Born January 11, 1985 as Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner.
Faulkner began playing guitar at the age of 11-12 with session guitarist Bob “crazy guy” Cranham and also attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, where he spent 2 years gaining both diploma and the higher diploma award under the tutelage of Eric Roche.
His first band was a Green Day cover band, in which he played bass guitar.
In 2007 he released his debut album, "Handbuilt By Robots", which proved to be relatively big hit in the UK and Australia.
