John (the short one) in high school doing a harmony solo with Kevin Cumley in the heavy metal band "Triphammer."

Exit (from left to right:)  Shaun O'Brien, John Kline, Lance Benson, and Andy Rose... Exit was a heavy metal / hard rock band that toured the northwest, the midwest, and the east coast.

Exit at a venue in upstate New York, circa 1982... John's the one in the fog... which may have some metaphorical overtones...

Exit's stage set up before a concert in upstate New York

Lance in the foreground, John in the background...

John with "Les," a less than imaginative name given to his Les Paul...

Left and above:  John at the Theater in Schuylerville, NY... circa 1983

John and Pat (Patti) Zander during John's college days, circa 1984... Band:  Hot Lunch...

John and Patti

John and Tim Milam (formerly of Montana rock band "Bishop")... Tim just got done dousing John's head in hair spray (hence the look on John's face....)