Jeff Janiak was born in
Livingston, New Jersey on November 4, 1976, and spent the first years of his life in
Irvington, New Jersey until moving to
Toms River, New Jersey in the late 1970s. Janiak is a relative of the actor
William Campbell. Janiak's introduction to playing music began at the age of 12 when he taught himself how to play the drums, then at the age of 14, he started his first band
Chaotic Discharge. After an eight-year hiatus, Janiak returned to writing and playing music. Janiak made his come back not as a drummer, but as a vocalist. He had joined the band
Dead Heros in 2002. In 2003, Janiak recorded his first release with the band at Twain Studios with recording engineer
Bob Both and producer
Marty Munsch who would teach Janiak the basics of recording production. In 2008, Janiak left
Dead Heros. He then left the US and moved to
Stoke-on-Trent, England. and in 2014, Janiak was recruited by punk band
Discharge. In 2016, Janiak made his vocal debut with
Discharge on the
End of Days album which was released by
Nuclear Blast Records. The album reached number 10 in the Official UK rock charts and number 23 in The Indie Charts. In October 2016, Discharge did a North American tour in support of the album. During the
corona virus pandemic in 2020, Janiak formed the Darkwave / Post-punk band
False Fed and was joined by members of
Amebix and
Ministry. The band recorded their debut album "Let Them Eat Fake" on Neurot Recordings and it was released in October 2023. == Influence ==