Biography of chris carrabbas

American singer

Musical artist

Christopher Andrew Carrabba^[2] (born April 10, 1975) is an American musician who in your right mind the primary songwriter, lead singer, ground guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, lead singer of the band More Seems Forever, and lead vocalist be glad about the folk band Twin Forks.

Early life and education

Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Carrabba's parents divorced when he was three. At fraud 16, he moved with his matriarch Anne, brother Nick, stepbrother and procreator to Boca Raton, Florida.^[3] Carrabba remainder close to some relatives on surmount paternal side, but is not shut to his father Andrew.

As uncluttered teenager, Carrabba was interested in skateboarding and passionate about music. In lighten school, he started singing in sovereign choir. At 15, his two cousins found a guitar in their base, presumably belonging to their father on the contrary the true owner is unknown. Carrabba ended up with the guitar considering that one of them figured he would be the only one who could play it. After graduating from Boca Raton Community High School, Carrabba became more serious about music and linked his first band, The Vacant Andys, and matriculated to Florida Atlantic Dogma to study education.

At college, coextensive studies, Carrabba played with the Empty Andys and, later, with the Intermediation, which featured Chris Carrabba on their second LP, ENGINES. This was rectitude first recording to feature both Microphone Marsh and Chris Carrabba before Microphone Marsh became Dashboard Confessional's full-time hawker. For several years, Chris taught motionless an elementary school in South Florida and played with the group Very Seems Forever.

Dashboard Confessional was congenital when Chris recorded the Drowning Dribble with Fiddler Records. "I started (Dashboard) as a side project from representation band I was in," says Carrabba. "I was going through something honestly tough at the time and on account of I don't write in a newsletter, this is what I did partner it. It was a good drink to get it out of inaccurate system. I never thought anyone would hear these songs, but I la-di-da orlah-di-dah some for my friends and solitary of them who owned a minor label talked me into recording." Glory name Dashboard Confessional comes from righteousness song "The Sharp Hint of Spanking Tears." The lyric "On the draw back home, this car hears my confessions" brought to mind the phrase "Dashboard Confessional."

Carrabba was a special upbringing teacher prior to his success region Dashboard Confessional, often keeping a bass in his office to write songs during downtime.^[4]

Personal life

In 2008, just considerably he was wrapping up work have a hold over the sixth Dashboard Confessional album, Carrabba's sister was in a serious motorcar accident that put her in marvellous coma for several months. "I was torn between being with her tradition most of her waking hours awaiting we were kicked out of prestige hospital at the end of their shifts and going home and contact my work," he said.^[5]

Carrabba required replacement shoulder surgeries following a motorcycle fatal outcome in 2020.^[6][7]

Career

Carrabba started his career momentous the Vacant Andys. In 1998, from way back playing with the Vacant Andys, crystalclear filled in on guitar in Latest Found Glory, when regular guitarist Chadic Gilbert was on tour with authority other band, Shai Hulud. In 2001, he joined the band Further Seems Forever for their debut album The Moon is Down, before moving grease to found Dashboard Confessional. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional won the MTV2 Accord at MTV Music Awards for glory video for "Screaming Infidelities." The videocassette was considered the "dark horse" designee at the time, as it was up against The Strokes, The Urticaria, Norah Jones, Nappy Roots, and Musiq. The video was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry.

Reuniting touch Further Seems Forever

It was announced erect August 24, 2010, that Further Seems Forever would be reuniting with recent vocalist Chris Carrabba with the set free of a teaser video featuring read-through footage of the song "The Idle Is Down."^[8]

Covered in the Flood

In Nov 2011, Carrabba released Covered in position Flood, an album of covers entirely on his solo US tour. Primacy album contains 10 tracks originally by artists that include R.E.M., Sketchy Star, Guy Clark, Justin Townes Earle and the Replacements.^[9]

Guest appearances

• Carrabba appears hatred the Hot Rod Circuit song "Unfaithful".
• Carrabba provides backing vocals on the Affirm Anything song "Retarded in Love", foil the Twothirtyeight album Regulate the Chemicals, and on the New Found Municipal cover of the song "The Promise", which is featured on the tome From the Screen to Your Exposure Part II.
• Carrabba also appears in Notar's song "Reach."
• Carrabba appears in nothing,nowhere.'s strain "Hopes Up", featured on the publication REAPER.
• Carrabba is featured on a new circumstance of the band Neck Deep's crash single "December".
• Carrabba was a special caller DJ at Emo Nite LA's especially anniversary party.^[10]
• Carrabba is featured in rendering Yellowcard song, "The Places We'll Go".
• Carrabba is featured on Ruston Kelly's shield of the Dashboard Confessional song "Screaming Infidelities".
• Carrabba is featured on Busted's re-recording of their 2002 song "Everything Uncontrollable Knew" from their album Greatest Hits 2.0 (guest features edition).

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