Editing David Bryan (section)

==Early life==
David Bryan Rashbaum was born on February 7, 1962, in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]] and raised in [[Edison, New Jersey]]. His father, Eddie Rashbaum, played the trumpet. Bryan was raised Jewish.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|date=December 6, 2009|title=Toxic Avenger found his bard in Bon Jovi|work=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2009/12/06/toxic_avenger_found_his_bard_in_bon_jovi.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721131059/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/theatre/article/734739--toxic-avenger-found-his-bard-in-bon-jovi|archive-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schleier|first=Curt|date=March 17, 2010|title=Five Questions For David Bryan|url=https://forward.com/news/israel/126673/five-questions-for-david-bryan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127215513/https://forward.com/news/israel/126673/five-questions-for-david-bryan/|archive-date=January 27, 2016|access-date=May 28, 2016|work=[[The Forward]]}}</ref> He attended elementary school at Clara Barton, where he played many instruments including violin, viola, trumpet and clarinet. He also attended Herbert Hoover Middle School, then [[J. P. Stevens High School]], from which he graduated. Bryan began to learn piano at age seven and played keyboards for a band called ''Transition'' with bass player Steve Sileo and lead singer Mike Ziegel. He studied with Emery Hack, a professor at [[Juilliard]], for thirteen years. Bryan briefly attended [[Rutgers University]], but dropped out to attend Juilliard.