The life and times of El Mustango.

I enjoy playing drums.  

Really, in fact, I love playing drums.   Much to the dismay of my parents.

I also shit an awful lot.   More than the average man, really.

I also enjoy cheese.   Which is nice, because as I am sure you know, cheese binds the digestive tract up.   But I really like it for its taste.

I have a wife (or rather she has me) and some fish.

Like Mr. Sparkle I'm disrespectful to dirt! Can you see I am serious?!

I am a Sagittarius but I don't really know what that means.  

I am a big NY Knicks fan, too.   Although I think that a Knickerbocker is a terrible mascot.

I like robots, Marvel comic books, graffiti/lowbrow art, Bruce Lee and Kung Fu, boobs, the Bible, my family, tattoos, long walks off short piers, rummy, boobies, Jagermeister, baking, Natural History Museums, big bootys, Ninjas, books, PEZ, LEGO, Chicken Parmesan, lying down, dogs, receiving massages, boobs, Whiskey Sours, Hawaiian shirts, Star Wars, Deep-sea divers, Ebola, SpongeBob, ER, Law & Order, The Wiener-mobile, Mr. Peanut, The Heinz Pickle and Breasts.

I would also like it noted that I was an accomplished and well-respected Opera Singer in my past life.

Or perhaps a bird.

I'd like to offer my love and respect to my peeps with whom I play music.   The music we create makes me most happy.   I like my peeps more than I like cheese.

I've spent 15 years of my life listening, studying and loving music.   I dig all types of shit:   rock, funk, soul, punk, ska, hip-hop, jazz, Latin/Afro-Cuban, dub-reggae, speed metal, cartoon music, books on tape.

I'd also like to offer my love and respect to so many great people who constantly inspire me-- drummers, musicians, artists and non-artists, alike.   I know you probably couldn't care less, but here's a list of those who inspire me.   Forgive me for its' self-indulgent length.

-Phillip "Fish" Fisher / Fishbone     -Will Calhoun / Living Colour         

-Stanton Moore / Galactic     -Stewart Copeland / The Police     

-Tim "Herb" Alexander / Primus     -John Bonham / Led Zeppelin    

-The Drummers of James Brown     -The Drummers of Parliment Funkadelic

-?Love / The Roots      -Jeff "Houseman" Clemens / G. Love and Special Sauce      

-Jerome Deupree & Billy Conway / Morphine    -Matt Chamberlin / Critters Buggin'

-Brendon Canty / Fugazi     -Mike Bordin / Faith No More    -Billy Martin / MMW 

-the drummers and percussionists of Ozomatli      -Metallica, System of a Down, Tool

-Miles, Monk, Mingus, Coltrane     -Stevie Wonder      -Robert Nesta Marley

-The Toasters, The Aquabats, Less Than Jake     -Bad Religion, Rancid, Black Flag    

-Martin Sexton     -Lee "Scratch" Perry    -Peter Prince     -Nick Mancini   

-Del the Funky Homosapien,  Saul Williams, Jurassic 5, Jedi Mind Tricks,

A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Beastie Boys

-Alex Grey, Pushead, Frank Kozik, and bombers & taggers everyhere...

-My Grandmothers      -My Wife      -Jesus Christ

I play roughly with Precision Drums.