 Born and raised in the Fulham area of London, Warner's dream was to follow in the footsteps of Thin Lizzy's Brian Downey.He bought his first drum kit at age 13, and first performed live in a high school production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat".He continued playing drums into the 1970s, playing with several bands at a time, and became a drum legend of London's club scene.