-Washed-Up Rockstar
-Got his start as a drummer in various garage bands
-Played dive bars until the band split
-Picked up a bass while jamming, fell in love with it
-Went onto a new band that had moderate success
-Became a session bassist before founding Caliburn
-Caliburn went onto being a very successful post-grunge band
-Got the idea to go solo
-Got into acting, had a few special guest appearances on primetime television (police procedures, as himself on sitcoms)
-Used that to springboard his solo career.
-It flopped
-Caliburn had already replaced him
-A life of partying led to a downward spiral in drug addiction and alcoholism
-Shot one porn
-Went to rehab
-Got clean
-Went back to being a session bassist
-Wrote a song that went viral
-Currently riding the wave of fame following his resurface, his new girlfriend and rumours of a new solo album and a renewal of interest in his previous one.
-Caliburn has offered to have him join them on tour again.

But...
-Has had two divorces previously, and they were not amicable
-Has at least one child with one of his ex-wives and two others from groupies and other flings.
-Did not in fact get sober and merely just got sneakier
-Did not write his new single and stole it.
-Refuses to perform live, told everyone he's playing all the parts in his new song, having used the time in rehab to learn other instruments. This is not true, he's using AI.
-His current girlfriend is much, much younger than him. She's currently an 'American Sweetheart' type pop princess which some think is using him to add an edge to her image. Others think he's preying on her both sexually but also for her so far more successful career.