Raymond Berglund, who considers himself a scotch aficionado, world traveler, and aspiring world record holder, was born and raised a New Englander. When not sailing a 41' Morgan in the Abacos, you can generally find Ray on an airplane. In his formative years, Ray was one of the youngest illegal immigrant rights activists in the early 1980's after being inspired by the Gregory Nava directed film "El Norte". After the accident however, he spent much of his time restoring old Edison gramophones and so began his love affair with sound. Mark Lane began his music career in utero. From the day he saw first light, he knew he was going to be a rockstar or a reoccurring token cast member on the Cosby Show, and he's too dedicated to split his time between the two. So with the purchase of a guitar at a yard sale outside of Cleveland, OH at the age of 8, Mark had found his calling. The guitar, rumored to be the discarded axe of Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser of Blue Oyster Cult, gave Mark the outlet for which his creative mind yearned. After a 6-month retreat to Denver, CO, Mark returned to his hometown of Erie, PA, in hopes of becoming a world record holder. During his first few days of training, he met Ray, who was also an aspiring world record holder (and still is). They decided their efforts were best served in an explosion of alcohol-fueled, deep fried, blues-fuzed, folk-rock sex music. On April 15th, 2004, Dojo Joe, aka "Ray & Mark" (UK: "Mark & Ray") aka "The Intensity" (Japan: "In 10 Cities"), was born via C chord-section.
Ray currently works in Toronto, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, France, Germany, Los Angeles, Montreal, and Luxembourg, while Mark resides in San Diego. They can usually be found in taco shops, sushi houses, or pubs serving single-malt scotch worldwide.
YOU GUYS ROCK!! There are five of us in the band, and we all think you rock delicious ass. You're sorta a cross between Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters and Ray Lamontagne. Awesomeness...I wanna work with you. I wanna put your song on the radio. I wanna lick your nut sack...Wait...That last part, won't go on the contract. But you get it.
