Discography

Photo by Jesse Bodas

I started playing the drums in 1989 at the age of 12 and I’ve been playing ever since. I took formal drum lessons from a local teacher and studied from books and tapes. I took lessons for 5–years until my teacher moved away and I was unable to continue with him. I’ve been in a few bands throughout the years and I’ve traveled many places on tour. Below is my discography (at least everything I can remember playing on and being a part of.)

Deities

Immediately I began playing music with a friend and we formed our first band, Torment. Torment went through many transformations until in 1991 we changed our named to Deities and released our first demo tape. We also began playing shows at The Omni (Oakland), On Broadway (San Francisco) and The One Step Beyond (San Jose). Deities continued to grow, releasing another demo cassette in 1993 and a demo CD in 1995 before calling it quits.

Promo ‘91 – Cassette Demo – 1991
Symptoms of Insanity - Demo Cassette – 1993
Icon – Demo CD – 1995

Your Mother

In 1991 while Deities was coming together, I was asked to fill–in for local punk rock band, Your Mother. What was to be a temporary thing turned into a full–time band for me. After two rehearsals I played my first show with in Oakland, a month later we recorded the demo Pasture Of Muppets which was released in 1992. From there Your Mother went on to release many more CDs, cassettes and vinyl records on indie–labels and played countless shows in California as well as throughout most of the USA, Canada, Israel, Australia and New Zealand. In Jan 2000 Your Mother played our final show at 924 Gilman St in Berkeley, CA.

Pasture Of Muppets – Cassette Demo – 1992
One Big Inside Joke – CD – 1995
Probe Magazine double 7"– Compilation – 1995
A Tribute to the Fuckboyz – Compilation – 1996
How Lovely Nowhere Is – Compilation – 1996
Bugcomp – Compilation – 1996
Sometimes Scott Jones is Our Roadie – 7" – 1997
Another Probe 7" with a Girl on the Cover – Compilation – 1997
Wood Panel Pacer Wagon With Mags – Compilation – 1997
America In Decline – Compilation – 1997
Too Much To Ask? – Compilation – 1997
You Are Very Attractive – Spare Some Change? – Compilation – 1997
Too Fat For Love split with All You Can Eat – 7" – 1998
Fall Asleep to This – Compilation – 1998
Bakamono #1 – Compilation – 1998
Death To False Metal – Compilation – 1998
Advice for Young Lovers split with Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits – 7" – 1999
The Weird Al–bum – 7" – 1999
Live at the Iron Duke – CD – 1999
Making Jogging A Threat Again – 7" – 1999
70 Minutos Full Time Hardcore – Compilation – 1999
California Creamin’ – Compilation – 1999
Worse Than Alternative – Compilation – 1999
One or Two Good Songs and a Whole Lotta Crap – Compilation – 1999
Faux Pas Potpourri – Compilation – 2000
Fear of the Nothing – Compilation – 2000
Another Juan Rides the Bus – Compilation – 2000
The Golfing Record – 7" – 2001

Love Songs

As the Your Mother days were coming to an end I was asked to lend my drums to a few songs for a then side–project called Love Songs. Much in the same way my joining Your Mother was to be temporary, Love Songs was not meant to be a full–time band. The recording however was picked up by San Francisco based indie–label New Disorder Records and released in 2001. History repeated itself and soon enough I found myself in a full–time band. Love Songs recorded three full–length CDs and toured the USA, Sweden, Finland and Norway. In April 2007 our bass player, Seth Strong, moved to Chicago sending Love Songs into a nearly 2–year hibernation. In March 2009 Love Songs played our first show with our new bass player, Brian Cartwright.

Volume 1 – CD – 2001
All Branches No Trunk – CD – 2004
Love Songs Loves Us Some Reno – CD – 2004
To the Bitter End Vol II – Compilation – 2005
California Thrash Demolition – Compilation – 2005
Love Songs / Sharp Knife – Cassette – 2005
Behind Enemy Lines (In G# Minor) – CD – 2006
Hot Buns Reduxe 45 – 7" – 2007
Another Guaranteed 40 Minute Music Set – 12" – 2009

Meris

At the same time that Love Songs was forming, I was busy starting a new band with a former Deities band mate. Meris began song writing and rehearsal in 2002 and in 2003 released our first 5–song demo CD. Since then Meris has played Bay Area shows, recorded another 3–song demo in 2004 and we’re currently putting the finishing touches on a new full–length CD to be released in 2009.