The Vault Radio show
Big John
co
host.
Well, where do I begin?
August 30, 1970 the world was in for it; a little dude was
born and had fire in his eyes and a hunger in his soul (and
stomach of course) to be different.
I was raised in a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, called Norwood
and attended Purcell-Marian High School. In 1987 I was a
member of the 14-0 Ohio State Champion Football team
-receiving a rating of Number 2 in the country.
I then went on to join the U.S. Marine Corps and was a
member of 1/1 in Camp Pendleton, California. I completed my
active duty in 1993 after serving in Operation Desert Storm.
In may of 1998 I attended a concert in Cleveland with Ratt,
who was opening for Poison and was told I could ride the bus
back to the hotel due to the fact my ride was taking my
buddy and the tour manger back to the hotel. Well, I got on
the crew bus and wound up in Detroit. I had planned on
returning to Cincinnati in a week after continuing on with
the band. The rest is history...I was asked to join the
Poison team in May of 2000 and the party hasn't stopped
since. I have continued on with Poison as well as working
with great artist such as Nickleback, Saliva, Kid Rock, Bret
of course on solo, and most recently Brian Setzer and the
amazing regrouping of the Stray Cats this year.
I have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of great fans of
music along the way and made a few friends in the process so
that being said all I can say is......It has been a great
day at the office so far....
Thanks for everything and enjoy the site and the
show.