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live
@ Las Vegas Metalfest 2003


live@
The Cat Club in Seattle with Krieg 2003
Current
Playlist:
1349- Hellfire
Ours-
Distorted Lullabies, Precious
Opeth- All
Depeche Mode- Playing The Angel
OHM- Live
@ KPFK
Radiohead-
(mix-cdr)
Shining- IV- The Eerie Cold
Paatos- Timeloss, Kallocain
Rise- Slaves Of Illusion ;)
Winterthrall and Noctuary-
new shit \m/
Virus-Carheart
Exhausted Prayer- Looks Down In The Gathering Shadow
Ulver- Blood Inside
Porcupine Tree- Deadwing, In Absentia
MUSE- The Origin Of Symmetry, Showbiz, Absolution
Films/Video:
Led Zeppelin- Live at Knebworth festival 1979 DVD (full
show!)
Queen- Live in England 1975 dvd (full show!, awesome.)
Jeff Buckley- Live in Chicago DVD
Porcupine Tree- Live @ MhZ presents
DVD
Radiohead- Live BBC VCD, Seven Television Commercials
Megadeth- Live in RIO '95 DVD (classic! w/Marty and
Nick!)
Pink Floyd- Making of Dark Side Of The Moon DVD
Jeff Buckley- "Everybody Here Wants You"
BBC 4 Documentary
OURS- Live on MHZ VCD
MUSE- Live At Glastonbury Festival 2004 DVD
Hullabaloo- MUSE live in Paris DVD
Paul Gilbert- Space Ship Live DVD
Motley Crue- Carnival Of Sins live DVD
Influences-
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Terry Bozzio (GOD!), Pete
Sandoval (Morbid Angel), Ken Owen (Carcass), Carl Michael
(Cadaver Inc./Ved Buens Ende), Jon Theodore (The Mars
Volta), Sheila E. (Prince), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree),
Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal), Chad Wackerman (Allan Holdsworth), Alex
Van Halen, Vinnie Coliuta (GOD#2), Virgil Donati, Tommy Lee (Motley
Crue\m/), Gene Hoglan (Death/Strapping Young Lad), Joey Jordison (Slipknot),
Charlie Benante (Anthrax), Steve Gadd (GOD#3), Martin Lopez (Opeth),
Dave Grohl, Trym (Emperor), Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir/Cradle Of Filth),
Daniel Liljekvist (Katatonia) Adrian Erlandsson (At The Gates/Cradle
Of Filth) Daniel Erlandsson (Eucharist/Arch Enemy)-etc.. pretty much
any drummer i've seen has inspired me in some way or another, thus my
learning/absorption process continues...
Favorite
bands:
Morbid Angel, Opeth, Van Halen (old!), Led Zeppelin, The Mars Volta,
Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Radiohead, Jane's Addiction, Prince and The
Revolution, Allan Holdsworth, Racer X, MSG, Black Sabbath, Jeff Buckley,
Steve Vai, Stevie Wonder, Porcupine Tree, At The Drive-In, Cadaver Inc,
Pestilence, Death, Katatonia, Ours, At The Gates, Emperor, Carcass,
Megadeth, Metallica (old!), Sade, Zappa, WAY too many more to mention.
Favorite
Links:insultmonger.com,
allan holdsworth,
us.imbd.com, faith
no more, nick drake,
jeff buckley,
the poop thesaurus, san
diego metal, portal
of evil, solarfall studios,
amber
forever lucifer's
hammer earthdog
lounge forum VH boots!,,
light-headed.com,
lastgoodbye.org,

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What
initially was a one-off "let's write some noisy shit and see
what happens thing"- eventually became probably, the most popular
thing I've ever been a part of. Pity we all used pseudonyms. (video
captures from a recording session in 1995 right above) |

Noctuary
2004, Garden Grove, CA.

EVILDEAD
(1989)
from Left- Juan Garcia, Albert Gonzales, Phil Flores, Me (nice Jane's
Addiction shirt!), Mel Sanchez. Bottom
from left: Mel, Rob, Phil, Albert and Juan

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Noctuary
with a super-hot waitress @The Shack in Anaheim,CA. (ex-guitarist
Chris Price 2nd from right). |

Nicole Christine, and Christian Nicholas Alaniz-my babies.

Steve,
Jeffrey, and Me in Tijuana-Feb. 2004
(Steve
looks a little like "Pee Wee Herman" doesn't he?)

Terry
Bozzio- In My Opinion,The Greatest Drummer Ever.
(yeah,
he actually DOES play all that!)

NAMM
'05 with Adrian Erlandsson |
Rob
Alaniz- Drums
Born-
3/11/66 -East Los Angeles, California.
musical
history/recordings:
On
April 11, 1987-I played my first ever live show (with Evildead)
in front of about 2500 crazed thrashers at Fender's Ballroom, in
Long Beach on a bill with Possessed, Dark Angel and Cryptic Slaughter-
suffice to say I almost crapped my pants...
Evildead-
'87-'89 co-founded band with Mel Sanchez (Abattoir)
and Juan Garcia (Agent Steel)
3 song "The Awakening"demo (self released '87)
"Rise Above" ep (SPV/Steamhammer Recs.)/Roadracer Recs.
in US.
"Annihilation Of Civilization" (SPV/Steamhammer Recs.)
Rise- '90- '00 co-founded band with Albert
Gonzales and Bob Rangel
4-song demo (self released)
"Life Into Ever Black" ep (Wild Rags Records)
"Shadow Of Ruins" cd (Nigma Records)
"Slaves Of Illusion" cd (Nephilim Records)
Despise You- '95- 96 co-founded band with
Fil (16/Crom), Jerry (Excruciating Terror) and Chris Elder.
numerous 7's on Pessimiser Recs. later compiled as
"Westside Horizons" cd Pessimiser/Theologian Recs.
Noctuary- '00- present
session drums on "For Salvation" cd (Lost Disciple Recs.)
joined full time '00
"When Fires Breed Blood" cd (Lost Disciple Recs.)
numerous tribute cd's (Black Sabbath, Sepultura, Metallica, Wasp)
on Dwell Records and (Cradle Of Filth) for Cleopatra Records.
3 song demo '03, currently seeking label deal.
Winterthrall- '02- present
4 song demo
currently seeking label deal.
Fecal
Offerings- retarded one-off jokeband with members of
Radiation 4, Noctuary and Fetus Eaters.... we recorded about 15
"songs" (and I'm using the term loosely) all pretty much
one take and spontaneous- pretty hilarious, considering it turned
out half way decent...
Krieg-
played drums for a few fests (Texas and New Jersey) and a mini-tour
-West Coast War Machine 2003. |
 
Evildead
"Rise Above ep", "Annihilation Of Civilization" cd
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Life
Into Ever Black ep, Shadow Of Ruins, Slaves Of Illusion
In
'95 the 1993 Rise 4-song demo was re-pressed by Wild Rags Records
and titled "Life Into Ever Black", the debut cd "Shadow
Of Ruins" came out in 96 on Nigma Records, and the final recording
I did "Slaves Of Illusion" in '98 was issued through a
european label Nephilim Records right after I made my exit in 2000.
Despite who the cd liner notes say played on it, It was Albert Gonzales
and I and we remain uncredited. |
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Noctuary
- For Salvation - When Fires Breed Blood
Noctuary's
"For Salvation"- which I initially did as a favor to Joe-
(I was very happy in my band RISE at the time- go figure..) that's
why I'm listed as a session musician.. The second cd was "When
Fires Breed Blood" and that was basically recorded after I
officially left Rise. Had I known Joe wanted me as a permanent member-
I would of left long before I did... |

Las Vegas Fest 2003

My
favorite singer ever:

On
Thursday May 29th, 1997 at approximately 9: 22 PM Jeff Buckley stopped
creating music in this sphere....
Singing
Led Zeppelin's " Whole lotta Love" at the top of his lungs
while floating on his back in the muddy waters of the Wolf River,
a main tributary to the mighty Mississippi, he slipped away, dragged
down under the waters. Arguably one of the most gifted song stylists
and vocalists of this or any other era, Jeff had the sensibility
of a great rock visionary wedded to a rigorous emotional and societal
inquiry. Aweing his own generation and in fact any generation of
musical afficionado, his vocal intimacy hid little of an artist
who lives and explores fear and ecstasy, the fundamental experiences
of what it is to be fully human. Jeff loved, breathed all music.
He sought the heart of the song. |

RISE
photo session '94- Monrovia, CA.

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Ruben,
Bobby, Pete Sandoval and Me- Anaheim, CA.

Mikael
Akerfeldt rules! (Troubadour-Hollywood)

Peter
Lindgren rules too! (Troubadour-Hollywood)

Steve,
Mikael and Me-(Troubadour-Hollywood.)
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