He went on to work a series of odd jobs and played for a number of bands in a punk-like genre known as hate music, according to groups that track the scene and his own interviews on a record-label website that has since been taken down.
Then he was given the opportunity of a lifetime: From 1959 to 1960, Claxton was commissioned to document the American jazz scene at the height of the "golden era" of the music genre.
He also does something other more mainstream shows of the genre do not - champions new bands and artistes on the current Rock'n'Roll scene, giving them air-time rarely available elsewhere.
With DotA 2 continuing to get closer to release and with Valve supporting it in the competitive scene do you think it will be able to challenge Riot for dominance in the genre?