He was a member of the 1960s rock band The Grass Roots. Hist paternal grandfather was Gustave Adolph Schneider, legendary art director/production designer on such films as The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks. On The Office (2005) episode Benihana Christmas he did a karaoke performance of the song "Spinnin' N Reelin'", which is actually one of his own compositions.