the band KISS when he was 5 year old. Soon after he became interested in Ozzy Osbourne. During the 1980s Fair was an avid skateboarder and was introduced to both the punk and hardcore scenes via reading ''Thrasher'' magazine.

In seventh grade he had his first visit to a recording studio after he and two friends won a radio jingle contest (sponsored by Mass Electric) with a Beastie Boys-inspired