Ike's obsession with music began with his grandpa's blues LPs. The Blues Brothers and childhood trips to blues and jazz festivals across the midwest added fuel to the fire. 

By adolescence, his parents' love of The Cramps and The Clash hooked him on rock 'n' roll. He picked up the guitar at 15 and by the time he discovered The Stooges, Motorhead, and Bad Brains, he was a lost cause.

Ike's obsession with bass fuzz started after hearing "Think For Yourself" off Rubber Soul - but we don't talk about that too loudly since Justin hates the Beatles.