Born and raised on the mean streets of SecondLife, Dj Radical, a.k.a. Rad , started his musical journey when he was 20, when he stole a jungle mania tape from the SecondLife branch of Woolworths. It was at this moment that Rad knew he wanted to be part of 'The Scene'.
He first became interested in the electronic music scene in 1989. In 1983, aged 14, his Mum and Dad bought him his first set of turntables. At the age of 17, he was already being touted as SecondLife's answer to DJ Hype. He did various warm up sets before the doors opened in clubs hosting major names such as DJ Leandro, DJ Lichi, and many more. In 1988, he achieved his big break when he won a competition to carry DJ Eternity Shery's record bag to an exclusive rave, which Dj Radical described as the greatest night of his life. It was after this point when he started getting gigs at big events such as Ultra Music Festival SL 2012 and Ultra Music Festival SL 2013 and Electric Daisy Music Festival (Las Vegas) .