John Sinclair
John Sinclair began his career as a stage actor in London, where he met Richard O'Brien in the cast of "Hair." While in "Hair," O'Brien told Sinclair of his idea for staging a "a science-fiction rock-and-roll musical." The pair made a deal that Sinclair would produce the stage musical if his O'Brien agreed to write it, which they both eventually did.
When Sinclair had to leave the production of "Hair" due to a knee injury, he opened a recording studio, Sarm East, with his sister, Jill, involving his his childhood friend, Andy Leighton who was a budding engineer. John and Andy together formed the publishing company, Druidcrest Music, to which they signed Richard O’Brien. Eventually, the three became partners in the business, and created the record label Rich Teaboy Productions, which they operated under the pseudonym of Andrew O’Bonzo. The first creative output of this trio was the Kimi and Ritz singles as well as publishing the original music to The Rocky Horror Show.
Sarm was the first 24- track studio in London and gained fame as the recording location for hits for Queen, Rush, The Clash, Madonna and others. Sinclair also famously produced albums for Foreigner, which include some of the most-heard songs of the'70s.
In 1987, Sinclair went to Israel to immerse himself in Torah, and has since become a rabbi and now goes by the name of "Yaakov Asher" and lives with his family in Jerusalem.
