Well, I was pumpkin and apple picking with an exgirlfriend, and after being raped financially for apples and pumpkins, I realized that there is no place more horrifying than a pumpkin patch.

We play live, mostly around central NJ. We enjoy it. It's a good live show.

The internet is fantastic for the music industry. I never would've heard bands like Blitzkid, Mister Monster, The Everdead, 45 Grave, TSOL, and other bands that I discovered via P2P. These bands are bands that I've come to love, and bands that I draw influences from. If there was no music trade on the internet, there'd be no Pumpkin Patch.

Sure, if we were offered one. However, I'd be happier to sign with smaller more intimate labels like FiendForce, Misfits Records, or Horror High.

The Pumpkin Patch was started in 2005 after I was inactive in music for a few years. The concept of it is rooted in an old band I did called Dementia 13, playing horror punk and general rock music. We had a couple of shows and were generally very well recieved by peers and the local scene, but things just didn't pan out. The drummer stopped playing drums, the bassist and guitarist were unhappy, and of course I didn't play guitar, so there was no Dementia 13 anymore.

After the band was dead, I had a handful of unwritten songs that I just put away. In the years following D13, I learned to play guitar and bass and began recording music for a yet unnamed horror punk band. I pulled out the old songs, Camp Crystal Lake, Zombie Holocaust, and Leatherface, threw some chords in there and recorded some demos with my keyboard as the drum machine. I then threw in a cover of Black Flag's Wasted and sent it out to be printed. I had 25 or 30 copies pressed and sold them for three dollars a piece, not really making or losing any money, just getting the music out there. People generally enjoyed it, so I continued the project.

In 2006 I was joined by Kyle Dolan on drums and Kyle Burton, and we rushed out The Dead Rising EP, which I think came wonderfully.

The Ramones
Michale Graves
The Misfits
Blitzkid
Mister Monster
The Everdead
Samhain
The Descendents
Black Flag
The Dead Kennedys
Bad Religion
Danzig
The Adicts
The New York Dolls
The Cure
Johnny Cash
45 Grave
T.S.O.L.

My favorite spot my bed, where I lay in the dark and play guitar.

A Yamaha faux-Stratocaster outfitted with an EMG where the humbucker belongs.
An ESP flying V
A Squire bass
A Squire acoutic guitar
A Presonus Inspire Firewire Interface
Amplitube for amp modelling
Sonar 5 for production
A myriad of plugins