Troy grew up on a small farm, in a small country town called Traralgon, two hours outside of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. He grew up around music and often played in his father's band. After years of learning guitar from his dad and playing in many different bands as lead singer and guitarist, Troy sought out professional guitar lessons from renowned guitar teacher, Tony Calabro, who Troy would study with for the next 8 years. However, it was in 1991 that Troy made a decision that would change his life. Against the advice of his friends and family, he quit his Fitter & Turner/Machinist apprenticeship to become a professional musician. His dream was to eventually move to America and study music and after saving for 6 years, Troy finally had the money to make the big move. In March of 1997, Troy moved to Hollywood, California to study music.  I remember getting off the bus from the airport, standing on the corner of Hollywood and Highland thinking 'what the hell have I gotten myself into?' California was expensive and he ran through his savings quickly. He worked any job he could get just to survive. Troy did everything from delivering flowers, auditioning for commercials, TV shows, film and modeling swimwear, to even impersonating Austin Powers for his movie releases. Despite his struggles, Troy stayed in the US and slowly but surely, began to land music gigs. He worked with a soap star actress from "The Bold & the Beautiful, to go on to win Best Rock performance at the LA Music Awards and Phil Bardowell, who played with the Beach Boys. Phil recruited Troy as lead guitarist and backup singer for his original project. After that project ended, Troy joined an outfit with bay area singer Chaz Ross to form the band "Life Death & Giants," where he would team up with band members Sven Martin & Domen Vajevec. At the end of this project Troy & Sven were approached by Interscope Records to play for a new up and coming act from Russia, called TATU. In 2003, TATU exploded into the international arena. Finally, Troy was living his dream and playing on various TV shows across America from Jay Leno and MTV's TRL LIVE to the memorable performance at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards. While TATU took some time off, Troy worked with numerous Artists including Kelly Clarkson & Enrique Igelsias. TATU released a new album in 2005 and the girls wanted Troy back to support them.  Today Troy continues to tour with TATU playing to audiences of thousands, while also finding time to work on his own original material. Troy is currently in the studio working on his debut album due out very soon. Email: troy@troymaccubbin.com