Larry Dwyer was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the days of gas lines and Richard Nixon. Larry has always had two main loves: movies and music. His mother, a classically trained pianist, instilled a love of music in Larry at a very young age and of all of the music that she loved, he loved rock the best. Larry went on to learn to play guitar and later became a founding member of Grammy nominated hardcore/metal band Hatebreed.