I was born in Greensboro, NC, but spent my "formative years" misplaced in a little nowhere town in Georgia called Perry. After graduating from high school (in a class of 42 people) I went to college at Ga. Southern in the other armpit of Georgia...Statesboro.

My first radio experience was on our campus station, WVGS (10,000 watts). It was any format we wanted to play. My roomate/future bandmate and I had a show together where we could do (and did) pretty much anything we wanted. Anything from playing  3 hours of nothing but Johnny Cash and KISS to giving away stuff we found in our dorm...cans of creamed corn, a putter that "might have" been used by Jack Nicolas  in The Masters, you get the idea. Our facilty advisor said our show was "sophomoric", which we thought was great since we were freshmen.

After deciding to move to Atlanta, go to Ga. State Univ., and start a band, I got out of radio...thinking "it would be way cooler to play in a band than to just play bands on the radio".  I lived the last 12 years in Midtown Atlanta, playing drums in a few "regional" bands, sharing the stage with bands like The Ramones, The Offspring, Our Lady Peace and The Foo Fighters. After releasing 3 albums with my own bands, playing on a handful of albums for others, and being involved in a lawsuit against a certain major record label, I lost the dream and decided to get out of Atlanta and move to the ocean...so here I am.

Stuff You Probably Don't Care About

Why Did I Move Here? Atlanta doesn't have an ocean...I looked

Born: March 13th

Wife/Best Friend: Fortunately for me...she is both and her name is Joy

Pets: Two dogs...well mutts, Simon and Cash (named after the late great Johnny) both from the Humane Society...the ONLY place to get a pet. Support your local shelter.

A Few Of My Favorite Things:

Television:

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Law & Order (only the original one...none of this L&O CSI, PDQ or whatever), SNL & M*A*S*H

Bands/Artists:

The Clash, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, The Pixies & PRINCE! (You have to see him live to understand)

3 Best Concerts I Have Ever Seen:

Prince Aftershow Party at a club in Atlanta 2002

KISS as a kid in 1979, and the Reunion Tour 1996 (never thought I would see it happen)

The Pixies at The Fox Theatre Oct. 2004

Movies:

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka, Resevoir Dogs & The Jerk

Celebrity I Would Be Most Star Struck To Meet:

Steve Martin

Sports:

Football...ONLY Football

Hobbies:

Scuba Diving, Sky Diving (when I can afford it...$$$), Filling my iPod with music (I am up to 4800 songs...still have room for 2700 more)

Food:

Anything that swims or sits on the bottom of the ocean!

Guilty Pleasure:

The Andy Griffith Show, American Idol, The Brady Bunch

Any Other Questions? Feel Free To Ask!

Email Mase: mase@wkzq.net