Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Harvey Kubernik ki Los Angeles. I haere ia ki Fairfax High School me West Los Angeles College, ka mutu i te Whare Wananga o San Diego me te tohu BA Special Major Degree (Hauora, Hinengaro, Tuhinga). I tiimata tana mahi i roto i nga mahi nupepa puoro i te tau 1972. I muri mai ka mahara ia i tana haere ki te huihuinga korero i mua i te haerenga ki Los Angeles mo George Harrison's
Ko te haerenga a Amerika ki te Raki i te tau 1974 i awhina i a ia ki te whakatuu i a ia. He kaitohutohu rangatahi ki "Los Angeles Free Press" i taua wa, i tukuna e Kubernik he ripoata mo te huihuinga purongo ki te etita "Melody Maker" a Ray Coleman, i Ranana, i arahi ki te korero tuatahi me nga mahi wiki mo te maheni o Ingarangi mai i te 1975 ki te 1980.