GSCF is proud to announce Ari Lehman is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!!

GSCF is proud to announce Ari Lehman is coming to Garden State Comic Fest!!!

Ari has played many Film roles in the past 40 years and is best know for playing the original Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th in 1980. Ari Also Currently tours with his Punk Metal Band First Jason. A native New Yorker, Ari Lehman is also trained in Classical Music and Jazz Piano.
After the release of Friday the 13th, Lehman returned to New York City, where he enrolled at New York University and concentrated on Big Band Orchestration and Jazz Piano, "where he studied with the likes of Vladmir Shafranov" Lehman's career led him to become a keyboardist for artists of Reggae and African music of the time, with whom he toured throughout the US, Europe and West Africa, and recorded with at Tuff Gong Records and Interscope Records.
Lehman went on to form his own world rock and reggae band Ari Ben Moses Band, and gained acclaim when, upon moving to Chicago in late 2002, he was contacted by horror fans who invited him to attend a Horror Convention. Lehman then created First Jason, a punk metal band specifically for horror fans, especially the fans of Jason Voorhees and Friday the 13th.
First Jason, is based upon his role as Jason Voorhees. First Jason has independently released two albums: Jason is Watching! (2009), and "Heed My Warning,"(2013).
Lehman has also composed, performed and recorded a number of soundtracks for independent films, including Alexia Anastasio's critically acclaimed all-female "Salome", and Vamp Films "Vampire the Movie", "which won the 2007 Rondo Award for Best Independent Feature."
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