Antonio moved to San Francisco during the height of the internet technology boom times. He lived and played in North Beach while making his way as a Computer Technician.
Antonio Gutierrez Jr. was born and raised in New York City in the borough of Jamaica Queens. As a teen, Antonio peddled cubic zirconium jewelry, umbrellas and gloves in bad weather and sport shirts in downtown Manhattan. His first real job was as a tunnel worker or a Sand Hog for the City of New York. At the age of twenty-two, Antonio moved to Bakersfield, CA and began working for Halliburton Oilfield Services. His job was to drive an 18 wheeler to a site and 'frack' (or fracture) oil wells.