[1][2][3] Fuchs attended college at the University of Georgia, where he studied graphic design and drummed in the local Athens bands The Martians, Space Cookie, and Koncak.

In 1996 he moved to New York to join Vineland, a four-piece led by Bitch Magnet guitar player Jon Fine.

[6] He then joined Maserati, playing on their albums Inventions for the New Season (2007), Passages (2009), and Pyramid of the Sun (posthumously released in 2010).

[10] Fuchs also did graphic design work for the magazine Chunklet[4] and wrote articles as a freelance writer for Entertainment Weekly.

[2] Early in the morning on November 8, 2009, Fuchs was caught in a broken elevator in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.