Criss Angel was born as Christopher N. Sarantakos on December 19, 1967 in East Meadow, New York. He is part magician, part musician: Angel handles drums, percussion, vocals, composition.



Angel's first love was music, studying drums and eventually playing in his older brothers' rock bands around his East Meadow, Long Island home.



Before going solo Criss Angel was in an industrial band called Angeldust, which he started with Klay Scott (now known as Klayton of Celldweller) after Klayton's previous band Circle of Dust broke up.



Angeldust released an album called "Magical Conjurings from the World of Illusion" in 1998 and performed in Madison Square Garden. Criss Angel has since dropped the name Angeldust and released several more CD's as Criss Angel.