In May of 2024, Rodriguez was charged with defacing property to intimidate and larceny (in connection with a vandalization incident at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston).

After graduating in 1992, the two began conspiring to form Catharsis, which came to full fruition in 1994, borrowing two of their friends from local ska band, Otis Reem to complete the lineup.

With Ümlaut, a parodical anarcho-crust band featuring members of Catharsis he also played on an EP, Finland (1999), and on a full-length album titled Havok Wreakers (2001), again under an assumed name (Barøn Bürri Von Blixen).

In 2009, Rodriguez joined former Trial bandmate Timm McIntosh (ex-Champion, ex-Amendment Eighteen), playing drums for his new band, Wait in Vain's debut full-length, Seasons on Panic!

That same year, he also anonymously tracked drums for Taiwan's most popular black metal band, Chthonic on their third full-length, Mirror of Retribution, which was recorded by Volbeat and former Anthrax guitarist, Rob Caggiano.

In between Prong tours, Rodriguez met Los Angeles-based black metal act Hail the Night and recorded an EP with them entitled No God We Trust (NGWT), which was shelved before its release.