Chris Envy
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Showoff (band)
Showoff was a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois led by vocalist Chris Envy.-History:Showoff was formed in 1997 in Villa Park, Illinois. The band consisted of Chris Envy , Daniel Castady , Graham Jordan , and Dave Envy...
and the earlier AYA
AYA (band)
AYA is a Slovak rock band formed in the fall of 1992 in Žilina, Slovakia best known for the hits Malý princ, Baby kakavové, So mnou, Teším sa na teba, Lietaj, dýchaj, buď.... The classic lineup consisted of Boris Lettrich, Mário Tománek, Vlado Kubala, Rado Pažej...
. Chris also was momentarily in Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
when that band was still in formation.
Chris' vocals are similar to other pop punk vocalists and has a similarity to swing/soul voice of The Smoking Popes' Josh Caterer
Josh Caterer
Josh Caterer is a Chicago-area musician and songwriter. With his brothers, Eli Caterer and Matt Caterer , he was a founding member in 1991 of The Smoking Popes, in which Josh plays lead guitar and sings. After his conversion to Christianity the Smoking Popes split up, and Caterer later founded...
. He has been known to also add rap-like elements to some of his songs. Prior to the Showoff reformation, Chris was active in a group called The Holiday
The Holiday
The Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Distributed by Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios, it stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, who temporarily exchange homes to...
and several other Chicago area side projects.
He later fronted the band Farewell My Enemy (originally going to be called Showoff), which released an album, Casting For Funerals, on Rise Records
Rise Records
-History:Rise was founded in 1991 by Craig Ericson in Roseburg, Oregon. He released a small number of 7" records before putting the label on hiatus to attend college. Ericson didn't release anything further until 1999, after moving to Portland, Oregon. He began issuing small-print 7" records, and...
, however this project was abandoned as Showoff (originally going to be called Sandberg) came back together, with new members. Chris was in the band The Get Go on Dynamord records in Japan.
He is married to Laura Dalle-Valle and they have two sons. They live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
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