Equipment:
Peavey Heads/ Kustom Cabs /Digitech Pedals/B.C. Rich Basses/ Epiphone Basses/ghs Strings

Personal info:
I've been into music as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I grew up listening to bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Skynyrd. I always knew that’s what I was going to do. Around the same time Mtv came out I found an old acoustic guitar in my Grandmothers basement and started playing along with videos. Eventually when I was a little older I bought my first bass guitar. I originally wanted to buy a guitar so I could play solo's and be a rock & roll superstar, but everyone else I knew seemed to be playing guitar. I decided to take one for the team and play bass so we could form a band. After playing bass for a while I realized I actually liked playing it much better than guitar. Rich was one of my friends from back in the day who had a guitar and we formed our first band together. I started getting into heavier music, in high school I don't think Reign in Blood ever left my walkman. After that I started playing only death/black metal and ended up in a band called Putrid Decay which got pretty big in the scene.

Once that fell apart I played guitar in Eternity Denied, a black metal band I was in with my friend Chris for a while. Guitar wasn't really doing it for me and eventually I decided to "settle down" and stop playing music. It was around then that I realized settling down sucks bigtime. I bought all new bass gear and started playing with some buddies in what would eventually turn into Clip. A lot has happened since then. To say Clip has made it through some troubled times would be a serious understatement. I could go on and on for pages detailing the alcohol-fueled antics of Clip members (past and present), but no need to get anyone in trouble. After going through hell and back were still alive and more brutal than ever.

Preferred Music:
I listen to a lot of different types of music but when it comes to playing I’m all about the Heavy. Some of my influences are:

Metallica, Grave, Slayer, S.O.D., Deicide, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Bolt Thrower, Emperor, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Danzig, Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue, Entombed, Deep Purple, Pantera, Sepultura, etc...

Musical Influences(s):
Cliff Burton - For his sick playing style and showing that playing bass is where it’s at.
Nikki Sixx - For being the mastermind behind the greatest Sleaze-rock band ever.

Top 5 favorite albums:

1. Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten 2. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love 3. Slayer - Reign in Blood 4. Grave - Soulless 5. Metallica – Kill em All

Places I Would Love to Tour:
Earth....starting with Europe because they have the best beer and really know how to party over there!

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