John Edward Donald grew up in the suburbs of Chicago during the seventies as a child of a divorce. He was given a guitar as a Christmas gift under the advice of one of his six older brothers when 9 years old and was schooled, as typical in Chicago, in blues guitar, then country until he was introduced to Joy Divison through a cassette tape given by a friend. The introduction to the music of Joy Division, which was at that time not considered "Punk“ or "Post-Punk“ but a type of proto-Gothic and later other industrial/post-industrial groups such as Current 93, Death in June,… read more
John Edward Donald grew up in the suburbs of Chicago during the seventies as a child of a divorce. He was given a guitar as a Christmas gift under the advice of one of his six older brothers when 9 years old and was schooled, as typical in Chicago, in blues guitar, then country until he was i… read more
John Edward Donald grew up in the suburbs of Chicago during the seventies as a child of a divorce. He was given a guitar as a Christmas gift under the advice of one of his six older brothers when 9 years old and was schooled, as typical in Chicago, in blues guitar, then country until he was introduced to Joy Divison through a cassette tape given by a friend. The … read more