Clark ov Saturn was born in
Cedar Falls,
Iowa as "Baby Boy Wood" on June 26, 1969, and was soon thereafter adopted and named Clark Jason Nelson. He graduated from Aurelia High School a year early and attended school at Bryne Videregaaende Skule in Bryne, Norway. He received a B.A. in German with a minor in Scandinavian Studies from
Luther College in
Decorah, Iowa in 1991. During the mid-1990s, he became well known in Denver, Colorado as "Herr Nelson" who taught high school German for the
Denver Public Schools on their
Public-access television cable TV channel in a show called "Tele Deutsch". The stage name "Clark ov Saturn" began being used in 1994 for various musical projects. After joining the industrial band LD-50, Saturn and Recone Helmut split off and formed pH10 and moved to
New York City in 1999 after touring Europe with Dr. Israel and the Trumystic Sound System. While in New York, Saturn pursued acting, music production, DJing, filmmaking, standup comedy, improvisation, and online education. In 2005, Saturn started a videoblog, ZipZapZop.com as well as MyGermanClass.com. In 2021, Saturn started dubstep/bass music project ZipZapZop and side projects Pill Hill Deans and Luther VanGross, releasing music, remixes and international collaborations on streaming platforms via his SpaceTruckingMogul Records label as well as Gradient Audio and Sublimated Sounds. ==References==