FIRSTJASON is a punk-metal project fronted by ARI LEHMAN. the singer/actor who has the unique honor of having played the role of the First Jason Voorhees in the Paramount Classic Horror Film “Friday the 13th” (1980). A native New Yorker, seasoned artist and professional musician, Lehman rips through the tight melodies and vicious hooks with his arsenal, a shredding Keytar and powerful voice. FIRSTJASON performs in punk/metal clubs, metal fests, film festivals, and horror conventions throughout Europe and the US, including THE VIPER ROOM, THE WHISKY A GO-GO, LUCKY 13, THE HARD ROCK CAFE, LEBOWSKI FEST, DAYS OF THE DEAD HORROR CON, HORRORHOUND WEEKEND, FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS, ROCK AND SHOCK, MOTOR CITY NIGHTMARES, FESTIVAL DE CINE DE TERROR in SPAIN, FANTASY HORROR AWARDS CEREMONY in ITALY, BLOODY WEEK-END in FRANCE, SAVAGEFEST, THE MILWAUKEE METAL MASSACRE, METAL MERGENCE, THE COBRA LOUNGE, HEARTBREAKERS, THE DUCK INN, NATHAN P. MURPHY’S, THE I-ROCK, HOUSECORE FEST and THE EARL. The new album by FIRST JASON called “To Be a Monster” has been signed to Eternal Sound Records and Katzenjammer Records for May 2017 release. Press Quotes: “First Jason is amazing…hits you over the head with an anvil being swung at 1000 miles an hour by the metal gods. …Lehman a”First Jason is amazing…hits you over the head with an anvil being swung at 1000 miles an hour by the metal gods. …Lehman and crew break out of your speakers in surround-sound, get in your face, flash you the devil horns … will leave your jaw dragging across the floor.” -COLLEGE NEWS
“First Jason, with ‘Heed My Warning’, has almost developed a brand of thinking man’s horror-themed rock” – Gaz E UBER ROCK UK