Started his musical career as a drummer for the band
'Dan Kidney and
the Pulsations'
before moving on to Sardonica (featuring the
legendary Sal Bee). He played with Sardonica for eight years (a taste
of things to come). Jerry Only contacted him,
and he joined with Jerry and
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
on one Kryst The Konqueror album, while Jerry was still trying to get
the rights to The Misfits name.
During the legal battle against
Glenn Danzig, Dr. Chud was busy with a side
project, known as "Sacred Trash". Chud wrote, played guitar and sang on
the band's debut, and only, release, also called "Sacred Trash". The
band did not last, as Jerry Only finally won the legal fight for the
name of The Misfits. Dr. Chud had to start sitting behind The Misfits'
drumset.
The Misfits went on their "Resurrection" tour in 1996 and immediately
afterwards Dr. Chud, Jerry Only, Doyle and
Michale Graves were headed into the
studio to record the Geffen Records release "American Psycho", which
featured quite a few songs penned by Dr. Chud.
Two years passed, full of numerous tours with such acts as
Marilyn Manson,
Anthrax and Megadeth,
singles releases and a live album, produced by Dr. Chud. Then they hit
the studio again, this time to record an album for RoadRunner Records,
"Famous Monsters" was born. About the same time, Jerry and Dr. Chud
recorded "1969" with Joey Ramone for an
Iggy Pop tribute record called "They Will Fall"
and the track was also used later on Joey Ramone's own album, "Don't
Worry About Me".
After six years in the group, two studio records, a live record,
appearances in films such as
Animal Room (1995) and
Bruiser (2000) and even time as a
wrestler in the WCW, Dr. Chud and Michale Graves walked away from The
Misfits to form a new group more fitting to their growing tastes. This
new group was called "Graves". Within a year the group wrote nine songs
and had arranged a nationwide tour. Immediately after the "Web of
Dharma" tour, they went into the studio to record a "Web of Dharma"
album, and Dr. Chud produced and distributed it through his own GDU
Records. Afterwards, they went out for a second leg of the "Web of
Dharma" tour, in 2002, and shortly after that they disbanded, Michale
going off to form Gotham Road.
Dr. Chud, however, went into recording his new X-Ward CD, "Diagnosis
for Death", which has recently been released.
