Biography

FROM THE "HAPPY BASTARDS" PRESS RELEASE...


The band was formed in 2007, yet the frontman’s own backstory goes back further still, to his roots as a precocious 16-year-old manager/promoter on the West Coast. “I was sneaking into rock clubs trying to sign the hip new LA bands,” he remembers, “making business calls at lunchtime in my Math teacher’s classroom, just so they would believe I was older than 16.

“I was living two lives,” he adds. “But it brought me the foundation to eventually book myself for the first five years of my career when nobody really gave a **** about me. I knew I needed to earn their respect, so I told myself I’m not going to stop until I see my dreams come true. I’ve been on the road for ten years straight, playing over 250 shows a year, through six countries, basically living in a van. It’s a toss and pull relationship, and I wanted to try and give commentary on those subjects on Happy Bastards.”