Army of Freshmen: Archive

Message from Mike!

Friends of the Freshmen! As most of you probably already know, our drummer, Mike, was not with us on our last tour overseas or at our recent local shows. We are sad to officially announce that he is no longer in Army of Freshmen and his replacement for the past tour, our friend, James Schlachter or Jimmy, as most of you know him, will officially be taking his place. We’re currently hard at work...

Jan 24th

Army of Freshmen to play short set at benefit show...

Over the holidays, our close friend, not to mention the lead singer of our side project cover band, BIG BAND, Aaron Johnson, lost his younger sister, Julia Rivas in a tragic car accident. We’ll be one of many Ventura based artists who will be playing a short 15 minute set this Friday at Bombay Bar and Grill in Ventura to help raise funds to cover funeral expenses for her family. Friends like New...

Jan 18th

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all the...

Friends of the Freshmen! We are back home from the UK Tour. It was an absolute blast despite the weather and a few injuries. For updates/pictures/interviews and all the latest on Owen’s accident… please follow us on www.facebook.com/armyoffreshmenofficial and www.twitter.com/armyoffreshmen While we do our best to update this official site, we do post much more frequently on...

Dec 22nd

We leave today! During the UK tour follow us on... →

Nov 26th

10 Tips For Surving the Music Biz- Guest Column By...

We’re just a day away from hopping on the big jet plane but to get ready for the tour- check out this guest column Chris wrote for the UK Celeb Website, Female First. It’s 10 Tips to Survive in the Music Biz. Bands, Musicians and people who date should read! http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/features/Artist+Advice+Army+of+Freshmen-17140.html

Nov 25th

Army of Freshmen United Kingdom Tour Starts Next...

Friends of the Freshmen! We are officially one week out from the big UK tour. Things kick off with two headline warm up shows in Bristol on Monday, November 28 and then the next night Tuesday, November 29 at Club Revolution in Peterborough. Tickets are on sale now for both shows and will be available at the door. Then the party official kicks into high gear with the Get Nice Or Die Trying Tour...

Nov 22nd

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Army of Freshmen - Zebrahead United Kingdom Tour!

Friends of the Freshmen! We are happy to announce we’ll be joining our homies, ZEBRAHEAD on their United Kingdom Tour this December!Tickets are on sale now and selling fast. This will be the PARTY of the year and we are beyond excited! Check out the dates and let us know when we’ll see you! 11/30 Folkestone - Quarterhouse 12/1 Norwich - Waterfront 12/2 Nottingham - Rescue Rooms ...

Oct 4th

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Aug 24th

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Aug 10th

Chris to play in Celebrity Softball Game This...

Obviously they have a different definition of celebrity then we do but… Chris has been invited to play in a celebrity softball game this Sunday, July 31 in Santa Paula, CA. at the Citrus Classic Balloon Festival. Scheduled to appear are baseball greats like Tommy Lasorda, Robin Yount, Greg Gagne, Maury Wills and Hollywooders like JK Simmons (Juno) and Mark Harmon (CSI). Lots of rumors of big...

Jul 27th

Jun 23rd

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New interview w/ Chris and Aaron w/ Alternative... →

Jun 20th

Some great photos by Daniel Hase from Groezrock in... →

Jun 19th

Live footage from the European Tour! →

Our homie, the great photographer, Jon Luton was kind enough to put together some footage he took from side stage during the European Tour last month- check it out and if you’re just interested in seeing Chris dive off a 25 foot balcony- skip to the end!

Jun 16th

AOF and Big Band Summer Shows Announced and more!

Friends of the Freshmen! Long time, no rhyme. Hope everyone is having a great summer so far! After the amazing European Tour, we’ll be a little on the quiet side online but we’re back in the mix and happy to announce 2 local shows this summer. First we’ll be headlining the City of Ventura’s Under The Stars Concert Series on Saturday, August 20th. It’ll be a night of...

Jun 15th

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Apr 9th

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AOF this Friday in Ventura- Video Premiere next...

Army of Freshmen are playing an over 21 warm up show before we leave for Europe this Friday at Bombay in Ventura, CA. We’ll be rocking with our homies, Too Many Chiefs (featuring our old road manager- Bobby!) and Love’s In The Error. Music starts at 10pm. Come on and out have drink with the boys! Also… the premiere of the “Body Parts” video is taking place next ...

Mar 31st

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Video Shoot was amazing! Tour starts in 1 month!

The shoot for the “Body Parts” video was amazing! Editing starts this week. We’ll let you know when it’s ready and where to see it! Meanwhile the UK/Euro Tour starts in exactly 1 month! make sure you get those tickets and round up the posse! The AOF boys are on the way!

Mar 15th

Sweet Review of "Body Parts" single from Shattered... →

Mar 1st

Press Release for the Spring Break Tour and "Body...

Army of Freshmen Head to the UK this April & to the Wild West in new video California’s Army of Freshmen, one of the hardest working independent bands on the pop rock/pop-punk scene, are returning to the United Kingdom and Europe this April to support their brand new single and video, “Body Parts”. The single will be released in late April to coincide with the tour. The energetic six piece...

Feb 28th

Army of Freshmen to play Paaspop Festival in...

In addition to the Artefacts Festival in France, Groezrock Festival in Belgium, the United Kingdom Headline dates - we’re announcing one more show as part of the European Spring Break Tour… the Paaspop Festival in the Netherlands. This of course means we’ll be wrapping up the tour in the Netherlands. Which means… well… good times. : > ) Check out the festival...

Feb 2nd

Venue Change for London Show! All tix on sale!

Quick heads up. The London show has been moved to the Islington Academy 2 which is great news cause there’s a Wagamama next door. Yum. Tix already purchased are still valid. All dates are on sale now: http://www.artistticket.com/link/?s=army+of+freshmen 4/15 Artefacts Festival - France 4/16 Folkestone, UK - Quarterhouse 4/17 Southampton, UK - Talking Heads 4/18 Leeds, UK - The Well ...

Jan 28th

UK Dates in April Announced and On Sale!

In addition to our appearance at the Artefacts Festival in France on April 15th and Groezrock in Belgium on April 22, we’ve decided to fill the days in between by heading back to the UK for a few nights of rock and roll debauchery! 15/4 Strasbourg, France - Artefacts Festival 16/4 Folkestone, Quarterhouse 17/4 Southampton, Talking Heads 18/4 Leeds, The Well 19/4 Manchester, Moho Live...

Jan 17th

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Jan 3rd

Happy New Year!

A Happy New Year to all. Where ever you may be tonight- please be safe. Here’s hoping 2011 is amazing. Thanks for all your support this year and see in the new one! your boys, Chris, Aaron, Owen, Dan, Kai, Mike

Dec 31st

Lost footage of late rapper, Egg-E found! →

It’s a Christmas miracle! Recently released, after several legal battles with his ex wives, is the last known footage of legendary English rapper, Egg-E. Shortly after this performance, Egg-E was gunned down by a rival crew. His hype man, Sneaky Ceej, looks strangely like AOF’s Chris Jay and has not been seen since the shooting. Foul play is suspected. So this Christmas enjoy a vintage...

Dec 25th

Army of Freshmen's Best of 2010!

Westwood One Radio asked us to compile a list of our favorite entertainment in 2010. It came out today and we wanted to share it with you. Let us know what ya think of our picks and what we missed! YEAR IN REVIEW - Today’s Artist - Army Of Freshmen * Music – Punchline’s “Delightfully Pleased,” Delaney Gibson’s “Hurricanes And Forget Me Nots,” The Black Keys’ “Brothers,” Vampire ...

Dec 22nd

Chris finds Facebook! Gets ready for UK Tour! Asks...

Friends of the Freshmen! Chris speaking here. I am new to this facebook thing as embarrassing as that is to say. I lived in the ghost town of myspace and woke up recently and realized I was all alone… well minus my stripper, DJ and other spam heavy myspace neighbors. So anyways I decided to move to the city of Facebook… Kai showed me the band page and how to work it and… WOW. Actual humans- people...

Jul 28th

BIG article on Chris and AOF in this week's issue...

A magazine (Exit 0) in Chris’ hometown, Cape May, NJ. just did full color photo shoot and an in depth interview with Chris on growing up in Cape May and how the band visits the area so often. It’s out now in the South Jersey area. As soon as we get a copy, we’ll scan it so you guys can check it out. Really a great looking peice. Thanks to Exit 0 for the massive love!

Jul 3rd

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CLOSE ENCOUN-TOUR PROMO SITE IS HERE! CONTEST TOO!

Friends of the Freshmen! We are exactly 30 days away from the tour and we need your help! We’ve set up a site where you can get all the flyers and all sorts of ways to promote the dates from video requests, online promo and more… you can also join our street team- THE A TEAM and get on the HUGE contest we’re running where you can win one of our SONG FOR YOU PACKAGES with a ton of...

Jun 30th

UK HEADLINE SHOWS ANNOUNCED!

It’s official…. in addition to our set at the Sonisphere Festival on Sunday, August 1… we’ll be doing 4 additional headlining shows. These are one offs and there will be no other shows added. 7/30 @ The Well in Leeds 8/2 Southampton @ Joiners 8/3 London @ Islington Academy 2 8/4 Birmingham @ Academy 3 Tickets are on sale starting today ...

Jun 14th

NEW EP IS HERE! AOF TO PLAY SONISPHERE! NEW AOF...

Hopefully by now you’ve figured out that the big secret is we have a new EP available and we’re super excited about the songs. Along with it we’ve set up a bunch of different packages with all sorts of new merch and special goods. That’s not all though, there’s a new episode of AOF TV about the making of the EP and oh yeah… We’re coming back to the United Kingdom to play the Sonisphere Festival! ...

Jun 1st