What Would James Hetfield Do?

About Me

I play guitar for the Chicago-based band Judas Rising, and my previous bands include FLEDfive, Burn, Souls in Common and Hevansent. I have been playing for nineteen years, and I teach guitar at Tegeler Music here in Clinton, Iowa.

I always have room for a limited number of private students, so if you are interested, contact me through this page. I can teach virtually any style and any skill level, so whether you just can't get that G chord right or want to explore the mysteries of the Mixolydian, look me up.

This is my private profile, so I probably won't add you if I don't know you. I won't add your crappy band either. If you are in any of the bands listed on the left, by all means, add me!

My Interests

My wife Marcy, my beautiful daughter, music, computer games, skiing

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Bleeding Through, Sepultura, Avenged Sevenfold, The Orphan, HIM, Nevermore, Strapping Young Lad, The 69 Eyes, Between the Buried and Me, Children of Bodom, Slayer, Mudvayne, Meshuggah, Eric Johnson, Dream Theater, Lacuna Coil, Soilwork, Black Label Society, Slipknot, Stuck Mojo, The Police, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Entombed, Fates Warning, Fear Factory, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Incubus, Sevendust, Ozzy, Rollins Band, Prong, Rammstein, Tool, Type O Negative and anyone who really rips.

Movies:

Spinal Tap, Swingers, Trainspotting, Sin City, American Beauty, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goodfellas, Clerks

Television:

Mythbusters, Ghost Hunters, Seinfeld, anything on the Military Channel...Nerd alert!

Books:

Anything by Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy, Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful. --Oscar Wilde

Heroes:

My Blog

The New Band

OK, so many of you have been wondering what I have been up to lately. Musically, I have been in sort of no-man's land. I have a band in Chicago, Judas Rising, that is a tribute to Judas P...
Posted by What Would James Hetfield Do? on Wed, 14 May 2008 09:57:00 PST

New Year's Resolutions for 2007

OK, I'm against New Year's resolutions to begin with, because why wait for a certain day to make changes to your life? Do it now! Not to mention, most resolutions are long forgotten by the...
Posted by What Would James Hetfield Do? on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:24:00 PST

Rippin it up in Las Vegas

I went to Vegas last weekend to play a few shows with my band FLEDfive. It was my first time on a plane, and my first time in Vegas. The plane trip was pleasant...I didn't even mind the tu...
Posted by What Would James Hetfield Do? on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:11:00 PST