Tom T Lesions was born on May 18th in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended Homestead High School in the Milwaukee area and RIT Technical School in Rochester, New York for college.

He sat through both guitar and piano lessons, and eventually self-taught himself on the bass guitar, which he plays with the band.

Tom's influences include early Black Sabbath, Slade, the Who and early David Bowie. He strongly dislikes DISCO of any kind and lists the Stooges "No Fun" as his favorite song.

His favorite gig with 'Those XCleavers' is opening for the Police and being locked in the dressing room by Arena security.

"I still can't figure out what makes me do this (play in a band), but I can't afford a shrink . . . " writes Tom.