[1] He moved to Florida in 1994 and began searching for fellow musicians, connecting with Chris Williams, the drummer for Talonzfury.
Williams auditioned for Chuck Schuldiner and was hired as the first Control Denied drummer, with Hamm following a month later.
As a result, Hamm played on the last Death album, The Sound of Perseverance, and toured with the band in 1998.
[3] On December 12, 2007, Hamm played in a tribute show at Theatre Imperial in Quebec for the anniversary of Schuldiner's death.
Most of the guitar work and singing was performed by the members of Symbolic, a Death tribute band.