Eliot was born on September 26, 1978 in Orange County, California. Early in his life, he was exposed to many great writers of the time, such as Lewis Devo, Charles Softcell, and C. Gulflock. Through these influences, he honed his now-famous writing style and wrote some of his first poetry. His parents often encouraged him to write his poetry, and his earliest poetry shows clear signs of this encouragement. One of his poems, Bash Wednesday, tells of the time his father encouraged him so mercilessly that he was unable to do anything but write poetry for over a week.