Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Harvey Kubernik akaberekerwa muLos Angeles. Akaenda kuFairfax High School uye West Los Angeles College, uye akapedza kudzidza kuSan Diego State University aine BA Special Major Degree (Hutano, Sociology, Literature). Akatanga basa rake mu music journalism muna 1972. Iye gare gare akayeuka kuti kupinda kwake musangano wenhau pamberi porwendo muLos Angeles nokuda kwaGeorge Harrison's
Rwendo rwokuNorth America rwa1974 rwakamubatsira kuti ave nyanzvi. Mubatsiri wechidiki we "Los Angeles Free Press" panguva iyoyo, Kubernik akapa mushumo wekutaura nevatori venhau kuna "Melody Maker" mupepeti Ray Coleman, muLondon, izvo zvakakonzera nyaya yepamberi uye mabasa evhiki nevhiki kumagazini yeBritain kubva muna 1975 kusvika muna 1980.