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John French Segall (born 20 July 1952), better known with his stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 Jay Jay French or J.J. French, is the founding member and one of the two guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
s of the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 band, Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister is an United States Heavy metal music band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock rock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup....
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Born in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, French is the younger of 2 sons. Born to jewelry salesman Louis Segall and Democratic party consultant and campaign manager Evaline French. Ms. french ran the political campaigns for US Congressmn William Fitts Ryan and Ted Weiss, NYS Assemblyman Albert Blumenthal, NY State Senator Minority Speaker Manfred Orhenstein, the NYC campaigns of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and was the campaign manager of the first black female NY State Senator elected in 1963; Constance Baker Motley.New York
New York

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, French joined his first group, a local band called 'The Bats', in 1966.






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John French Segall (born 20 July 1952), better known with his stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 Jay Jay French or J.J. French, is the founding member and one of the two guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
s of the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
 band, Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister is an United States Heavy metal music band from New York City. Their work fuses the shock rock tactics of Alice Cooper, the rebellious mood of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, and the extravagant image of glam rock bands such as New York Dolls notably for the makeup....
.

Born in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, French is the younger of 2 sons. Born to jewelry salesman Louis Segall and Democratic party consultant and campaign manager Evaline French. Ms. french ran the political campaigns for US Congressmn William Fitts Ryan and Ted Weiss, NYS Assemblyman Albert Blumenthal, NY State Senator Minority Speaker Manfred Orhenstein, the NYC campaigns of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and was the campaign manager of the first black female NY State Senator elected in 1963; Constance Baker Motley.New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, French joined his first group, a local band called 'The Bats', in 1966. In June 1972 French auditioned for a band called Wicked Lester-which became KISS. In December 1972 he was asked to join a New Jersey based 'glitter band' called Silverstar. Silverstar changed it's name to Twisted Sister in February 1973. French briefly used the stage name Johnny Heartbreaker in the first years of his career but began using the name Jay Jay French in 1976. French managed Twisted Sister from 1975-1980 and again took over from 1988 to the present. The line up of Twisted Sister changed constantly from 1973-1982, going through 11 line up changes during that time. To this day, French remains the only original member. Segall but he has stated that his only legal name is John French.He is the owner of French Management and Rebellion Entertainment along with his business partner
Partner

A partner is:*A friend who shares a common interest or participates in achieving a common goal*A member of an Intimate_relationship*A member of a partnership...
, Sean Sullivan. In 1988, the bands lead singer, Dee Snider resigned from the band. At that time, after 15 years and nearly 9,000 performances, French and Bass player Mark Mendoza, decided to fire remaining member Eddie Ojeda. French and Mendoza spent the next 12 years looking after the bands business and released several Twisted Sister 'live' and 'compilation' albums. in 1996 French managed and produced the Nu metal band Sevendust on TVT Records. French managed them until 2000. in November 2001, at the request of heavy metal DJ Eddie trunk, Twisted Sister reformed with the line up that recorded their biggest albums, to play a benefit for the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center. Following this performance, the largest rock festivals from around the world requested that the band reunite and perform. Starting in 2003, the band has been headlining some of the biggest rock shows in the world. Very few musicians, if any, have played as many shows as Jay Jay French. French has played, produced or managed artists that have sold 13 million records and has amassed 40 gold and platinum records from 8 countries as well as having performed in 23 countries. Besides Twisted Sister and Sevendust, he has managed Andrew Fortier, David Forman, Johnny Gale,and along with his partner Sean Sullivan, Tina Sugandh and Julian Velard, among others He has a signature guitar model made by Epiphone
Epiphone

File:Guitar Epiphone 01.jpgThe Epiphone Company is a musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos. Epiphone was bought by Chicago Music Company in 1957 who also had owned Gibson Guitar Corporation....
. French's extremeley versatile playing can be heard on the guitar solo
Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
 on the song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 "The Chainsaw Buffet", by the band Lordi
Lordi

Lordi is a Glam rock/Hard rock/heavy metal music band from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992, however, the band was not formed until 1996 in music by Tomi Putaansuu of Helsinki, Finland....
, on their 2006 release The Arockalypse
The Arockalypse

The Arockalypse is the third studio album by the Heavy metal music band Lordi. It features the hit single "Hard Rock Hallelujah", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Finland....
 as well as playing on the album "Always and Forever" by R & B group Whistle, Metal group Girlschool's latest release "Legacy" and on the track "The Jack-o-Lantern" from the alternative group 'The Sound of Urchin'. French has been married twice but was divorced both times. He and his second wife, Janice have one daughter, Samantha, aged 15. French continues to live and work in New York City.

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