Spank Montague Hefner was born March 17, 1983 in Pori, Finland. He began playing guitar at age nine, when his father bought him a Takamine acoustic, and showed him his first chords. When Spank turned sixteen and finished his academic studies under Professor Jaakko Rantapuska, he headed to the United States to live with his mother and pursue a career in music. A year later he embarked on a tour of the country, playing bars, small clubs and even subway stations, taking any opportunity to share his music with others. In 2002, he was discovered by Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. Hugh was so certain of the young monkeys successful future; he adopted Spank so that he could remain in the states and gave him the financial backing to continue following his dream. His band Spankenstein released their debut CD, Monkey Paw, early 2005 and has already sold 10 million copies to date.
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