Rhythm guitarist for the melodic metalcore band Miss May I who recorded the band's first successful underground album Apologies for the Weak. The band 's third release, At Heart, charted at #32 in the Billboard Top 200 in its first week while their album Rise of the Lion charted at #21. Music became a bigger part of his life as he began listening to bands like Limp Bizkit, Nine Inch Nails, and Slipknot in mid-elementary school. He began playing heavy metal music at the age of 15.
