Editing Brendon Small (section)

== Early life and education ==
Small was born in [[Illinois]] in 1975. He moved to [[California]] as a child.<ref>[https://sickdrummermagazine.com/news/off-beat-interviews/brendon-small/ Brendon Small interview] Sick Drummer magazine. March 21, 2009.</ref> Small started learning guitar at the age of 14 after a kid in his neighborhood began teaching him about guitar and music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://admin42.vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=541&t=Interview+with+Brendon+Small+%28Metalocalypse%2C+Dethklok%2C+and+Galaktikon |title=Interview with Brendon Small (Metalocalypse, Dethklok, and Galaktikon |publisher=VampireFreaks.com |date=May 22, 2012 |access-date=April 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110202631/http://admin42.vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=541&t=Interview+with+Brendon+Small+%28Metalocalypse%2C+Dethklok%2C+and+Galaktikon |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At his first public performance, his hands shook so wildly that he had trouble controlling the guitar. It would be another ten years before he was comfortable performing in public.<ref name="libsyn1">{{cite web|url=http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=583771 |title=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast, #48 |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074337/http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=583771|archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> He graduated from [[Palma School|Palma High School]] in [[Salinas, California]]. He graduated from [[Berklee College of Music]] in 1997. During his music studies, he took several writing and comedy classes at [[Emerson College]]. After graduating, he felt that the [[rock music]] genre was fading in popularity, so decided to try his hand at stand-up comedy.<ref name="libsyn1"/>