Juan "Punchy" Gonzalez is a record producer/artist who has worked with many talents including, Morbid Angel, Christian Death, Lover of Sin, Nile, and many others. He was also the guitarist/producer of his own band, Diet of Worms. Juan Carlos Gonzalez was born in Tampa, Florida and is of Spanish descent. His family figures prominently in the history of Ybor City, Tampa?s Latin Quarter founded by Cuban, Spanish, and Italian immigrants. His father, Rene Gonzalez, is director of the Spanish Lyric Theatre, the oldest theatrical organization in Tampa Bay. His mother, Mary Gonzalez, has been performing with the company for over 3 decades. Both his parents enjoyed careers in entertainments outside of the theater as well as being school teachers. Juan ?Punchy? Gonzalez was raised in the theatre and became a stage manager by the age of 13. Gonzalez then became an audio engineer and started touring full-time in his mid-twenties. Punchy is a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local Chapter 321 and has worked with a range of artists from Broadway to Norwegian Death Metal acts. Gonzalez has been the owner and operator of D.O.W.