Ben Jorgensen

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ben Jorgensen

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Born = July 4, 1983 (age 25)
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Origin = Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Instrument = drums
electric guitar
electric bass
Voice_type = Tenor
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Occupation = Musician
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Label = Equal Vision Records
Sire Records
Associated_acts = Random Task
Armor for Sleep
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Ben "Slork" Jorgensen (born July 4, 1983 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is the lead singer and guitarist of the New Jersey band Armor for Sleep. He wrote the first Armor for Sleep songs during the summer after his first year in college, and recorded them as a demo cd for $100 at a local recording studio, playing all the instruments himself. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey. [Knopper, Steve. [http://alacarte.lexisnexis.com/partners/int/google/landingpage.asp?id=22291713&mtid=1&ws=9j0hDk1UboE=&ws_pub=Newsday%20(New%20York)&ws_date=March%2016,%202006&ws_len=534&ws_lni=4JGR-ND50-TWCV-42JY-00000-00&ws_lastupdate=20060913&ws_title=COOL@NIGHT&ws_refer=http://news.google.com/archivesearch?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&tab=wn&q=%22Ben+Jorgensen%22+teaneck "COOL@NIGHT; CONCEPT CD: Awaking the spirit in life or death; Armor for Sleep ponders afterlife with no apologies"] , "Newsday", March 16, 2006. "It's hard to imagine a more morbid form of writer's block than this: "I was kind of stuck in that place where the only thing I could write about was through the perspective of me being dead," says Ben Jorgensen, singer, guitarist and lyricist for the Teaneck, N.J.,..."] He is of German, Danish, and Japanese descent, and is also Jewish. Prior to forming Armor for Sleep, he was the drummer for punk band Random Task. He made a cameo appearance in Fall Out Boy's "Dance, Dance" video, and also in Cobra Starship's video for "The City Is at War", playing alongside Pete Wentz as a police-man.

Discography

*"Dream to Make Believe" (June 3,2003) Equal Vision Records
*"What to Do When You Are Dead" (February 22, 2005) Equal Vision Records
*"Smile For Them" (October 30, 2007) Sire Records

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External links

* [http://myspace.com/5581846 Ben] on MySpace
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* [http://www.armorforsleep.com/ Armor For Sleep's official website]
* [http://www.equalvision.com/evr/bands.php?band_id=2 Armor For Sleep] on the Equal Vision Records site