Early Life
Joseph McGinty Nichol was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and grew up in Newport Beach, California. Because his uncle and grandfather were also named Joe, his mother nicknamed him McG to avoid confusion, which has stuck with him since the day he was born. He had a brother, and his father owned a company that tested drugs for pharmaceutical firms.
McG attended Corona del Mar High School, where he met Mark McGrath, initially wanting to become the lead singer of a band he formed with McGrath. However, he failed as a front man and persuaded McGrath to take over, working behind the scenes as producer and marketer for the band, which later scored several hit singles as Sugar Ray. By the age of 22, after he went to UC Irvine and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree for psychology, Sugar Ray signed onto a label and began touring. Around the time, McG worked as a still photographer, shooting local bands and musicians. This led him to form a record label known as G Recordings in 1993.
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