Jay Della Valle
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Jay Della Valle playing at The Middle East (Cambridge, MA) in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jason Christopher Della Valle |
| Also known as | Jay Della Valle |
| Born |
August 19, 1979 Hackensack, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, pop rock, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, singer, songwriter, musician, film producer, composer, dj |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Rock-A-Stache Records |
| Website | www.dellavallemusic.com |
Jay Della Valle (born August 19, 1979) best known for his documentary The Glorious Mustache Challenge, and for his role as Sue in the Independent Feature Film, "Mount Joy"- is an American filmmaker, recording artist, singer and songwriter.
Della Valle was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. He is of Italian, Irish, and Czech ancestry. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey and attended Wayne Valley High School. Della Valle currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey.
While attending New York University, Della Valle played with various bands including The Offbeats and Sex With Strangers. After graduating from NYU in 2001 with a degree from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Della Valle recorded an independent EP called Best Years with bandmate Jon Crane and producer Chris "Gibby" Gibson (Quicksand, Rival Schools). He followed this with 2 other independent EPs before starting to record his first full-length debut album, Pink Elephants, in 2005 with producer Jon Berman (Ours, The Dandy Warhols, Avril Lavigne, Duncan Sheik). He then returned to Chris Gibson in 2008 to record Stay Gold with his band. In 2009, Della Valle toured the east coast with Stache Bash, Della Valle's own invention: a "mustache party rock n’roll tour" he cultivated from his films burgeoning following. A video for his single, Legs So Long It's Crazy, was made in early 2009. Della Valle's 2nd full-length album, The Terminology of the Situation Is.... was released in May 2011. In 2012, Jay joined up with former Della Valle keyboardist/violinist & singer Nicole DeLoi to form the sultry Folk Duo "Owls & Lions" who got their start performing at weddings. Jay's song "Head Above Water" can be heard in the upcoming 2014 Lionsgate film "My Man Is A Loser" starring John Stamos & Michael Rapaport. Jay was recently cast in the Independent Feature Film, Mount Joy- about a punk rock band from Pennsylvania his character fronts called Living Daylights. Jay Della Valle wrote all the songs for the band Living Daylights and this collection of "sailor pop-eyed drunk rock" anthems is available through ITunes.
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