Widmayer was born August 24th at No. 142 George Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, fourth of the five children of Francis J. Widmayer, Jr. (1929-2011) and Gertrude Marie (Catanese) (1930–2008).
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Blackstar has several artists using their products, including Opeth, Razorlight, The Donots, Rose Tattoo, Pat Travers and Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir, as well as recently including Gus G of Firewind and Ozzy to their lineup .
The stage name "Gus G." has two sources of origin - "Gus" is a common Greek American English translation of the name "Kostas," and "G" was a nickname given to him by a friend during his time living in the U.S.
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At the age of 18 he left Greece to enroll in the Berklee College of Music, but left after only a few weeks and began working on making a name on the metal scene.
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During his brief time at Berklee Gus came into contact with Joe Stump, who he credits as a great influence on his career.