JUSTIN ALAN GAGE WAS BORN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON JANUARY 11, 1984, BUT HE CELEBRATED THE NEXT EIGHTEEN BIRTHDAYS IN FRANCE, WHERE HIS FAMILY MOVED TO SHORTLY AFTER HIS BIRTH. JUSTIN ALWAYS HEARD THE SOUND OF ANOTHER DRUMMER; AND WALKED TO THAT MUSIC. AS A YOUNG CHILD HE FOUND A PASSION FOR CREATING, WHETHER IT BE CREATING CLOTHES FOR HIS GI JOE’S, NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFTS, DRAWING OR MUSIC.