(True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the late 1970s Los Angeles hardcore punk rock scene, along with Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Bad Religion.

Grisham has also fronted the bands Vicious Circle, the Joykiller, Tender Fury and Cathedral of Tears.

As a result, by the time he was six years old, Grisham was reading publications like Fritz the Cat and Zap Comix, and listening to albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, the Beach Boys, the Ventures, etc.

In the beginning, Grisham claims, "All we did was make a bunch of noise and yell, ‘Fuck the neighbors’ all day.

"[2] After several minor tangles with the law stemming from his drug and alcohol abuse, Grisham married a 16-year-old girl in Mexico, which he claims got him on the road to sobriety.

Vicious Circle quickly got a following within the beach cities and Los Angeles punk rock scene.

"[3] Childhood friends Grisham and Barnes were joined by Ron Emory and Mike Roche to form T.S.O.L.

The original line-up of the band was Grisham on vocals, Ron Emory on guitars, Mike Roche on bass, and Todd Barnes on drums.

Jack Grisham brought a darker fashion and sound deathrock to the highly political punk rock scene in Southern California, in particular, Long Beach, California painting his face white, dressing in all-black goth clothes and doing photo-shoots in cemetery locations in the dead of night.

ethos of the early punk rock scene self-financing their concert tours with little to no outside assistance from the record industry.

They played music that started as punk rock, but, with each new album changed to blues-inspired (hair metal).

Grisham and Ron Emory formed The Joykiller in 1995 along with Billy Persons (The Weirdos/Gun Club) on bass, Ronnie King on keyboards, and Chris Lagerborg on drums.

The Joykiller released three albums on Epitaph records prior to disbanding in 1998 and had a minor radio hit in the Netherlands with the song "Go-Bang."

"[2] Grisham was one of 135 candidates who ran for governor in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, receiving 2,200 votes.

[13] During his campaign, he stressed health care and education, and supported the teaching in school of religious tolerance.

[14] A historic concert event featuring The Adolescents, T.S.O.L., Youth Brigade and more was cast in an effort to raise awareness to the campaign on Sunday, October 5, 2003 at the Henry Fonda theater in Los Angeles, California[15] In 2011, Grisham released his first novel An American Demon: A Memoir.

The back cover blurb of the book states: “When the ghosts of dreams bleed into real life, hard charging Arthur Chance must leave behind his isolation and step into the world of murder, extortion, and double-crossing lovers.

Violence and retribution stand heavy in the wings, but will Arthur become lion or lamb?” Rob Dukes, lead singer for the metal band Exodus, did background vocals on the Joykiller albums Static and Three.