Chris

Nicknames:  CJ, J Man, Jefe De Manos, Manos, J Manos, El Manos De J Man The Sensual Vagabond

Sign:  Libra - Greek for huge wuss.

Pet Peeves:  War, Cilantro, Animal Cruelty, Poison Ivy, Dance Music, Bullies, The Warren Commission

Birthplace:  Cape May, New Jersey

Hometown:  Ventura, California

High School:  Lower Cape May Regional

Favorite Music: Alkaline Trio, Ben Folds Five, Bowling For Soup, Richard Buckner, Jimmy Buffett, Camper Van Beethoven, Harry Chapin, Phil Cody, Jim Croce, Dead Milkmen, Downset, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, The Format, Fountains of Wayne, Arlo Guthrie, The Hippos, Hot Rod Circuit, The Hooters, The Impossibles, Jay Z, Nerf Herder, Randy Newman, Nirvana, Mojo Nixon, Old 97s, The Pogues, Jonny Polonsky, John Prine, The Proclaimers, Rancid, Run DMC, The Schramms, Smoking Popes, Solemite, Split Habit, Bruce Springsteen (early), They Might Be Giants, Unsung Zeros, Loudon Wainwright III, Tom Waits, Weezer (circa Blue and Pinkerton), Wheatus, Weird Al Yankovic, Warren Zevon.

Favorite Movies:  Planet of The Apes (not that Marky Mark shit fest either- the old one with Heston baby!), Rocky, Shawshank Redemption, Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Mighty Wind, All the Michael Moore Documentaries, The Big Lebowski, Strange Brew, Raising Arizona, On The Waterfront, JFK, Princess Bride, Flight of Dragons, Clint Eastwood Westerns, Braveheart, Ishtar, The Hobbit, Dumb and Dumber, Kung Pow- Enter The Fist, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tennebaums, Life Aquatic, Friday the 13ths, Lord of the Rings, Anything with Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart, Rachel McAdams, Garey Busey or Mr. T in it (find DC CAB which has both MR.T and Garey Busey in it- thus making it the most powerful motion picture ever filmed).

Favorite TV Shows: A Team, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, David Chapelle Show, Family Guy, The Incredible Hulk, Planet of the Apes, The Simpsons, South Park, Star Trek- TNG.

Favorite Books: Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Jean Shepard or Chuck Klosterman, Princess Bride by William Goldman, Mr.T by Mr. T, Hope For The Flowers by Trina Paulus,

Favorite Restaurants: Jim's Cheesteaks in Philadelphia, Nobu in New York, any thin slice of pizza made by an Italian guy in the tri state area, Henry's Tacos in Hollywood. Wawa in North Cape May, NJ. Any Mexican joint with a good cheese enchilada. Home cooked Maryland blue crabs.

Favorite Songs on the Self Titled Record: Send For You, Our Town, Here in the Fan

Favorite Songs on Beg, Borrow, Steal: Get Um Up, On the Night The Boardwalk Died, Road Less Traveled

Favorite Songs on Under The Radar: Some Happy Ending, At the End of the Day, Shackle the Wind

Favorite Tours: United Kingdom 2005 w/ Bowling For Soup, Japan 2003, Japan 2004, Warped Tour 2004

Favorite Cities to Play: Sapporo- Japan, Cape May- New Jersey, Chicago- Illinois, Newcastle- England, Peterborough- England. London- England. Tokyo- Japan.

Favorite Venues to Play: Any House of Blues, The Trocadero in Philadelphia (where I went to a lot of shows when I was growing up).

Worst Venue Ever Played: The Void in Cincinnati, Ohio. It's no longer around but... there were flies on the mold on the shit on the floor! Do you have any idea how long it takes for mold to grow on shit? Do you have any idea how you take a shit and completely miss the toilet? Me neither.

Worst Moment On Stage: Spraining my ankle live on Good Morning Arizona. Both painful and embarrassing.

Best present ever from a fan: Japanimation style drawing of me from a fan in Japan- besides being really well done- she gave me a six pack stomach.

Dream Girl: Rachel McAdams star of Mean Girls, The Notebook and Wedding Crashers and I'd seriously appreciate it if everyone boycotted her career so I could have a chance.

What would you do with a million dollars: Pay all my bills, pay all my parents bills, buy a house, go on a shopping spree, give a bunch to charity and do our next tour in a bus.

Boxers, Briefs or Boxer Briefs: Screw this whole boxer brief fad- makes you look like an out of shape cage fighter- boxers all the way.

Band member not to share a hotel room with: Kai.