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Army of Freshmen formed in late 1997 when lead singer, Chris Jay moved by himself to Ventura, California from New Jersey. Since then the energetic 6 piece rock band has earned the reputation of being one of the hardest working, longest standing, independent acts in the world, having played over 1,000 shows in 11 countries and 43 states. They've performed on several major festivals and events including multiple years on the Warped Tour, Japan's Summersonic Festival, (alongside artists like Radiohead and Kings of Leon), England's Download Festival in 2007 and 2008, (alongside acts like Iron Maiden and Kiss) and they were the only American artist to perform at China's Midi and Zebra Festivals in 2009. They'll be making their first appearance at the Sonisphere Festival in England this summer.
Along with Bowling For Soup, Army of Freshmen are the founders of the Get Happy Tour, a traveling rock package tour that has done two tours in the United States, one tour in Mainland Europe and two sold out tours in the United Kingdom. They have also collaborated and written with members of several other bands including Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bowling For Soup, Busted, Lit, Nelson, Nerf Herder, New Found Glory, The Rentals, Spirit, Steel Panther, Sugarcult, Wheatus, Yellowcard and more.
Army of Freshmen run an online show, AOF TV which has episodes featuring AOF's adventures on tour around the world and in the studio and their new EP, 'Close Encounter', is available as a "name your own price" digital download at www.armyoffreshmen.com.
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Bassist Kai Dodson is a Star Wars expert who sports two Stars Wars related tattoos and has been interviewed alongside in Star Wars Magazines and at www.starwars.com
Lead singer Chris Jay is also a freelance writer who has interviewed hundreds of artists. An article he wrote on The Beach Boys resulted in a $10 million lawsuit from Beach Boy Mike Love.
Army of Freshmen can be seen performing with Bowling For Soup on the song 'Ohio' on Bowling For Soup's 'Live and Very Attractive' DVD. The DVD was filmed at the sold out Manchester Apollo on the 2007 Get Happy Tour.
