Biography

John Elefante was born in 1958 in Levittown, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Tribulation (2000) and Worth Winning (1989).

Lead vocalist, keyboard and songwriter for the music group, Kansas, replacing Steve Walsh, on the albums, "Vinyl Confessions" (1982) and "Drastic Measures" (1983), as well as the new song, "Perfect Lover", from "The Best of Kansas" (1984). Along with his brother and songwriting partner, Dino Elefante, led the studio project "Mastedon", which released the albums, "It's a Jungle Out There" (1989) and "Lofcaudio". Released the solo albums, "Windors of Heaven" (1995), "Corridors" (1997) and "Defying Gravity" (1999).

Has performed at a few Christian music festivals but, other than that, has rarely toured since leaving Kansas. Instead, he concentrates mainly on songwriting and studio work.

Wrote his song "We Will Find Our Way" for his wife shortly before their wedding.

Along with his brother, ran Pakaderm Records in the late 1980s and early 1990s, on which they released the two Mastedon albums as well as albums from other Christian rock/metal artists. The Elefante brothers still work heavily with other Christian music artists.