John Keith Wozniak is an American

United States

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 musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak , Dylan Keefe , and Shlomi Lavie . The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".-Early years:...

. He is the son of a developmental psychologist dad and a free spirited Bohemian

Bohemianism

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 mother.
John a.k.a. "Woz", learned how to play the guitar at the age of 14. His first solo effort was Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground

Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground

John Wozniak's first effort, Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground, was self-produced and recorded in his bedroom studio with some help from his then-girlfriend Sherry Fraser and her brother, Scott. A small run of CDs were self-released by Wozniak, and they remain extremely difficult to find to...

, recorded in his own home in 1990. In 2006 he recorded his second solo album, Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage

Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage

Originally slated to be the second solo album from Marcy Playground frontman John Wozniak, it was later decided that Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage would instead be the fourth LP from the band....

and while searching for a label to release it on, decided to call it a Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground

Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak , Dylan Keefe , and Shlomi Lavie . The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".-Early years:...

 album and include new songs recorded with the rest of the band.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528431/20060411/dream.jhtml?headlines=true&rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler.

Aside from influences such as Neil Young

Neil Young

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, Paul Simon

Paul Simon

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, and Van Morrison

Van Morrison

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, a major early influence in Woz's life was his high school girlfriend from tenth grade until his freshmen year in college, Sherry Fraser, now of the band Two Ton Boa.