Wayne joined TUS in December 2021. He plays drums and sings backing vocals and contributes to song-writing for TUS. He also plays the doumbek which is featured in the intro of Behind the Sun. For TUS he draws influence from jazz, industrial and world music. 

Wayne's parents had a family band which included his father, uncle and mother. Their frustration with hired gun drummers led to handing 4 year old Wayne a pair of drum sticks. At 5 he got his first kit, a Sears toy drum set, for Christmas. At 7 he had his first live gig in a bar somewhere in Waco, TX. He practiced obsessively listening to tapes of old school funk, like Ohio Players, Dazz Band, Average White Band and old school country. By 7 he had studied with Joe Spata and David Prater (Santana, Sam & Dave, etc.). Later he studied with Jazz legend, Joe Morello in NYC. In his career, he's done 50+ recording sessions spanning every genre and played all over the world. Notable performances included with Arthur Brown, Johnny Gimble, David Allen Coe, Cindy Cashdollar, Oliver Rajamani, and many others, including with groups who have opened for the Toadies, Brian Setzer and ZZ Top. …Wayne's laid drum tracks for everyone from Willie Nelson to the late David Koresh of the Branch Davidians. 

Influences include: Joe Morello, Max Roach, Vernel Fournier (from Ahmad Jamal trio), Rob Heaton (New Model Army), Herlin Reiley (Wynton Marsalis) and Benny Greb. 

With TUS he plays a vintage 1968 Premier kit. He occasionally uses a solid-shell Noble & Cooley. Snare is usually a Ludwig Black Beauty and a wide-range of cymbals including a 22" Funch ride out of Denmark. Others include a UFIP hihat, and lately, Meinl Dual crashes. He uses a 1995 DW 5000 pedal and American Jazz 2 sticks. For TUS, he's also incorporated a Roland SPDSX sampling pad.

His favorite TUS song is Fate.