-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