Kirk Degiorgio was born in Stepney, East London in the late 60\'s. Raised in a family who loved a wide range of music - and one which could claim a hugely famous pop-star cousin in Marc Bolan of T-Rex - Kirk got early exposure to music from artists such as Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, Sly Stone, Roxy Music, etc. His mother Janet Feld was a young \'mod\' who devoutly followed The Kinks, The Who, etc around the venues of London.