This is a music page of my personal musical footprints.
I am a Veteran of the Extreme Metal, Grindcore, Experimental music scene. My style ranges from the extremely brutal and avant garde to experimental hardcore crust punk, stoner, psychedelic blues based doom and beyond.
Over the years I have worked with many different musicians in a wide range of bands primarily as a drummer and primary songwriter, as well as a rhythm guitarist.
With over 35 years professional recording & touring experience, I have had the pleasure of playing with the best of the best, and sharing the stage with legends.
From the likes of Spazz, Sepultura, D.R.I., Brutal Truth, Soilent Green, Nile, Incantation, Death, Suffocation, S.O.D. Misfits, B52's, Scott Weinrich, Cramps, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Slayer, Cephalic Carnage, Flipper, GWAR, Napalm Death, Opeth, Mojo Nixon, Justin Broderick, Cathedral, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Assuck, Motorhead, Imprecation, Puncture, Dead Horse, Rigor Mortis, Death Angel, Absu, Hank III, Eyehategod, Acid Bath and many more, I can truly say I have had a charmed existence as a performing musician by simply being able to share a venue with those I admire.
But none are more important than those with whom I've created and performed with from the beginning to the present.
I am currently involved in a project called SERPENT ASSASSIN with longtime brothers & mates, Steve K. & Joe D, and I also play with outlaw country punk, Christophe.
Anything I do outside of this is toward my own evolving work, THOU ART THAT.
Discography:
includes all bands
(drummer - songwriter) (2008-Present)
(drummer - songwriter) (1992-1995)
(guitarist - drummer)
(drummer - guitarist)(2001-2007)
(drummer - songwriter)(1993-2000)
SITH - Q'ON'OS ~ (guitarist -drummer)(2001-2007)The Problems of the Mind, Black Godbeast, Aiwass Kaiowas, Dominus Goudeamus, Raga Veda Ragas, A Gram of Pent, Convulsing Writhing, In Other Words, Bring Your Own, Pass In Peace, GOoD dEVIL, Nonesuch, Takism Oud, I Am Siam, Talas Gnosis, Aria Alap, Victimae Requiem, Discombobulated, Inferior Interior, Spiral Redemption, In the Drain, Pretty Mystical Things, Headchange, Left of Center, Ousias, Breathe Deep, Alumnus, Opus, Avernus, Citrus, Nitrus, Magus, Gnosis, Ate Up, Digitaria Sirius C, Endure, Envelop, Fade Away, Logos Solstice Naught, Once and For All, Faust Aleph Null, Release, Sweet Madness, Hole In My Head, Why Waste Time, Vicious, World of Shit, Facing Down, Pieces of the Past, Fuck Hollywood, The Shit Continues, Governed by Lies, Humanity is Shit, Defiance Within You, And End, You Will Kneel, Journey to the Sun, For the World is HOllow, And I Have Seen The Sky, Christainos Brutales, Render Unto Caesar, A Series of Dogs I, A Series of Dogs II, Protocols of the Goyim, Mercy, Mercy Repeated, After the Fall- Dance of the Infinite, Abandoned Offerings, Accelerate, Pierced by Anarchy, Veil of Illusion, Blood and Flesh, Thirst, Created Destroyed, Omnipotent, Transparent, Muse, O Thou Owest Thou Owe, Naught Alpha Omega Ox, Paradigm, Silence, Giants, Dying Muse, Thou Idiot, Undeluded, Absorbed, Key XXI, Dead Christians, Equinox Mass of the Sentinel, Mercury Rising, Idiots Them All, Beneath the Earth
SERPENT ASSASSIN~ (drummer)(2008-present)
Visage of Pain * Bitch Lake * Serpent Assassin * I Live In The Mouth Of The Worms
DEAD PEOPLE~ (drummer - guitarist) (1980-1999)
Gates of War, Indoidioms, What's a Door?, YFTCEAS, Locopressure, Slow Frozen Hell, Intruuhell, Peedopressure, It's Your Fault, Death Eats a Cracker, Fast Forward, You Should Watch Out For This, It's Not Easy Being a Monster, The Strict Nine, Purr, Amalgaminiums, Meditations, Twelve Hour Trip, Peod, Embalmed Roaches, I Feel All, First Words, Hay, The Final Solution, Horrorside, Awe Top Sea, Bobbed, Fetal Crud, Embryonic Accident, Flesh of the Gods, Shifting. Death of a Tripper, Liquid Sound Bites, Blurp, Neutron, What's So Good About It?. Thumping Melons, Phase 1, Eternal Vigilance, Playing Roadkill, Pidapeds, I Am, Iraquinam, Mad Kitten Fits, Sonic Assault, Deep Fried Anarchy, Mad, Wavy & Bold, Lightning Bong, Poets Pudding, Handy Apple God, Painful Orange Problem, Amnesia is Moisture, The Human Condition, Anxiety Trip, Scuzz Poop, Incestestes Sex, Liquid Journey, Hypnotic Jiggle, Without Hormones, Tickman's Brother, Moondrop Parlor, X-Day, Ghost, Third Stoned, A Tribute to Madness...
DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISM~ (drummer)World Gone Mad (1988) My Hell (1988) Save Yourself (1989) Permutation (1989) Thinnerhead (1989) Punishment (1989) Mindscape (1990) Queen Ant (1990) Sanity Famine (1990) World of Tears (1990) Human Butcher (1991) The Return (1991) Personality Graft (1991) America the Hateful (1991) Dahmer (1991) Day of Deliverance (1991) The Enemy (1991)
LOT 9~ (drummer)(1991) A Pack of Derms, A Gang of Wolves, Revolution 666, Raingodz, Lying
TWO TOKE CHOKE~ (drummer)(1991-1992)
Bitch Lake, Soul Dissection, Social Parasite, Goddamn Big Hand, Fear Sleep
SOCIAL PARASITE~ (drummer)(1992-1995)Loss of Self * Not Such Big Hand * Land Shark * Fat Pad * Visage of Pain * Bitch Lake * Round Room * Psychedelic Pharmacy * Corporate Whore * Laughing at You * A Scar is Born * Beneath The Infernal Temple Of Lies * Terminal Dumbness * None More Black * Hatred is Real * Strange Byrd * Fear Sleep * Didn't Inhale * All Christians Must Die * Raped by Misery * To Fly a Giant Bird
Subsanity ~(drummer) (1993-2000) [[[POST APOCALYPTIC DOOM ATTACK 1993-1996]]] ~ not fit for this world ~ in star mental ~ hag of elysium ~ scorned ~ centuries death ~ opaque daze ~ bride of war ~ irreparable ~ slave new world ~ convulsing discharge ~ a series of dogs ~ (debut cd distributed by wild rags, relapse, sensual underground ministries, profane existence, etc. and others - uncredited drum performance and song writing no one in the band is credited on this recording actually) - [[[HAG OF ELYSIUM / SCORNED / A SERIES OF DOGS II / BRIDE OF WAR / CENTURIES DEATH / CAUSTIC ANTIPATHY / RED CHRIST / A FRIGID GALE / CONFUSION HOLD / GOD IS DEAD 1995]]] (EP - uncredited drum performance and song writing) [[[LOST ON EARTH / KILL THE KING / FROZEN SUNSET / FINAL CONQUEST 1996]]] (split vinyl EP - uncredited drum performance and song writing) [[[HUMAN IS SHIT / DEAD PIGS ON PARADE / CONTINUITY OF SCUM / AN END TO THE BULLSHIT / A SERIES OF DOGS III / POST APOCALYPTIC DOOM ATTACK II 1997]]](vinyl EP - uncredited drum performance and song writing) [[[WHY WASTE TIME / FAUST ALEPH NULL / THE FUTURE IS WAR / A WORLD OF SCUM / CURSED CHAINS / CAPITALIST DISEASE 1998 1999]]] (last full length recording uncredited drum performance and song writing) [[[SPACED WIZARD 1998 1999]]] (vinyl - uncredited drum performance and song writing) [[[LOGIC PLAGUE 1998 2004]]] (original FUTURE IS WAR recordings renamed and split from the rest as an EP and released for GAME TWO, zines and other label comps & uncredited drum performance and song writing)
Influences
Thelema. Aleister Crowley. The Dali Lama. Buddha. Chaos. Anarchy. The Pulse.
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Thou Art That is my own personal output as a musician, whether it is a collection of what I've done, what I am doing, what I will do, rehearsal dubs, studio work, live bootlegs or signed & published work.
Current Tracks
• The first few tracks are miscellaneous 7 inch releases.
• SITH was an odd stripped down side-project of Q'ON'OS. The band is Raylene Sanchez, Chris, Grey Harris, Tommy Steiner & myself.
• Four SERPENT ASSASSIN songs: The first SP track is actually two songs, Corporate Whore & Visage of Pain, and the second is Strange Byrd followed by Round Room, all recorded for the SOCIAL PARASITE EP, Psychedelic Pharmacy.
• SOCIAL PARASITE was co-founded by the inimitable Joe D, the guitar wizard of my current band SERPENT ASSASSIN. Our bassist was the often unpredictable Chuck Branson, who also shared vocals.
• The last track is from a bootlegged Destructive Criticism show. That band at times included either Joe or Steve on guitar. This recording has Steve. Chuck is the vocalist.
• The old player has a nearly identical playlist, except it is not updated when songs are added or subtracted to the new player. The last song on it is not included on the new player. It is a rehearsal of 3 songs during the Social Parasite era. The songs are: Laughing at You, Psychedelic Pharmacy & Round Room. Recorded during rehearsal on a boom box. The quality is what you would expect it to be~
• There is a full discography at the side of the page.
My path as a musician began at age 4 when I witnessed a drummer by the name of Matt Martin play in a jazz band. From that point on, I knew a drummer is what I Am, so I began playing at the age of 4. As KISS dominated those times, that had a huge influence on me & predispositioned me toward crazy, heavy music. As a drummer, I leaned heavily toward Bill Ward, Neil Peart, Mitch Mitchell, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Peter Criss, Eric Carr, Phil Rudd, Clive Burr, Nicko McBrain, Terry Bozio, Buddy Rich, Louis Belson, Gene Krupa, Dave Holland, Simon Phillips & other legends.
As a musician, one is inclined to want to push their ability beyond their perceived limits. For a drummer, there is no finer way to do that than through the art form of Metal.
There is no other form of music on the planet that will push the physical ability of your capability to play your instrument to it's fullest potential than Metal. Jazz is fundamental, but it cannot touch the demands and ultimate prowess of Metal.
There is nothing more cutting edge and fruitful with raw brilliance, talent, experiments and pure time manipulation than Metal.
I love all music, but before I was a teenager, I was a dyed in the wool full-on Metalhead, and ultimately, that lead to Grindcore as well as Doom and any other experimental form of extreme performance.
From a drummer's point of view, I draw a lot of my style from drum & bugle corps and primitive indigenous styles of percussion & prefer to play my blast beat with a single foot, punctuating with the snare & cymbal work while i do fills with the left foot, hand combination.
Guitar-wise, I tend to be very percussive & I like to carry the work of hypnotism over to the axe. I do not believe the almighty riff is the sole determiner of any song, and when writing, I prefer to let the rhythm be so thick as to not allow for any lead-guitar wanking. The tunings I use are a combination from Sonic Youth & Robert Johnson. 440 is over-rated & limiting, and I feel it's time is over, just as the 2/4 - 4/4 beat structure most be DESTROYED.
I take a lot of my guitar inspiration from Paul Leary, Lee Ranaldo, Kat Bjelland, King Buzzo & Justin Broderick. Feedback, dissonance and noise is just as crucial to a complete sound as any one chord, perhaps more. These 5 people alone draw heavily from the experimentation of Hendrix and have done more to bring heavy music to it's knees by finding out just what the library of sounds are that the guitar is capable of. One can hear their influence all over the map, outside of the genre's the public lumps them into. In order to keep Extreme Metal extreme, to keep the grind and the core relevant, one must borrow and derive inspiration OUTSIDE of what is considered heavy.
As a drummer, guitarist and songwriter, that is what I bring to the table.
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I am so sorry for your loss,I so understand the pain.It will be almost a year since my dad killed himself. It is still hard. I am here if you need anything! ♥♥♥♥♥Blessed Be♥♥♥♥♥ Aimee
Your welcome. Im so sorry to hear about your friend. Its fine. it happens to the best of us. you just worrry bout takin care of it and business :) ill still be here :))) lol
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