Rob Gray is an artist - a painter, writer and musician - born in Chertsey, England, raised in Karlsruhe, Germany and currently residing in Isla Vista, California. Rob received his BA from the Honors Art program at the University of California, Santa Barbara in June 2007. He was a member of the first Ventura Poetry Slam team to compete in the National Poetry Slam Competition in August 2006. He was a founding member of SOTU Productions, a Ventura based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the arts in Ventura County. To date, Rob has recorded six album projects on his own digital 8-track recorder, under his pseudonym, silly rob childish, all of which are currently available for free download in the MTM library. His various musical collaborations include the intelligent turtles, the peatbog soldiers and VIRGINS.