Kevin Riepl ( 'ripple' ) was born and grew up in Cliffwood Beach, a little town in central New Jersey. His initial interest in music began at the age of six, when he began to play piano and guitar under the instruction of his uncle, an accomplished guitar and piano player in his own right, who taught him first, the famous Deep Purple song ‘Smoke on the Water’. At that young age he began constructing his own little compositions, and instantly was hooked on music.