Birthday: 01/19/1982

Instruments in Suspyre:  Vocals

Other instruments: a little bit of guitar for fun

Gear:  Vocal Chords

Influences: Russell Allen, Hansi Kürsch, Eduardo Falaschi, James LaBrie, Devin Townsend, David Readman, Freddie Mercury, Mikael Åkerfeldt, James Hetfield, and Dave Mustaine

Favorite album of all time: The Black Album (Metallica)

Favorite food:  Hamburger Helper

Favorite drink:  Beer

Favorite color:  purple

Favorite number:  I don’t really have one

Spare time:  I like to watch football, baseball, and soccer.  I have fun drinking exotic beers from around the world.  I love playing guitar hero and wiffle ball.

Favorite TV shows:  Family Guy, Lost, Heroes, Quantum Leap, The Critic, Sex and the City, Punky Brewster, Friends, Aqua Team Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, American Idol, Boston Legal, and more.

Favorite movies:  Idiocracy, Forrest Gump, Xanadu, Shooter, Rock Star, UHF, Mallrats, Superbad, 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Wedding Crashers, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Matrix, Back to the Future I and II, Men of Honor, Fight Club, Untamed Heart, Serendipity, Labyrinth, and more.

Favorite books:  Dark Tower Series

Favorite milk:  1%

Favorite Olympic event:  all around gymnastics competition

Do you own a g-string?  yes

Favorite instant messenger emoticon:  ;)

Do you like hot sauce?  How hot do you like it?  Hot sauce is ok, medium to medium hot is what I would prefer.

I listened to a lot of country music growing up, but my brother introduced me to Metallica one time and I never looked back. I started singing choir music in 7th grade because I really enjoyed the layered sound of voices that came with it. I continued singing in choir well into college, which is where I really learned how to control my voice the right way.

When I moved back up to New Jersey after college I was looking to join another band. I saw a two line ad on an online bulletin board and figured it was worth a shot. The first day I met Gregg and Rich we ended up recording most of "Father of Hate." Working with Gregg and everyone else in Suspyre is always exciting and I get to experiment with so many different styles. I will be singing and playing music for the rest of my life and it's easy to say that this is only the beginning of things.