 He performed on their second album "" (1992), which attracted the attention of major record labels and led to a recording contract with Interscope Records.He also performed in a side project named Rice with Rocket from the Crypt trumpeter Jason Crane (JC 2000).The group, a hardcore punk band with a horn section, also included Carlos Cañedo (of The PeeChees and Beehive & the Barracudas), Dustin "Dirty" Milsap (of Beehive & the Barracudas), and Jason Soares (of Physics, Stacatto Reads, Thingy, and Remote Action Sequence Project).