Drummer with the rock band Pearl Jam from 1991 to 1994, as well as other groups like Green Romance Orchestra.
He briefly attended North Mesquite High School and went on to play with local bands like Course of Empire.
He was nominated for a Grammy Award along with the other members of Pearl Jam in 1995.
He married Laura Whisman in 2006. He has a daughter born in 2003 with a previous partner.
He was in Pearl Jam with Eddie Vedder.
