Date of Birth: 12/03/74

Instrument Played in Division: Guitar

Other instruments that you play, but aren't allowed to play in Division: No other instruments! The Noodles does what it's told or else it gets the hose again.

Previous (and Current) Bands: Division, Above The Fray

Current Gear:
KxK Guitars:
KxK V7

Jackson Guitars:
Soloist Custom
CS Phil Collen Archtop (unserialized prototype)

Other Guitars:
Martin D-28

Mesa Boogie:
Road King
Rectifier 4x12 cab with C90 speakers
TC Electronic G Major, Behringer FCB-01, Morley Bah Horsie 2, RJM Amp Gizmo

Gear Endorsements: KxK Guitars, Mesa Boogie Amplification

Band Influences: Megadeth, Metallica (old), King's X, Lamb of God, Nevermore

Favorite Players: Chris Poland, Marty Freidman, Dave Mustaine, Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick, Ty Tabor, Jasun Tipton, Willie Morton/Mark Alder

Favorite Albums:
Megadeth: Everything through Rust in Peace
Metallica: Everything through And Justice for All
Lamb of God: As the Palaces Burn, Ashes of the Wake
King's X: Dogman, Out of the Silent Planet, Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Led Zepplin IV
Zero Hour: Towers of Avarice
Soilwork: Predator’s Portrait
Nevermore: Politics of Ecstasy, Dreaming in Neon Black, Dead Heart in a Dead World, This Godless Endeavor

Favorite Division Show: Nevermore and Into Eternity, Jaxx 2006

Favorite non-Division Concert: Pantera at The Capital Ballroom on the Trendkill tour, because I got to chill and have a few beers (among other things) with Dime.

Favorite Division Memory: The wallpaper in the Falls Church practice spot.

Favorite Foods: Italian, Thai, Greasy Hamburgers

Favorite Drinks: Beer, Bourbon, Beer, Jager, Beer, Vodka, Beer, Sambuca, Beer, whatisitwhocaresbottomsup <thunk>

Are you tall enough to ride anything in an amusement park?
Only with adult supervision.

Best printable drunken moment?
Going from playing cards with some friends, to passed out face down on the card table.

Do you people like coffee?
Only if it’s real coffee, from the hills of Columbia.

Favorite musician you constantly get compared to?
Scott Ian

What ridiculous skills do you have outside of music?
Do you like balloon animals?

Who’s the hottest chick in any band you’ve ever seen?
Simone Simons

How many tattoos do you have?
Three

Did you bang Dorothy while she was in Oz?
I conquered her in the name of the Lollypop Kids, the Lollypop Kids, the Lollypop Kids.

What was it like in the infamous meat grinder?
It smelled like a gym locker room, washed with three day old stale beer, and dried with cigarette ashes.

Photos by Mike Gong, Shadowflood Photography