{"id":983,"date":"2023-01-03T18:21:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=229417"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:04:06","slug":"chase-johnson-formed-band-on-laguna-beach-and-is-still-rocking-out-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/01\/03\/chase-johnson-formed-band-on-laguna-beach-and-is-still-rocking-out-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Johnson formed band on Laguna Beach and is still rocking out today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chase Johnson rose to fame as one of the original cast members on Laguna Beach. The <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/mtv\">MTV<\/a> show first kicked off in 2004 and followed the lives of some of the students at Laguna Beach High School.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the show&#8217;s cast members went on to have further fame such as Kristin Cavallari and Lauren Conrad. However, fans are wondering many years on what happened to some of the other stars of the MTV series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laguna Beach series was followed by The Hills and Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County. In 2019, a Hills reboot, The Hills: New Beginnings, dropped on Netflix which provided fans with the latest in some of the cast&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-is-chase-johnson\">Who is Chase Johnson?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Laguna Beach, California in 1988, Chase Johnson is a musician and former reality TV star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/zjt3ml\/laguna-beach-boys-where-are-they-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MTV<\/a> wrote that he&#8217;s still the frontman of his band, is living in Newport Beach, and is the CEO and founder of a record label called LoveLips Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s 34 years old and appears to be in a happy relationship, judging by his Instagram page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>OMG:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/mtv\/where-is-talan-torriero-from-laguna-beach-now\">Where is Talan Torriero from Laguna Beach now?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chase Johnson on Laguna Beach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase was one of the original cast members on MTV&#8217;s Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He formed his band, Open Air Stereo, while on the show. The group landed a record deal while starring on the MTV series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase&#8217;s castmate, Kelan Hurley, was also in the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Air Stereo is no longer together, but Chase is still in a band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, Open Air Stereo wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGVS2-3Gqk9\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> to &#8220;go follow&#8221; their &#8220;new adventure and tagged Half The Animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laguna Beach\u2019s Most Dramatic Fights | MTV\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ShE47nMiUeg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is Chase now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Judging by Chase&#8217;s Instagram page, he&#8217;s now got a family and still lives in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s in a band called Half The Animal and writes in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chasejohnsonla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter bio<\/a> that he&#8217;s also into photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase shares his partner Danielle Christina Savage&#8217;s IG handle (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/themommasavage\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@themommasavage<\/a>) in his Instagram bio along with a red rose emoji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He often takes to the &#8216;gram to share snaps of his family and can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chase_johnsonn\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@chase_johnsonn<\/a> with almost 14k followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His band, Half The Animal has over 15k followers on Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/halftheanimal\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@halftheanimal.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>NO WAY:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/mtv\/what-happened-to-christina-from-laguna-beach-and-where-is-she-now\"> What happened to Christina from Laguna Beach and where is she now?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkosqDfy2f6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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