Editing Lynn Strait (section)

== Biography ==
Strait was born on August 7, 1968,<ref name=":1" /> in [[Manhasset, New York|Manhasset]], New York.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Sindell |first=Joshua |date=November 4, 2000 |title=A Life Less Ordinary |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |location=UK |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=826 |pages=26–28}}</ref> His father was in the [[United States Armed Forces|US Armed Forces]], and the Strait family moved around the country throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, before deciding to settle down in [[Santa Barbara, California]], when Lynn was 10 years old.<ref name=":0" /> Although he was not diagnosed with it until he was an adult, Strait had [[Tourette syndrome|Tourette's syndrome]].<ref name=":0" />

As a teenager, Strait embraced the '[[Southern California|SoCal]]' [[Punk subculture|punk scene]]. Prior to his work with [[Snot (band)|Snot]], Strait had played bass in [[Goleta, California|Goleta]]-based [[thrash metal]] band Lethal Dose, but he had never sung in a band.<ref name=":0" /> "I always wanted to because it seemed like a lot of fun. But I wasn't into what most bands were playing".{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} Starting from scratch was an advantage for Strait: "There's nobody to emulate. I won't say what I do is groundbreaking, but some of it is original; there are weird patterns in my vocals, because I got to make up my style as I went along".{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}

Strait was friends with [[Tairrie B]], and Snot played their first show in 1995 opening for Manhole (later known as [[Tura Satana (band)|Tura Satana]]).<ref name=":0" /> He later appeared as a guest vocalist on Manhole's debut album ''[[All Is Not Well]]'' (1996), performing a duet with Tairrie B on the song "Down". Landing a [[recording contract]] was a dream come true for some of his friends, but Strait was underwhelmed by the development. His response: "Now I can order cheese on my Whopper".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Silver |first=Dan |date=October 1997 |title=Check 'Em Out! |magazine=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |location=UK |page=20}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> While his bandmates were signing the contracts, Strait was completing a month-long sentence in the county jail, where he had spent a year in the early 1990s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=July 24, 1997 |title=Geffen Records {{!}} Snot {{!}} Biography |url=http://www.geffen.com/snot/bio/ |access-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970724123020/http://www.geffen.com/snot/bio/ |archive-date=July 24, 1997 }}</ref>