Tom De"Short", by the way
Born: December 13, 1975
Hometown: grew up in Poway, CA; lives in Encinitas, CA
Family: father Tom, mother Connie, (divorced) brother Shon, sister Kari
lucky lady: Jennifer Jenkins (May 26, 2001 - present) |Find out More|
Children: Daughter Ava due July 2002
Equipment
Fender Custom Stratocaster split into a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier amp powering two Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinets; a Marshall JCM 900 amp powering another Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinet; X-Wire digital wireless system; Ernie Ball Heavy Bottom strings; Dunlop Tortex .60mm picks | the guitar |
Extra Info
Height: 6'4"
Dog: German Shepard named Grey
Tatoos: UFO's, flaming 182, a rocketship, a pyramid, a sphinx, a mummy, a snake, the Blink bunny, San Diego and most likely some more.
Favorite bands: Descendents, NOFX, Pennywise, Fugazi, Jimmy Eat World
Favorite Album: (supposedly) Less Talk, More Rock - Propaghandi
Other bands: Box Car Racer (present side band), The Big Oily Men (1992)
Arrested: once in Jacksonville, Florida at the Milkbar on Halloween
Expelled: from Poway High School for being drunk at a basketball game (reference "Dick Lips")
Hobbies: UFO's, aliens, government conspiracies, etc.
Films
"Shake Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story" (1999) - Jan Berry
American Pie (1999) - Garage Band Member
Idle Hands (1999) - Drive Thru Jockey (He's the one in the pith helmet)
Other Albums
Box Car Racer (Box Car Racer) - Vocals, guitar, bass, songwriting
Elva (Unwritten Law) - Phone message for Scott Russo after "Evolution"
Stats
Tom's Songs:
Anthem Part 2
First Date
Story of a Loney Guy
Stay Together for the Kids
Reckless Abandon
Give Me One Good Reason
Please Take Me Home
What Went Wrong (#14 on yellow TOYPAJ)
Fuck a Dog (#15 on yellow TOYPAJ)
Don't Tell Me (#14 on green TOYPAJ)
Time To Break Up (#14 on red TOYPAJ)
Dumpweed
Aliens Exist
Dysentary Gary
All the Small Things
Mutt
Anthem
Voyuer
Boring
Dick Lips
Enthused
Untitled
Degenerate
I'm Sorry
Carousel
Touchdown Boy
Peggy Sue
Does My Breath Smell?
Toast and Bananas
Romeo and Rebecca
Ben Wah Balls
Just About Done
Depends
21 Days
Point of View
My Pet Sally
-misc
Dead Man's Curve (Shake, Rattle and Roll : An American Love Story)
Dancing With Myself (Generation X cover on Before You Were Punk, Vol. 1)
Hope (Descendents cover performed on summer tour '01)
Blow Job
The Country Song
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