He was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. He attended Bishop Shanahan
High School and graduated in 1993.
From 1992 to 1999 he was in a band called Brody, in which he sang and
played guitar. The band split up in 2000, and then he joined an
emo/indie/rock band called Breaking Pangaea, in which he had the same
role he had in Brody.
In 2003, he joined Taking Back Sunday as a guitarist.
In October 2007 he quits Taking Back Sunday to focus on his solo career
in The Color Fred.