Name: Rogue

Birthdate: July 4

Instruments: Vocals, Violin, Keyboard Programming, Drum Programming, Bass Programming, and Sequences... etc.

Position:writes both the lyrics and music for the Cruxshadows, and is the founder and leader of the band.

Platform: Apple Macintosh, currently: Macbook Pro

Quote: "I am not ashamed... honesty, tempered by love, can feel no shame."

"If the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, then the road to Heaven is paved with honest attempts."

"It is the man gripped by fear, who still stands to face his enemies, that is truly possessed of bravery."

Lived: In the US: Virginia, Arizona, Texas, Florida. In Germany: Bavaria.

Favorite Touring Experience: "The best feeling is finding you have fans who really, sincerely care about your music in cities you've never been to before. It's very fulfilling to feel as if you've reached people artistically."

Diet: primarily consists of Sushi, salads, rice, grilled meats & shellfish, fruits, nuts, & vegetables. Treats include hard candies & fruit gummis, ice cream, & occasionally cheese. Does not eat fried food, greesy food, pasteries, or heavy dressings or sauces. Does not under any circumstances drink caffeine. Likes Spicy things- particularly red pepper and wasabi. Drinks herbal infusions(we call that herbal tea in America), water, & Vitamin Water. No Carbonated drinks & "no bubbles in the drinking water please..."

likes, loves, & Inspirations: Gibran, Klimt, Schostacovich, E.A. Poe, Shelly, Keats, Fusseli, Bernini, Mythology, Tim Burton, Sergei Eisenstien, Akhenaten, Bowie, Thomas Jefferson, Stefan Groth, William Blake, Robert Smith, Waterhouse, St. Theresa, Peter Murphy, Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux, Mozart, Friedrich, Turner, Bobby Bowden, Joan of Arc, The Madonna, Vincent Price, Charles Addams & his "family", My Family, My Country, Emily Bronte, Nefertiti, Einstein, Aten-Ra, Arturis Rex Dux Bellorum, JK Rowling, Audy Murphy, CS Lewis, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Neil Gaiman, Mesh, Jeremy Brett in his role as Sherlock Holmes, Jimmy Stewart, Björk, Wyatt Perko, Cocteau, and Jessica.

Benedictus Deus.

Favorite color other than black: Silver

Previous Projects: Stone Pale Gods, Culture Shock, Founding member of the Crüxshadows

Favorite Video Games: Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider II, and Tomb Raider III; The Adventures of Lara Croft, Tomb Raider IV; Revelations, TR5, TR: Anniversary (Basically any version of Tomb Raider), No One Lives Forever 1 & 2, Soul Blade, Soul Calibur 1,2,& 3, Quake 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Resident Evil:Code Veronica, Unreal Tournament, Dead or Alive, Tempest, & Madden, Big Bang Chess.

Favorite Movies & TV shows:

TV: Lost, Farscape, The X-Files, & The Storyteller. Also the Addams Family, Scooby Doo, & the occasional Anime.

MOVIES: Orpheus, Wings of Desire, Millions, Saint Ralph, The Incredibles, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Brazil, Excaliber, Sky Captain, X-Files Fight the Future, Peace Keeper Wars, Edward Scissorhands, 13th Warrior, Monsters Inc., Breakfast at Tiffanys, Iron Giant, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hero, Mirrormask, Corpse Bride, The Princess Bride, Harry potter films, Rear Window, North by Northwest, City of the Lost Children, Crouching Tiger- Hidden Dragon, Coucteau's Beauty & the Beast, Joe vs. the Volcano, Amelie, Its a wonderful life, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, the first 2 Batmans, 300 And many more... "Really, I just love movies... Anything that takes you away and places you into another reality... another perspective... i am into formalist film. I don't like shock inspired gore and violence, realistic violence, or slice of life realism in most cases."

books: Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, American Gods, Coraline, Stardust, Peter Pan, various Mythologies, The Prophet, Alice's adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, & many more. Likes audio books for iPod.

Likes: Emotion, Compassion, Old Cemeteries, Sincerity, freedom, Lollipops, Cream Soda( well not so much any more...I gave up carbonated beverages!), MilkShakes, My laptop computers (Macbook Pro), Almond & Pistaschio flavored ice cream, Creativity, Sexuality, almond flavored anything (really), Mexican food, Violin/String Music, OS X, Painting, Piña Colada Flavored stuff, Root Beer flavored anything, Pistacio Ice Cream ( I know I already said that), Farscape, Sculptures, X-files, Video Games, Sugar, Scooby Doo (without Scrappy!),SOBEs & Vitamin Water, Poetry, My Ipod, My dog "Roman", My dog "AJAX", Rats, Egyptology, Romanticism, Wings (The ones you fly with, not the ones you eat...), My cat "Napoleon Cassanova"(He French kisses...Yuck), I LOVE SUSHI, Shadows, Dreams, Apple Macintosh, Ice Cream, Loyalty, Beauty, Imagination, and the sublime.

and uh... Jessica...(actually I love her)

Dislikes: Rudeness, Hypocrisy, Onions, Anything with Caffeine, Drug Abuse, Hatefulness, Smoking, Prejudice, Alcohol, Frozen Vegetables, Closemindedness, Religious Fundamentalism, Sexual repression through the government, Liberal extremism, The news media and their tabloid style control of the world, Chocolate, cellulite, bad breath, greasy or fried food, carbonated drinks, losing ones youth, selfishness, cowardice, Bigotry, manipulation, anyone or anything that dictates morality via the law, the limitation of freedom, and cities without 24 hour services (What are we night people supposed to eat or buy when everything closes before 2am!!!).

Measurements: ∞