Ravi Durbeej was born in Georgetown, Guyana, grew up in Queens, NYC, and went to high school in Ft. Lauderdale before moving to Berkeley, CA the summer of 1995.
The first record he bought was the 'Heart of Glass' single by Blondie in first grade and after buying the 'Let's Go Crazy' single by Prince in fourth grade, he proudly told his parents he was going to play Rock and Roll. As confused first-generation Indian immigrants, they acquiesced and enrolled him in clarinet lessons and math team later that year.
In Oakland he lived at the Chevron Station on 55th & MLK, the M&A Laundromat, the garage of the 54th St. House, and the Vallejo St. House to name a few.
He currently lives in San Francisco and plays music every day.