John Elefante grew up in in Long Beach singing and playing drums in his family's band The Brotherhood. At age 23 he became the new keyboardist and lead-singer of the band Kansas. After three years he left the band and found his new love as a producer. John has produced and or performed on over one hundred albums for a who’s who of the industry, started two record labels and founded one of the most successful recording studios in the country with his brother Dino. In the midst of all this he has recorded three solo albums of his own and four albums with his band Mastodon.