Early Life
Cooler grew up in Mobile, Alabama with an extreme Christian upbringing before discovering punk music in middle school when he saw This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb and Deerhoof perform at local DIY (Do It Yourself) show. He became particularly influenced by the political edge and personal freedom associated with punk ethics, growing angry with the southern fundamentalist ideals that he grew up with.
In his late teens he relocated to Oakland, California where he became a part of the Oakland warehouse community Club Hot!, which housed many local artist including Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers, Lake Of Dracula), Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata), and Steve Touchstone (Snowsuit*, Xbxrx). Club Hot! deceased in 2003 moving almost all of the residents, including Cooler, to the north Oakland Temescal neighborhood.
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