Army of Freshmen - Associations

Associations

In Army of Freshmen’s career they have toured with or opened for the following notable bands: AFI, Allister, Alkaline Trio, American Hi-Fi, Apocalyptica, The Ataris, The Aquabats, Billy Talent, Bloodhound Gang, Bowling For Soup, The Buzzcocks, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Dogstar (Keanu Reeves), Dropkick Murphys, Fall Out Boy, Fenix TX, Fountains of Wayne, Good Charlotte, Halifax, Hellogoodbye, Home Grown, The Impossibles, Kottonmouth Kings, Lagwagon, John Linnell (They Might Be Giants), The Living End, Lucky Boys Confusion, Ludo, The Matches, MC Lars, Melee, Mest, Midtown, MxPx, Nerf Herder, NOFX, Ozma, Plain White Ts, The Presidents of the United States of America, Pulley, Punchline, Reel Big Fish, River City High, Rocket Summer, Royal Crown Revue, Rufio, Say Anything, Sick Of It All, The Stereo, Something Corporate, Son Of Dork, The Specials, The Starting Line, Sugarcult, Sum 41, Ultimate Fakebook, The Untouchables, Wheatus, Yellowcard, and Zebrahead.

Army of Freshmen have had several guest appearances from other artists on their records:

• Parry Gripp, lead singer of Nerf Herder, contributed vocals to the song “Hard To Say” on Beg, Borrow, Steal.
• Jaret Reddick, lead singer of Bowling For Soup, contributed vocals to the song, “At the End of the Day” on Under The Radar. He also contributed minor background vocals to the songs “Wrinkle In Time,” “Down at the Shore” and “Maybe in the Midwest”.
• Marko 72, guitarist of Sugarcult, contributed a guitar solo to the song, “Groundbreaking Sound” on Under The Radar.
• Ben Harper, formerly of Yellowcard, contributed a guitar solo to “Waiting on Me” on Under the Radar.
• Steve Klein, guitarist of New Found Glory, co wrote the song, “Don’t Fall Asleep Tonight” on Above The Atmosphere.
• Brendan Brown, lead singer of Wheatus, co-wrote the songs, “It Never Rains In Los Angeles” and “No One’s Famous” on Above The Atmosphere and contributed background vocals on the songs, “Any Other Way,” “Don’t Fall Asleep Tonight,” “Center of Gravity,” “No One’s Famous” and “It Never Rains In Los Angeles”.
• Matt Nelson, singer for Nelson, contributed background vocals to “Any Other Way,” “Turn It Up” and “Lost In A Crowd” on Above The Atmosphere.
• Ben Pringle, keyboardist for The Rentals, contributed some moog parts to “It Never Rains In Los Angeles” on Above The Atmosphere.
• Russ Parrish, guitarist for the band Steel Panther, contributed guitar solos to the songs, “Any Other Way” and “No One’s Famous” on Above The Atmosphere.
• Armand John Anthony, guitarist of the band, New Liberty contributed guitar solos to the songs, “Center of Gravity” and “It Never Rains In Los Angeles” on Above The Atmosphere and "Ava" on Happy To Be Alive.

Army of Freshmen was name checked in the song "We Could've Had It All" by the singer songwriter, Phil Cody on his Big Slow Mover record. Cody was major influence on Chris Jay's songwriting, having first seen Cody opening for Warren Zevon when Jay was still in high school. Jay and Cody have become close friends and Jay on guitar with Aaron Goldberg on drums backed Cody on several dates of his 2010 east coast tour.

Army of Freshmen’s song “Road Less Traveled” was quoted in the book High School Confidential written by Jeremy Iversen and published by Simon & Schuster's Atria Books. Chris Jay and the band are also mentioned in the Thank You section.