AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Placed 2nd Place in
the Guitar Center Drum Off Competition in Edina, MN - September 2005
- Tied for 1st Place
in the Mars Music Hot Sticks Drum Competition, Bloomington, MN - August 2001
- Placed 1st Place for
Lightning Music and Sound Drum Off, Austin, TX - May 1990
- Voted in the
Top 10 for Best Drummer - Austin Chronicle (Early 1990's)
- Played SXSW
(South By Southwest Music Festival) 1991 at the Austin City Colisseum, to a crowd of about 2,000 people in Austin, Texas.
- Opened for Roxx
Gang, L.A Guns, Lord Tracy, Well Hung Johnny, Tuff, Arc Angels, Pariah, Bad Boy, Quiet Riot, Foghat, Blue
Murder, Bonham, Dope, 40 Below Summer, Slitheryn, Black Flood Diesel, Soil, Five Finger Death Punch, Lynch Mob, Eye Empire,
Seven Day Sonnet, Candlelight Red, and Sevendust.
- Was offered
to be a studio musician at "Studio D" in Austin Texas.
- Opened for Arc
Angels in Austin, Texas, with live broadcast over Z-102 Radio.
- Recorded a Demo
CD with The Leigh Cates Band, Austin, Texas, with a small tour of the South and Southwest U.S.
- Released a CD
with the band Rainmaker in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was promoted worldwide including Japan, Sweden, and Britain, and
toured the North midwest U.S.
- Had 1 song with
Rainmaker on a Perris Worldwide Promotions, Sampler CD #4, which was promoted worldwide.
- Played with Teri Timms
(Formerly of Onyxx)
- Played with Danny
Aaron (Formerly of Dangerous Toys), and Jason McMasters (Dangerous Toys, Watchtower)
- Played a Red
Cross Benefit on October 7, 2001 with his former band SoulCage, with Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger, Fergie Frederiksen
of Toto, and Brian Bart of Dareforce.
- Played the Minneapolis
Mayhem Festival, 2004 at the Quest Nightclub, Mpls, MN with Morbid Angel, Enforsaken, Heathen, Avenger of Blood, Usurper,
Fleshgrind, and many other acts.
- His band Downside
of Truth released a 4 song EP entitled "Bleeding 101" with a small midwest tour in support.
-Downside of Truth was featured in a local
cable channel TV show, "Minnesota Music" in October of 2004, had multiple plays on 93X radio, and was featured in multiple
Minneapolis/St. Paul magazines.
-Released a CD with his band National Overdrive entitled "Welcome to the Nation"and the advanced single "Motivator
spent 3 months on the MWR Top 20 charts. The CD hit 300+ radio stations across the US with the release of digital downloads
shortly after. National Overdrive also charted #3, #21 and #25 on the CMJ. The song "Determination" written solely by Matt
James also charted.
