 He had a short lived role as lead guitarist in 2007 for the band Freeload, a more "feel-good" almost jam band oriented type group which also features former Vio-lence drummer Perry Strickland.In 2010, he joined Jono Bacon's free culture metal project Severed Fifth as lead guitarist.Severed Fifth released a full album length demo just months later in October titled "Nightmares by Design".