Jon started playing around with drum at age 14, but took it up seriously after his mother got him a drum kit for Christmas.

At 15, Jon and his neighbor Gary Mullen started their first band. The first rehearsal (in Gary's bedroom) was cut short by the police because of excess volume during a spirited rendition of Queen's "We Will Rock You."

As addition to playing live in many places around the world, he has also spent time working with a theatre production of a rock-opera. Jon has done extensive recording work with various rock bands and is featured on several albums, singles, and music videos.

Although recording in a studio is great fun, Jon says that playing live and loud is where he is most at home. Jon lists one of the highlights of his career was standing on the Great Wall of China and realizing the reason he was there was because "he hits things with bits of wood." 

When he's not rocking out, he likes to spend time with family and friends or watch Kung Fu movies.