Name: Benjamin (Benji)
Position: Guitar/Vocals
Nickname: Kid Vicious
DOB: March 11th 1979
Height: 5'7"
Eye Colour: brown
Present Hair Colour: black and pink
Hometown: Waldorf/Naptown, MD
Status: Single
Gear: Soldano hot rod 100, marshall vintage series cabinet, 68' telecaster, custom 22 prs
Clothing: bondage pants/shorts, grinders, chuck taylors, t-shirt, eastcoast clothing
Pets: cashdogg (boxer)
Favourite Colour: black and baby blue
Favourite Music: Minor Threat, rancid, Government Issue, Greenday, The Clash, Ben Lee, The Sex Pistols, the Beastie Boys, Apoptygma Berzerk, MxPx, Oasis, Nirvana, Evan Dando, Dave Grohl, Everclear, Mc Hammer, Goldfinger
Hobbies: hear new bands in spare time, people watch, get coffee and have good conversation, go to shows, play with cashdogg
Loves: 63' chevy impala, punk rock shows, punk rock girls, girls with tattoos and piercings, goth girls, old clothes, old junk stores, my bicycle, cashdogg
Doesn't Love: humidity, politicians, food poisoning, and anything else I might not like at that certain time
Favourite Food: free food, pizza
Favourite Movies: Another State of Mind, Sid and Nancy
Favourite Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back
Favourite TV shows: The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, 7th Heaven (Jessica Biel)
Favourite Cereal: count chocula or boo berry
Favourite Holiday: Christmas
Favourite Restaurant: Acme Bar & Grille in Annapolis
Favourite Superhero: the Toxic Avenger
Favourite Part of being in GC: being able to hang out with my best friends and do what I love to do the most.
How he got his stage name Kid Vicious: Joel called him Kid Vicious coz he looked like a lil mini Sid Vicious when he was doing his hair, and when he was playing shows he played like him. They made fun of him "Look dude, you're like Sid Vicious."..."And he loves Sid so we called him Kid"
Favourite Album: The Lemonheads - It's a Shame about Ray
Favourite Beastie Boys song: Rhymin and Stealin
Favourite Drink: diet coke
Best Subject at school: History and English
Worst Subject at school: Maths
Favourite meal to cook: Linguini with clam sauce
Hates: snotty people and traffic
Best childhood memory: hanging out with his brothers and sisters
Worst job: target
Life Philosophy in a song: I wanna Riot
Favourite line from a movie: It's okay, i'm a limo driver
Would like to collaborate with: Kurt Cobain, Tupac, Rancid and the Beatles
Other:
"The most solid place to go is the mall.. it's got food.. it's got shopping.. it's got girls.. it's got movies.. it's got everything you need.."
"The Latte is an important part of the menu.. the Latte is a good drink however the Mocha is better."
"I love making out. It's fun and innocent. And besides, you can't get pregnant from making out."
"Never steal, don't lie, don't cheat alright, yeah!" also... "don't get piercings till you're 18.
"What's great about being punk is whatever you want to make it."
"Life is Benji, the rest is just details. Benji is Life."-Benji