Vox Day

Vox Day (born 21 August 1968) is an American publisher, science fiction writer, journalist, philosopher, musician and video game designer.

Early life

Theodore Beale was born and grew up in Minnesota, the son of entrepreneur and jailed tax protester Robert Beale. He claims to be of English, Irish, Mexican, and Native American descent. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1990, where he studied economics, history and Japanese language. Beale first began to write short stories while he was in college.

Music career

Between 1992 and 1994 Day was a member of the electronic band Psykosonik, which recorded four Billboard Top 40 club play hits. These were "Silicon Jesus" in September 1993, "Welcome to My Mind" in February 1994, as well as "It Has Begun" and "Unlearn". Beale is credited with composition and lyrics on all four songs.

In 1987 Beale was playing in a cover band called NoBoys. He first met Paul Sebastian at The Underground in Minneapolis and the two men put together a band with Beale on keyboards and Sebastian on guitar and vocals. They found a drummer Michael Larson and a production engineer Daniel Lenz. The band Psykosonik began recording electronic music at Sebastian's apartment where he had a recording studio, and later found performance opportunities in local clubs. Their first successful song was "Sex Me Up."