Birth Name: | John Mark Bechtel |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1972 |
Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S.[1] |
Instrument: | Bass guitar |
Years Active: | 1995–present |
John Mark Bechtel (born February 1, 1972) is an American musician and artist. He is currently the bassist for the rock band Stone Sour. He is a former bassist for the bands Cavalera Conspiracy, Souls of We, Fireball Ministry, My Ruin, Cortez, Systematic, Maximum Penalty, Echo 3, Pry, and Zero Tolerance.
Chow Monstro is the art done by Johny Chow. Chow Monstro art has shared walls with street artists such as Sheppard Ferry- OBEY, Space Invader, Broken Crow, Seizure, ROA, and many more. The art has been seen in cities all around the world such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Cleveland, Columbus, Memphis, France (Paris), Germany, Poland, Brazil, Australia, and Italy. Johny Chow's art has been worn by artists such as Rob Holliday, Corey Taylor, Kevin Stabb, Max Cavalera, Rhubarb Flip, Igor Cavalera, Jacoby Shaddix, Bill Kelliher, Canaan Smith, and Compadre Clench. Chow has also had his art shown with Ron English (artist), Chet Zar, Gris Grimly, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Christopher Conte, Spine Stealer, Cam de Leon, Vince Locke, Cam Rackam, Cate Rangel, Krys Sapp, Sergei Silhouette, and many more.