John's musical and artistic journey began at a very young age. Born of two musically inclined parents (they met in a rock band), he began performing in public at age 6 and penning his own original songs by age 10. Throughout his childhood, John learned how to play multiple instruments including drums, piano, bass, guitar, and voice. While a freshman in high school, John was asked to join his first significant band, Havoc, where he took care of all vocal duties. By far the youngest member of the band (everyone was 18+ with John clocking in at 14), this experience taught him the ropes as well as the potential decadent side of rock 'n roll. After Havoc's brief run, John formed Izan Dratsab with his "twin brother from a different mother" Chip Pusin. Although this group did not perform live, it wrote and recorded many 4-track classics including "Madman" and "It ain't safe no more". However, John would not have commercial success with original m...