I started playing drums when I was around 14 years old and almost immediately got into metal. I took jazz and afro-cuban lessons for about 5 months, but was self-taught from there.

I would just learn any and everything I would hear. I remember playing Nirvana songs with my friend in my parents garage, then we started getting into heavier music and started covering anything we would get our hands on from bands like Killswitch Engage, Arsis, Exhumed, Carcass, etc.