-Full name is John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik
-Born December 5, 1965
-Sun sign is Sagittarius
-Has a dog named Clooey
-Has four older sisters (Phyllis: 41, Fran: 39, Glad: 36, Kate: 35)
-Became an orphan by the age of 16
-Mom's name was Edith, dad's name was Joe
-Grew up in east Buffalo (which he calls "Polakville")
-Ex-wife is Laurie (a former model)
-He didn't begin on the guitar until his mom kicked over the drums and wouldn't let him play them anymore. He then began secretly playing his sister's acoustic guitar (at age 10)
-He took accordian lessons before starting to take electric guitar lessons
-Was in a band called the Beaumonts
-Best friend is Robby Takac
-Until the Goos first big hit, he was a plumber
-After his first day installing plumbing, he was like "Forget this, I'm going to college"
-When he was young, he had dreams of becoming either a rock star or a bus driver
-He claims that if his house was burning and he could only save one thing, it would be his dog Clooey