BIOGRAPHY
I have been interested in music since I was 3 years old. I remember I had Elvis Presley 45's. I couldn't read the label on the record so I would put a crayon mark on the label to tell me which record was what. I got my first drum set at 4 years old. I remember beating the keys of my Dad's piano with my drumsticks, chopping all the keys to pieces. Although I should have got my ass beat for that I can't remember if I did or not. Later as a kid I took piano lessons and practiced on that same piano with the chopped up keys but playing the drums was in my blood.

While attending Granby High School in Norfolk, Va I was fortunate enough to have a class with SCOTT TRAVIS who is now the drummer for Judas Priest. His band " Caliber " would play after school in the auditorium and later he would play clubs around town in various local cover bands. I was lucky enough to know him and he was and still is one of my biggest influences. When I was 17 I had finally saved up enough money to buy my first professional drum set...a 5 piece Tama Swingstar set. It had a metallic white finish and I loved it. In the 80's playing in cover bands I proceeded to add another bass drum, more toms, and more cymbals.

My first really good band was called RATCHET where I played all my favorite cover songs from Van Halen, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, and Ratt, among others. That was when I met THE REVEREND. He was a big fan of ours back then and has been my best friend ever since. Different lineups of RATCHET came and went including nearly a four year stint with guitar virtuoso BILLY NUCKLES ( aka DICK NUX ) . With encouragement from my manager, RATCHET changed it's name to " BURRN " which was short lived. Our guitar player, singer, and manager quit leaving me and bass player MIKE HARREL ( RIP brother ) out in the cold to start all over.

The Reverend, who was a roadie for me then, became my manager and we went to work to put together a band that would slay all others. That band was METAL WOLF and became famous for our outrageous rehearsals where we would jam in 200 fans into a room big enough for 50 people. An average night would find sweat, drugs, alcohol, underage girls, and arrests for The Reverend and myself. In 1992 METAL WOLF released the now sold out and out of print cassette " BLOOD, SWEAT, AND STEEL " with yours truly on lead vocals. Our singer had quit and I said the hell with primadonna, whining singers and took over lead vocals for over 2 years including on the " OUT FOR THE KILL " cd which sold world wide. I still get people wanting to buy that cd from me. I am getting ready to re-release " OUT FOR THE KILL " so check my discography and merchandise page. I really wanted to concentrate on just playing the drums so with a little encouragement our manager, who is now The Reverend, took over lead vocals for METAL WOLF.

The year is 1995 which is the worst year of my life. I can tell you a lot about what happened that year but it would take me forever. In short, the most important thing in my life was taken from me, my mother, who died of cancer. Some other bad shit happened that year but I won't go into it. Let's just say what happened is why now I mainly hang out with porn stars...you already know they're fucking everybody!!

In 1996 the emergence of ORDAINED came. In 1997 we released " LET US PREY " and became known as the biggest show band on the east coast. " LET US PREY " since then has been sold out and out of print but I am re-releasing it through my website. Highlights of promoting that cd were touring with KING DIAMOND, and playing at the world famous CBGB's in New York City. In 2000 we released " THE SECOND COMING " cd recorded in the studio we had in my house and produced it ourselves. Once again many shows up and down the east coast including opening for CORROSION OF CONFORMITY.

In 2001 ORDAINED was contacted by porn superstar BRITTANY ANDREWS to appear on her website as part of the ROCK/PORN CONNECTION. We did an interview with her in New York City and that's when I started to appreciate sluts more. Sluts are not about any bullshit. I'm not talking about ho's who have 3 kids by 3 different guys, a husband, and a boyfriend. I'm talking about sluts who know what they want and aren't afraid to tell you ( and me! ) exactly what it is. Brittany Andrews told me " I'm not a coke whore, I'm just a whore ". You gotta love that! She wanted ORDAINED to write a song for her...a theme song she could come out to at appearances, dance shows, and for her website. " THE RESURRECTION OF MORTIMUS GRIMLEY " , a 3 song cd for the fans, was being mixed down at this time so ORDAINED snoozed on doing the theme song...but I wanted to do it. I wrote the song " SINSATIONAL-THE BALLAD OF BRITTANY ANDREWS " with the help of guitar wiz Billy Nuckles ( aka Dick Nux ) and The Reverend ( aka Dick Tattoo ) and we started our " side project " THE RENEGADES OF SLUTS.

We released the single for Brittany Andrews and later in 2001 after adding Dick Butter on bass THE RENEGADES OF SLUTS recorded our self-titled debut full length cd which was released in early 2002.

With our new guitar player Mike Pagan, ORDAINED in 2003 released the cd " ALTAR EGO ". The cd features the new theme song for another porn legend, LOVETTE, who is a very good friend of mine. While we were recording this cd our long time bass player Dean Palokangas left the band. I think he just got tired of all the time it takes to be in a band. On October 31, 2003 Dick Butter quit THE RENEGADES OF SLUTS. So here The Reverend and myself have 2 bands and no bass player. With Butter leaving it put us in a bind because in 3 months THE RENEGADES OF SLUTS had to play the KISS Expo in Atlanta. Mike Pagan stepped up to the plate and took over bass duties so we could play that show. It was the best and biggest show The Sluts ever played. We jammed on the main stage with Dangerous Toys lead vocalist Jason McMaster and Beautiful Creatures bass player Kenny Kweens. This was on Valentine's Day 2004. And this is when XXX Porn Starlet Julie Robbins became THE RENAGADES OF SLUTS Main Slut for the band. She was at the KISS Expo as part of The Girls Of KISS and we had actually met the year earlier in Charlotte. We have been working together ever since promoting each other's careers with her being our Main Slut and we writing her theme song Carolina Fine that she uses for her feature dance performances. She is my favorite girl to be around and is one of my best friends to this day.

2004 starts with THE RENEGADES OF SLUTS playing better than ever with Mike aka Dick Tater on bass. ORDAINED searched high and low for a new bass player and after auditoning several prospects we pick Joe Frost as our man. We also place 4th in Ninevolt Magazine's Best Metal Band Of The Year In Virginia award for 2003. Pretty good for a band that didn't play one show in 2003. ORDAINED returned to the stage on Halloween 2004 with our new bass player Joe and brought back the big show once again. On this night we also released our very first DVD " ALTAR VIDEGO ". This DVD features XXX porn star Lovette in both the SINsored and unSINsored versions of " The Diary Of Jack The Ripper " videos. It was hard for us to get it duplicated due to all the graphic nudity in it.

It's 2005 and both bands are doing great! ORDAINED released our new EP " 50 Ways To Kill Your Lover " our first recording with new bass player Joe Frost.ORDAINED also took top honors as Ninevolt Magazine's BEST METAL BAND OF THE YEAR!! This is voted on by the fans. Thank You All!!!

To celebrate 10 years together ORDAINED releases " Greatest Cuts - SINspirational MuSICK ", 13 of our best songs from over the years including an unreleased live track from 2001. Unfortunately in March 2006 ORDAINED guitar player Mike Pagan decided to leave the band. With Mike leaving Joe Frost was let go to persue other musical interests.