Josh, born Dec. 18th, 1974 in Riverside, CA, first started playing drums in Lakeland, Florida at age 15. In 1989 he helped create his first band: Badd influence.

In 1996 Josh moved to Oregon to attend OSU. “That’s where I received my first real dose of Jazz and to this day, in my opinion, it is still one of the most invigorating, challenging and rewarding styles of music.” Tired of playing alone he posted an ad at a local music store, which eventually formed a small funk band called Tubefinger (accidentally slurred out of his mouth over a bottle of Twofingers’ Tequila). Tubefinger was a 6 piece band consisting of odd meter funk rhythms, crisp guitar riffs and stunning tenor sax solos.

Much changed in 1997 when Josh’s name was passed along to a Romanian bassist in search of a new drummer for their multi-cultural, up-and-coming rock band. He accepted the invitation and became the new drummer for Voodoo Tuna (VDT). This eclectic mix of musicians resulted in a rich sound that was rock ready with just the right amount of funk to get people grooving. For the next three years VDT would spend time touring throughout Oregon and Washington. VDT released their self-titled EP in 1999 that debuted at #9 on the local charts, moving to #1 in less than 4 weeks.

Josh later found his way back to Florida and played independently for the next couple years while completing a Bachelor’s Degree at the University of South Florida. Shortly after graduating he met guitarist, Craig Sybert. In July of 2003 Craig and his long time friend, Patrick Williams would hook up with Josh to form Contrast, which performed in a variety of locations ranging anywhere from acoustic gigs at coffee houses to opening for national acts like 7 Mary Three and Non Point.

After the birth of his second child, daughter Gwendolyn Monet, Josh took the next year off.  Not being able to totally stay away from music Josh, sitting on a pile of unused drum tracks, joined with his brother Jason to create an entirely digital concept band called Transtoc (Visit Myspace Site).

In 2006 and absolutely itching to play in a band again, Josh hooked up with guitarist Micah Barrington from Fire Within (Visit Myspace Site) Fire Within is a new Metal Band in Lakeland, FL currently working on an EP and playing occasional shows.  Returning to the metal scene, Josh feels like he’s back to his old roots again.