George Frayne was born on 19 July 1944 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was married to Sue Casanova and Sara. He died on 26 September 2021 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.
The name of his band came from a series of short science-fiction films of the early 1950s, "Commando Cody," and a 1951 sci-fi movie called "Lost Planet Airmen.".