John Otto was born as John Everett Otto on March 22, 1977 in Jacksonville, Florida.



John Otto flexes jazz-nurtured chops with plenty of flourish and can keep the beat with the best of 'em on Limp Bizkit's signature mix of hip-hop, rap and fist pounding guitar work.



John Otto, cousin of Sam Rivers, was introduced to Limp Bizkit when Sam and Fred Durst started a new band.



John was schooled as a jazz drumer and started playing professionally at age 17. Now the man known as "Da Beat Man" is help leading the so called sell out band Limp Bizkit to the top of the charts.



Due to his amazing drum beats and his energy when he plays, Otto keeps Limp Bizkit up to beat at concerts and in recording studios.



More recently John Otto has shown fans his interest in rapping. Going by the name 'Johnny Ottomatic' he's shown several songs on his MySpace, along with his rap group known as Sun Zoo, with fellow rapper L.A. Jay. John states that he doesn't intend for it to get in the way of Limp Bizkit.