Christopher Gross was born February 5, 1968, in Honolulu, while his father, a Vietnam veteran, was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the war. Barron spent his childhood in the Bronx and Rye, New York, and later moving to Australia for over three years when he was 8 years old when he went to primary school in Sydney.\n', '

When his family returned to the United States, Barron attended the same high school in Princeton, New Jersey as John Popper and the two became close friends. Barron and Popper would jam together after school.\n', '

He attended Bennington College in Vermont for one year. There, he was a member of two local bands: Dead Alcoholics With Boners and the Funbunnies. After leaving Bennington, Barron returned to Princeton, got a job at a restaurant, and immersed himself in music. During this time, he wrote "Jimmy Olsen\'s Blues" and "Two Princes".\n', '

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