Born in Syracuse, New York, Austin Post (24 July 1995) moved to Grapevine,
Texas, at the age of nine and grew up absorbing his father's eclectic record
collection, which included Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard, playing
out his rock star dreams on the video game Guitar Hero. He turned to a real
guitar when he was 16 and began teaching himself to play with the help of online
tutorial videos. He moved on to community college and worked shifts at a
fast-food chain, but when his friend Jason Probst found success with a YouTube
gaming channel and moved to Los Angeles, he fol...