*1976
Rock
Born in Baltimore, MD on June 25, 1976. My exposure to metal came early on. By the time I was seven, my older brothers had already turned me on to bands like Black Sabbath and Rush. And I heard of bands like Voivod, D.R.I. and Metallica through schoolmates. From there I moved on to Slayer, Possessed, Death, C.O.C. etc... I got my first drum kit for Christmas when I was nine years old and learned how to play For Whom The Bell Tolls (Metallica) that summer. From that point on, I never looked back, and drums have remained in my life ever since. My style is influenced by many different genres of music, including jazz, funk, classical, folk, r&b, be-bop and more. However those are just the branches on the tree, the trunk is all metal. I began playing in bands almost immediately and would continue to until my mid twenties. The most notable of which was a band named Chemical Dependency out of Essex, MD. After that, I met my wife and started focusing on stable employment and although drumming never left my blood I had to put the sticks down for awhile. My current projects are the band Caught, and my solo project Farmacyde. Some of my favorite bands are: Black Sabbath, Rush, Death, C.O.C., Crowbar, Biohazard, Sepultura, Return To Forever, Buddy Rich, Charlie Hunter, Cream, Primus, The Dubliners and many more.
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