At the age of 13, he started playing in punk rock bands in Staten Island, NY. After finishing college, he was living in Long Beach NY, just steps from the Atlantic. Perhaps it was the psychedelics, perhaps the tide, but something began to take over young Biz's dreams, and he would wake up and paint all day, and every night he would record music in the warm isolation of his little beach bungalow. In a pragmatic attempt to use his philosophy degree, he went to law school, but found it draining and creatively stifling.