Jack Johnson - If I Had Eyes single / Sleep Through The Static album

• Jack spent his formative years on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, which remains his home to this day. Like his two elder brothers, his father and most of his friends, Jack was a surfing nut, riding the waves whenever he had the chance. When he wasn't in the water, he was playing in local punk bands. Inspired by Fugazi and Minor Threat (one of the few acts who would regularly travel to Hawaii to play) Johnson and friends made a hardcore racket that was a world away from Johnson's true voice.
• Jack got his big break in surfing aged 17, when he made the finals of Hawaii's Pipeline Trials. His victory brought a strange kind of fame: he wiped out on a patch of coral a week later, causing major facial damage and scars that are still visible today. Jack emerged from the water with a broken nose. He was instructed to stay out of the water for as long as it took for his wounds to heal. Johnson spent two months on dry land during prime surfing season, picking at his acoustic guitar to pass the time.
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