Full name: Joshua Eric Cushing

Nicknames: Sasquatch, The Little Monkey

DOB: January 8, 1983

Place of Birth: Fargo, North Dakota

Places lived: Lisbon, ND; Fargo, ND

Parents: Dan and Puffi Cushing

Sibs: Nick (19), Sara (6)

School: Fargo North HS

Best friend (s): Courtney, Cody

Pets & names: None

Jobs: Bicycle repair specialist at Super Wiener Bikes

Hobbies: Drumming, listening to music

Collect: Broken Sticks

Best advice ever given: "Freedom without discipline is chaos" - Art Blakey; "You play the drums, I'll play the guitar" - John Scofield

Favorite quote: "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." - Cato the Elder

Non sport game in which you excel: Duckhunt for Nintendo

Non sport game that you enjoy: Solitaire

Dream car: 1974 3.0 CS BMW (of course with a nice sound system)

Coolest experience: Playing double bass drums LIKE I was on crack

Scariest thing you've ever done: Been in emergency room and intensive care for a week and almost dying because of asthma

Favorite thing (s) to do in the summer: Bmx bicycling and playing concerts

Favorite thing to do in the winter: Ski or snowboard, camping
Special talents/skills: Sight-reading music, drumming, coordination

Character traits I look for in a person: Humor, Compassion, Understanding, Supporting

What I want to be accepted for: Nice guy (even though famous?:)

What I want to do before I die: See or meet my favorite drummer, Neil Peart (Rush)

Church: Salem Evangelical Free

Fav type of music: Hard rock (not Metal!)

Musical influences: Neil Peart (Rush), Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Danny Carey (Tool), and Roger Scharf

Fav musical artist or group: Rush, Tool, Dream Theater, Living Sacrifice, and Collective Soul

Fav color: Red

Fav food: Potatoes

Least fav food: Fish

Fav vacation: Canada or Australia

Fav subject: Jazz ensemble

Fav sport as a spectator: Professional wrestling (Sport?)

Fav sport as a player: Racquetball

Other sports: Drumming

Fav teams: Hacksaw Jim Duggan and The Macho Man Randy Savage

Fav actor: Al Pacino

Fav actress: Gillian Anderson

Fav cartoon character: Maggie Simpson

Fav movie: Hardware Wars and Other Film Farces

Fav music video: The World in Which We Live by Genesis or ÆNIMA by Tool

Fav animal: Frogs
Fav TV show: Seinfeld

Fav day: Saturday

Fav month: June

Fav holiday: Christmas

Fav part of the newspaper: Classifieds

Fav thing to wear: Cargo shorts and a 'wife beater'