John French (born July 20, 1952), better known with his stage name Jay Jay French or J.J. French, is the founding member and one of the two guitarists of the American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister. He was born John Segall but he has stated John French is his real name. He briefly used the stage name Johnny Heartbreaker in the first years of his career. He's also the owner of French Management and "Rebellion Entertainment" along with his business partner, Sean Sullivan. He has one 13 year old daughter named Samantha who attends Columbia Grammar and Prepatory School, and a brother 9 1/2 years his senior, Jeff Segall who gave the young John his first guitar lessons. John and Samantha currently reside in New York City. He divorced his former wife, Janice Brock, in 2002. She is also living in New York City. It was when J.J was recovering from a serious bout of mononucleosis that the young man who would one day become J.J. French, first heard rock 'n' roll while scanning the AM dial. He was immediately stung by the rock bug and knew at once that this is what he wanted to do with his life. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... Twisted Sister is an American hard rock/glam metal band from New York City. ...