Chris Jay
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| Birth name | Christopher Thomas Jurewicz |
| Born | Cape May, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Associated acts | Army of Freshmen |
| Website | armyoffreshmen |
Chris Jay is a musician, songwriter, screenwriter, producer, actor, journalist and podcaster best known as the frontman and founder of the rock band Army of Freshmen and for co-writing and acting in the comedy film, The Bet.
Chris Jay was born Chris Jurewicz in Cape May, New Jersey. He attended high school at Lower Cape May Regional where his parents were both music teachers. They also owned and operated a small music store, Mr. J’s Music Shop in North Cape May, New Jersey which was connected to Jay's childhood home. He formed his first band, Yclept, while still in high school and performed throughout South Jersey including opening for one of his heroes, Arlo Guthrie, a show which the 16-year-old Jay booked and promoted himself. Upon graduation he moved by himself to Ventura, California where he formed the band, Army of Freshmen in 1997. Army of Freshmen are still active and have played over 1,500 shows in 43 states and 11 countries and released 5 full-length albums. Jay himself has been involved in the writing, producing and recording of over 1,500 songs, with several of those appearing in films and on television.
Chris Jay and fellow Army of Freshmen member Aaron Goldberg wrote the screenplay for the full-length comedy film, The Bet which was released on July 26, 2016. Jay and Goldberg co-produced they film under their production company, Goldy Jay Productions.
Their second film, Wedding or Not is currently in pre-production and scheduled to begin filming in the summer of 2017.
Jay and Goldberg also created the animated, adult cartoon show, The Spank Finatra Show, which is currently in development.
Chris Jay has written the treatments for all of Army of Freshmen’s videos as well as for Bowling For Soup’s High School Never Ends video in which Jay makes a cameo with the rest of Army of Freshmen.
In 2009 Jay was a featured extra in the horror film The Telling. Jay along with other AOF members Aaron Goldberg and Kai Dodson can be seen multiple times in the movie’s opening sequence which was filmed at the Playboy Mansion and stars Hugh Hefner’s then-girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt of The Girls Next Door.
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