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OPUS

I am not an animal, I am a human being!!

About Me

Do not sign up, I do not want any more stinkin' friends!! Bugger off now!!! Just playin'.... Well alright...I will tell you some stuff....I play drums in two bands as of now that perform out & tour all the time, one is called DEAD BY WEDNESDAY. It is a cross over hybrid of real metal, punk, rock, hard-core & hip-hop, it is with my cousins and we have a indie deal through Jamey Hatebreed's Stillborn Record label. www.dbwmusic.com The other band is called ALCOHOLICA and as you can tell we are a Metallica cover band but we only play the classics, which means the old shit! That is with some old school childhood friends of mine. As well as a classic Black Sabbath Tribute band called EARTH P/T. I used to sometimes work P/T at DRT Entertainment in NYC. They handle bands like PM5K, GWAR, CLUTCH, SOil, 36 CRAZY FISTS & more! On my spare time, I also work on my own subsidory record Co. called Mindsnap Music (www.mindsnapmusic.com / www.mindsnappromotions.com) with my buddy G-ROCK that is distributed through Stillborn / Caroline. So far so good but a lot of hard work!! We sometimes do comps, help out other bands & do a lot of promotion together. I used to also play drums for a Black Sabbath cover band called EARTH & of course you can't forget the underground heavy weight rap/rock innovators GARGANTUA SOUL in which I was one of the founding members. Back in the day, we played live at Woodstock '99, did a bunch of live TV shows like Farmclub on USA, and even acted in a VH1 original movie called ''At Any Cost". I even dabbled a little during that time period in some acting & modeling & even ended up being one of the final contestants on MTV's "Wanna Be A VJ" airing live & also was on a dating reality show when it first started called "Shipmates" on UPN. Flown all over the country, won tons of contests, partied hard & it has been a crazy roller coaster ride so far and it ain't over yet for sure!!!!! Besides drums (which was & still is my first love), I also play guitar, bass, piano and do a lot of the song writing for all my projects. I also was a DJ for a while on an internet radio station called Ultraradio.com & 88.7 FM. WNHU. Hope that covers most everything for now...PEACE

My Interests

Nothing!!!Oh I guess...Music (Rock-n-roll), Work, Sex, Wine / MJ, My Dog, Family, Food, Nature, & Working out

I'd like to meet:

Noone, I already met enough people and they are all dicks! Especially Peter Criss of KISS....

Music:

I respect almost anything, except pop main stream shit or country (except Willie & Jonny Cash) What I like is different...I am definetly a Metal Head (all sorts of metal old & new except death cookie monster stuff) but I like everything from heavy metal, thrash, grind-core, nu metal, progressive, alternative, experiemental, grunge, real punk, hard core new & old, all sorts of rock, old school rap, regaee, jam bands, dance-hall, drum & bass, jungle, new age, jazz, classical, god this can go on and on and on....blablablabla!!!Top Band Picks... Black Sabbath Metallica (old stuff!) Hatebreed Slayer The Police Led Zeppelin NWA Public Enemy Alice In Chains Iron Maiden Sex Pistols Plazmatics (Wendy O. Rulz!) Motley Crue (old stuff!) Dokken Dead By Wednesday..lol!

Movies:

Opus' Greatest Hit's of Amateur White Butts Vol. .. 1, Willy Wonka (old version), Wizard Of Oz, Dazed & Confused, The Elephant Man, Rock Star, CB4

Television:

Shipmates ;) Anything on Sci-Fi (The X-Files, Twilight Zone, Qantum Leap), Seinfled, The History Channel, some Nature shows like The Crocadile Hunter, The Simpsons....

Books:

God, I loath reading! I always fall asleep. I wish I didn't but I do. I have a very short attention span. lol.. However, I read a bunch after high school more for myself since I graduated Guilford high school with out reading one page. Some of my favorites would have to be Tom Brown Jr. 's "The Vision" & Gene Simmons from KISS' auto-biography. Good stuff!!

Heroes:

My Grandfather & my nonnie, the great spirit, mother nature, me, myself, and I. Oh & maybe Tommy Lee in a funny envious sort of way....

My Blog

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! I was just on the TV show "CASH CAB!!!"

AND I SUCKED!!! Yeah, for real....I was in NYC with my friend Steel Neal just now & got picked up for the TLC Discovery Channel show 'CASH CAB'....CRAZY!!!! Check out the pics on my page....HAHAHAHA!!...
Posted by OPUS on Thu, 15 May 2008 02:53:00 PST

OPUS update...Oh my god! So much cool stuff going on...Read if you care!

Opus update...1. Big EARTH (playing the best of Black Sabbath) live show coming to Toad's Place, New Haven, CT. on Sat. May 31st...VOTE on our set list at: www.myspace.com/earthsabbathtribute or for m...
Posted by OPUS on Tue, 13 May 2008 11:49:00 PST

My B-Day Bash show info for 1.19.08 @ Toads Place, CT.

MINDSNAP MUSIC presents...   OPUS' B-DAY BASH!!!   SAT. JAN. 19TH, 2008 ALCOHOLICA   "Playing the best of classic METALLICA"   With: DEAD BY WEDNESDAY Also appearing... PRIA...
Posted by OPUS on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:37:00 PST

I LOST MY BEST FRIEND!!!

R.I.P. SHY!!!!! (3PM. 11/11/07) - YOUR IN MY THOUGHTS ALWAYS....WORDS CAN NOT DESCRIBE THIS LOSS. YOU WERE THE BEST DOG IN THE WORLD. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART! YOU ARE AND WAS ALWAYS A GOOD GIRL. ...
Posted by OPUS on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:18:00 PST

Fuckin’ Van Halen!!!!!

HOLY SHIT!! This reunion show was fucking amazing!!!! Eddie Van Halen was completely out of control, for those who ever thought that they know someone in a current band that they think rips on gu...
Posted by OPUS on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:27:00 PST

Come hang, jam & drink with me every Tues. nite at my new gig...

Osiris Cafe 364 main street, Ansonia, CT.FOR OPEN MIC NITE!!!Club Tel. 203-734-6559 / www.myspace.com/osiriscafeentertainmentStarts at 10pm till 1amNo cover charge! FREE!!!Drink specals change from we...
Posted by OPUS on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:34:00 PST

HUGE THANK YOU & UPDATE!!!!!!!!

..> HUGE THANK YOU & UPDATE!!!!!!!! Just wanted to say thank you very much on behalf of myself & everyone involved for anyone who came out last Fri. 8/17 to help & support Curtis Ca...
Posted by OPUS on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:26:00 PST

Please read & help! Buy your tix & donate to a good cause 4 Curtis of GCG...

Hey everybody....Anyone interested in buying tickets for $10.00 in advance for the Curtis Cassarino memorial benefit concert happening on Fri. Aug. 17th, '07 at the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT...p...
Posted by OPUS on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:05:00 PST

What the fuck I've been up to...Update on life!!!

Hey y'all....Just got exciting news today....Vic Firth the mega giant drum stick Co. whom I have been endorsed by for a while now just sent me the current news that I'm up on their brand new web site,...
Posted by OPUS on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:56:00 PST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE_My band DBW on national tour w/ ICP

FUCK YEAH!!!!!   ..> ICP's Tempest Release Party Tour January 26, 2007 Starting on Sunday, February 25th the Tempest Release Party Tour kicks off! Hosted by ICP, this nationwide tour is...
Posted by OPUS on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:03:00 PST