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Bev, as he was known, came to Hamilton by way of Auckland only briefly in 1996. He had previously been the keyboard player and drummer in an Auckland band known as Viper. Viper's shows commenced with a-rhythmic noise-scapes until such time as Bev found a chord he liked, taped down all the keys and commenced drumming.

In Hamilton he was a regular host on Contact 89FM where he created problems by playing bludgeoning turgid noise very early in the mornings and ignoring the station's playlists. He also sometimes co-hosted The Industrial Show on Tuesday's Hard Night Out feature alongside Raewyn Poole.

He was closely involved with the work of Disjecta Membra and Genitus Lung in a sound-tech capacity, and also helped organise a number of shows around Hamilton featuring these and other projects like Usine, FALLen, Lure et al. He was a member of a short-lived project known as Falling Cynic and later Intract before moving to Wellington in 1997. He later moved to Auckland and was a co-founder of AVOTOR in 1998 (featuring former Genitus Lung members), and left New Zealand for Asia in 2004.