer based in Austin, Texas. He is the lead vocalist/songwriter for the U.S. band T42, was a keyboardist for the band Information Society, and has composed music for various video game soundtracks including Daikatana.[1][2][3]
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In 1989, Loconto replaced Jimron Goff as lead vocalist for the band T42,[3][4] a Dallas area band that began in the Deep Ellum music scene in the late 1980s.[4]
Loconto quit T42 in 1993 in order to be the keyboardist in the synth band Information Society.[1][2][3]
Loconto left Information Society to work for Dallas-based computer game developer Ion Storm as a sound designer and composer. He was part of the initial design team for the game John Romero’s Daikatana.[1][2][5] He left Ion Storm in November 1998 and co-founded PC and video game developer Third Law Interactive, distributed by publishing company Gathering of Developers the same year.[5] Through Third Law Interactive, Loconto developed sound and music for Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child.[5][6]
In 2001, he founded Will Loconto Music and Sound, and audio production company for games, television, and film.[7]
T42 reunited in 2011 to release the album Voltage! and play several live shows.[4][8] In August 2017, T42 released Hot On Top (Remastered), a remastered version of the 1989 cassette that led to their signing with Columbia Records.[9] Decoder, their first new music since 1992 was released in October 2017.[10] As of 2019, T42 is still playing live shows.[11]
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