Wait, no he didn't, and neither did Taylor Swift for that matter. Ben grew up in a nice suburb where he was imbued with his love of music at an early age by his disc jockey father. He was provided with a inflatable toy guitar which he pretended to rock out with to the music of his favorite bands at the time: Green Day, Nirvana, Weezer, and ... MC Hammer. Ben still does this now, except the guitar is made of real wood ... and weighs the same as a duck.

Besides music, Ben loves the NFL, video games, wikipedia, and tea.

Born during the year of the snake, Ben is a sarcastic wise-ass who secretly enjoys making you dislike him. He openly (and often) admits to sucking at his instruments of choice which, apart from guitar, include trumpet and bass.

Nowadays Ben listens to Deftones, Incubus, Audioslave, The Offspring, Sufjan Stevens, Old Crow Medicine Show, and much, much more. The inflatable toy guitar still makes an occasional appearance though the color has faded and the surface is coated in the crust of time and god knows what else.

If you'd like to contact Ben, you should come see a Flying Pigs show. He'll give you a piggy back ride and a slew of acronyms if you're lucky.