I am a down to earth dude that has a great passion for music. I consider myself a nice person and willing to help anyone better themselves. I'm grateful for what I have become, and I'm willing to share my good-willed nature with others.
I love all types of music... but metal and hardcore is my passion.
Other than music, I have many of the same interests like every other person like playing some football and basketball, hanging out with friends and new people, working out (keeping myself in shape), upstaging people at karoke bars, watching local and national bands. Oh yeah dogs are bad ass as well.
I've been playing guitar since I was 14 and bass since I was 17. I've started doing more vocal work mainly in the area of screamo and hardcore since I was 20.
The following are not necessarily all the bands I like, but these are just a selected few of my big influences:
Alternative/Rock: Dream Theater, Finger Eleven, Radiohead, Ozzy Osbourne(Randy Rhodes), Mars Volta, H.I.M., Tool, Incubus, Alien Ant Farm, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Jimi Hendrix, Queens of the Stone Age, Primus, Days of the New, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Creed, Offspring, Subrosa.
Other: Tori Amos, Portishead, Alanis Morisette, Bjork, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bright Eyes, Franz Ferdinand, The Gathering, Damien Rice.
Punk/Emo: Senses Fail, Silverstein, Armsbendback, At- the Drive In, My Chemical Romance, AFI, Strung Out, Taking Back Sunday, Story of the Year, Suicide Machines, Rufio, Coheed and Cambria, Goldfinger, Lagwagon, Billy Talent, NOFX, Pennywise.
Hardcore/Screamo: Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Glassjaw, Poison the Well, Atreyu, The Human Abstract, Refused, Unearth, As I Lay Dying, From Autumn to Ashes, Everytime I Die, Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through, Bullet for my Valentine, Nora, Candiria, Dillinger Escape Plan, Evergreen Terrace
Metal/Metalcore: Arch Enemy, Trivium, Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, 36 Crazyfists, Metallica, Pantera, Dragonforce, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, All that Remains, Between the Buried and Me, Acid Bath, Damageplan, God Forbid, Chimaira, Hatebreed, Nevermore, Opeth, In Flames, Byzantine,
Nu-Metal: Deftones, System of a Down, Sevendust, Taproot, Mudvayne, Dog Fashion Disco, Nonpoint, (hed) P.E., Simon Says, RATM, Godsmack, Coal Chamber, Slipknot, Korn, Fear Factory, Static-X
I'm not a really big fan of movies. But I like some... I'm a big fan of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. I like movies that make you think.. like Donnie Darko and The Butterfly Effect. Otherwise, I just watch porn.
GIRLS! Beware of Mr. Mouseguy!!!
Sadly, its true. My gf of one year has cheated on me with Mr. Mouseguy. I caught her red handed. But I can't blaim her, Mr. Mouseguy is too hot to turn down.
Quietly, Mr. Mouseguy proceeds to throw his favorite pickup line. "Hey baby, do you have any mouse in you?" Mr. Mouseguy than winks his eye and proceeds to mimick a passionate, slow hump motion.
At first, Stacia is not amused by his sexy antics, but later she is sweeped by his hot, sexy, studly, mousley looks.
Despite, trying to turn down the temptation, she fails miserably, and falls for Mr. Mouseguy. Once again, Mr. Mouseguy has won again, stealing another hot luscious babe for himself. Although, he will not stop at this one, who knows what girl he will come after next....
Check Out Some Great Local Rock by:
Glassjaw
Avenged Sevenfold
Thrice
Shadows Fall
Chino Moreno (Deftones)
Metallica.. And Justice for All Era
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold
M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold
Johnny Christ of Avenged Sevenfold
Dimebag Darrell of Damageplan (R.I.P)
Dimebag Darrell with my friend Cherish
Vinnie Paul of Damageplan
Dimebag.. your music will never die!