Career
Chad"s previous bands included: Paradigm, Cloud2Ground, R.R.D.S., Dangerous Insects, and the 90"s popular group Personal Computer Quest. Personal Computer Quest (1990-1992)
Paradigm (___-___)
Cloud2Ground (1998-2000)
While Cloud2Ground was started by Jeremy Dawson in 1996, Chad got back together with Jeremy in 1998. In 2000, they released a second album, The Gate (Beautiful).
Dangerous Insects (2001-2004?)
Two songs from Dangerous Insects, "Starts With One" and "Chemistry of a Carolina Crash" traveled with Chad to Shiny Toy Guns, appearing on We Are Pilots.
Shiny Toy Guns (2002-present)
He is the guitarist and lead male vocalist. Chad wrote and co-wrote many of the songs on We Are Pilots, Shiny Toy Guns"s first album, as well as many song"s from their second album, Season of Poison.
Chad also co-wrote and co-produced six tracks on the 2005 album release The Other Side by recording artist LOU. Hybridigital (2009-present)
Hybridigital is Jeremy and Chad"s side project, and subsection of Shiny Toy Guns, where they put on live shows of remixes of their Shiny Toy Guns songs. They feature live guitars, keyboards, and (male) vocals.
Mirror Machines (2010)
A second band by Jeremy and Chad featuring "Stadium/Sciences-fi rock".
This project has been postponed indefinitely. Chad uses mostly Gibson guitars.