[1] Jesse has referenced Gustav Klimt, Caravaggio, Béla Iványi-Grünwald, and Mark Ryden as influences.
[3] Jesse was a founding member and bassist of the New York Crust punk band, Nausea.
[6] In 2005, Vivian Giourousis interviewed the artist for Hoard magazine and asked him to define punk rock.
He replied, "punk rock was the world in which I entered at 14 years old because I didn't fit in anywhere, not at school, not with friends, and not with my family.
We all came from broken homes, we were victims of child abuse, we were angry, political, idealistic, drunk and proud.