Founded "Darinka", a New York City performance club of the mid-1980s
where Steve Buscemi, Mark Boone Junior, & They Might Be Giants started
their careers.
At the age of thirteen he had his first paying gig on stage. He played
bass guitar every Friday & Saturday night in the house band at the
rough Question Mark Bar in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Performed at New York City's CBGB'S and Danceteria with the post-punk
bands State of Desire & The Academy.
He was a home shopping host with Q2 (son of QVC) in the mid-nineties.
As a studio vocalist in the early eighties, he sang lead vocals on
disco versions of "Black is Black" and "Working My Way Back To
You."