An American musician and music producer, DJ Ashba is very popular among hard rock fans. He is currently with Sixx:AM as the band’s lead guitarist. Prior to joining the band, he was a member of Guns N’ Roses, Bullet Boys and Beautiful Creatures. A rather very interesting individual, here is what you want to know about him.
DJ Ashba Biography and Age
He was born as Daren Jay Ashba on November 10, 1972 in Monticello, Indiana. Nonetheless, it was in Fairbury, Illinois that he was raised alongside his sister, Kari Kaisner. It is also said that he has a brother.
His growth was unsurprisingly dominated by music which was his first love in life. This is because his mother was a trained pianist and this got him interested in musical instruments, more specifically the drum.
Since he made his first piano recital at the age of five and acquired a drum set at the age of six, he had never looked back on his musical career. He worked so hard that before the age of 10 he had already bought a guitar after working in cornfields.
As a child, he was mentally and physically abused by his father. Because of the seriousness of the situation, he sometimes pissed in his pants and, tired, he was forced to leave his home when he was only 16 years old.
His musical career began fully in 1991 when he joined the band Barracuda before later releasing his first solo album, Addiction to Friction (1996) . The instrumental album had 8 tracks. He then joined the group BulletBoys with whom he worked until 1999, when he decided to leave the group.
Before joining Guns N’ Roses, his most famous band, he was part of Beautiful Creatures, a band he formed alongside Joe Lesté in 1999. The band released the Beautiful Creatures album in 2001. With Guns N ‘Roses, he released the first Appetite for Democracy 3D in 2014.
Sixx: AM his most prominent band to date was formed by himself, Nikki Sixx and James Michael in 2007. His works with the band include The Heroine Diaries Soundtrack (2007) Live Is Beautiful ( 2008), It’s Gonna Hurt (2011), 7 (2011), Modern Vintage (2014), Prayers for the Damned (2016), and Prayers for the Blessed (2016).
His next solo album, The Goretorium of Eli Roth – Songs for the Mad Mind was released in 2012.
Woman and dating
He is married to Nathalia Henao, who is now called Naty Ashba. The two met in August 2009 in Rome. He was with Guns N Roses at the time and she didn’t know who he was at the time.
After returning to the United States, the two continued their different relationships that did not end well, after which they met again four years later at the American airport, continuing what they had started a few years ago. earlier.
From the first night the two met, theyimmediately connected and in 2013 the rock star and Nathalia got into a police helicopter and there he proposed to her. Later that year, they were married at the Little Church of the West in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada.
Nathalia Ashba is a Colombian actress and model born on October 5, 1991. Apart from her role as a model, she also has a YouTube channel where she shares videos about her lifestyle.
Before reuniting with Nathy, Ashba had been in a number of relationships. He dated and even married Sandy Beaches from 1993 until 2000 when they divorced. The next seven years would see him dating American model Tiffany Holliday. Vanessa Marra, Nicole Marie Mire, Nicky Whelan, Dorothy Martin and Becca Tobin are among the other women he has dealt with since.
Net value
Apart from being a musician, Ashba is also a music producer and songwriter. So it makes sense to consider that he has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
He is also a businessman with investments in real estate and a clothing line as well as the CEO of Ashba Media.
Facts
- He still doesn’t sit well with his dad, even though he tries to build everything up.
- He was married and divorced before marrying Nathalia Ashba.
- Because he used the police helicopter to propose to his then-girlfriend, Nathalia Henao, who is now his wife, all the officers involved were reprimanded while the pilot was banned.
- DJ Ashba is 1.75 m (5 ft 8 in) tall.