After growing up in Indiana, Chan moved to Washington state before making his way to Los Angeles, where he founded I Heart Comix in 2003 and began promoting indie dance events. A couple years later came a record label (home to artists including the Toxic Avenger, Matt & Kim, and Protokoll) and then a music blog. By 2007 Chan had become a celebrity within the indie dance community, carousing with the scene's biggest stars and taunting his former partner and now archrival, Dim Mak Records founder Steve Aoki, with whom he publicly feuded for all to admire. ~ Jason Birchmeier