TIBOR JANUARY: A BIOGRAPHY TIBOR VASARHELYI was born in 1954 in Budapest. Early on in his life he developed a passion for drumming and later on played in several bands. After his father's death at the age of 12, he and his mother, Roza, emigrated to Israel. He served his three years in the army in the Military Police as a prison guard, throughout which his drumming continued but to make progress he decided to move to the UK. His efforts to succeed in the music business did not bear fruit and he learned to fly, later became an instructor and eventually qualified as a commercial airline pilot fulfilling this second dream and ending up as a Captain with Maersk Air and later on with bmibaby. He is married to Libby and they have a son called Jody. He changed his name to January. His life has been an extraordinary journey - exciting, rich and varied.