NAME: Jay Paul Gordon
BIRTHDATE: January 30, 1967
BIRTHPLACE: San Fransisco, CA.
HEIGHT: 6'4" If you tell him he's tall he blames it on his shoes.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
ETHNICITY: Creole (French, Spanish, black, Scottish, and Irish)
MEET THE PARENTS: Bobbie and Lou Gordon. His parents are divorced and he was raised by his mother. His father was a Bay Area band manager who worked with Tower of Power and Sly and the Family Stone. Sly Stone is Jay's godfather.
SIBLINGS: 4 sisters.
FIRST CONCERT: Iron Maiden and the Scorpions.
FORMER BAND: Lit (a different one)
MUSICAL EDUCATION: He has studied audio engineering.
OTHER STUFF: Did some DJing. Sang background vocals and co-produced Coal Chamber's "Coal Chamber" album, he and Amir appear on Forever Mod - A Tribute to Rod Stewart. They do the song "Hot Legs" and Jay plays bass, guitar, loops, keyboards, and sings. He's recored a demo with a band called the Wonder Girls which includes himself, Ashley Hamilton, Scott Weiland, Ian Astbury (from The Cult), and Mark McGrath for a song called "Drop That Baby".
ON THE SIDE: A model for Calvin Klein. (oo la la)
PUB. COMPANY: Vision X Music
FAVE SONG TO PERFORM?: Dissention
FAVE LYRIC ON CANDYASS?: "dum dum dizzy dizzy dum dum"
FAVE DESIGNERS AND MAKE-UP?: Anne Demeulmeister, Gaultier, Jordache, Prada, Hugo Boss, Urban Decay, and MAC. He is "down with dressing up".
FAVE DRINK?: Absolut Vodka (damn straight)
WHAT'S IN HIS CD PLAYER?: Lots of drum and bass music.
WHAT WAS HE THINKING ABOUT WHILE WRITING THE CANDYASS LYRICS?: "running away" (hahaha)
OTHER STUFF: Jay is not fond of food or TV. He loves to play video games, as do the others. He has a huge collection of drum machines and he can play many different instruments. He used to play football in high school. At 13 he was shot in the left leg while walking home from school. (ouch)