When he was younger, he injured his leg in a football accident causing
the limb to deform. He learned to play drums while in the hospital for
that accident.
His leg injury earned him his nickname of Freddy the Wheel because of
having to wear a wheel for a while after the accident.
When joining Marilyn Manson [& The Spooky Kids], he replaced Scott
Putesky's (Daisy Berkowitz's) drum machine.