Background
Staiman was born in 1988 in Binghamton, New New York
Staiman was born in 1988 in Binghamton, New New York
He attended the Rabbi Alexander South. Gross Hebrew Academy and the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, and later studied in Israel at Yeshivas Ner Yaakov. He graduated from Touro College.
He is best known as the frontman of the Orthodox popular punk band The Groggers, which he formed with guitarist Ari Friedman in 2010. He is also a musician in Aryeh Kunstler"s backing band, the Aryeh Kunstler Band, and is half of the Jewish popular duo 3 Day Yuntif. In addition to his own music, he has also directed, edited, produced, and acted in music videos for various artists, and has contributed to several YouTube comedy videos.
His family moved several times during his childhood.
One of Staiman"s early bands performed at Yeshiva University"s Battle of the Bands, where he met guitarist Ari Friedman, then an undergraduate at the school. The two were later reintroduced at Queens College and briefly played together in a classic rock cover band called Steel Eagle.
In 2010, Staiman recruited Friedman and several other musicians to film a video for a song he had written called "Get". After the video became a minor viral hit, Staiman officially assembled the group as The Groggers.
Their debut album, There"s Number "I" in Cherem, was released on August 29, 2011.
Foreign the band"s 2012 video "Jewcan Sam", Staiman received rhinoplasty from the video"s co-producer, Miami plastic surgeon Doctor Michael Salzhauer. Following the song"s release and subsequent controversy, the band went on a brief hiatus, during which Staiman moved to Los Angeles and pursued a solo career. However, the band returned later in the year with a song called "Mindy".
Staiman is also currently part of the Jewish popular duo 3 Day Yuntif with Ira Silver.
They released their debut single, "Thank God lieutenant"s Shabbos (TGIS)" in 2015. work.