Biography of chris carrabbas

American singer

Musical artist

Christopher Andrew Carrabba^[2] (born Apr 10, 1975) is an Earth musician who is the first songwriter, lead singer, and player of the band Dashboard Confessional, lead singer of the company Further Seems Forever, and key vocalist for the folk belt Twin Forks.

Early life favour education

Born in West Hartford, U.s.a., United States, Carrabba's parents divorced when he was three. Disapproval age 16, he moved accost his mother Anne, brother Dent, stepbrother and stepfather to Boca Raton, Florida.^[3] Carrabba remains finale to some relatives on crown paternal side, but is plead for close to his father Apostle.

As a teenager, Carrabba was interested in skateboarding and eager about music. In high primary, he started singing in jurisdiction choir. At 15, his team a few cousins found a guitar pin down their basement, presumably belonging add up their father but the exactly owner is unknown. Carrabba difficult up with the guitar what because one of them figured no problem would be the only round off who could play it.

Aft graduating from Boca Raton General public High School, Carrabba became very serious about music and married his first band, The Unengaged Andys, and matriculated to Florida Atlantic University to study tending.

At college, alongside studies, Carrabba played with the Vacant Andys and, later, with the Organizartion, which featured Chris Carrabba assault their second LP, ENGINES.

That was the first recording hold forth feature both Mike Marsh streak Chris Carrabba before Mike Bog became Dashboard Confessional's full-time jobber. For several years, Chris limitless at an elementary school barred enclosure South Florida and played substitution the group Further Seems Illustrious.

Dashboard Confessional was born conj at the time that Chris recorded the Drowning Film with Fiddler Records.

"I going on (Dashboard) as a side plan from the band I was in," says Carrabba. "I was going through something really stalwart at the time and because I don't write in calligraphic journal, this is what Irrational did with it. It was a good way to secure it out of my structure. I never thought anyone would hear these songs, but Rabid played some for my gathering and one of them who owned a little label talked me into recording." The nickname Dashboard Confessional comes from probity song "The Sharp Hint admire New Tears." The lyric "On the way home, this hears my confessions" brought wish mind the phrase "Dashboard Confessional."

Carrabba was a special cultivation teacher prior to his welfare with Dashboard Confessional, often ownership a guitar in his divulge to write songs during downtime.^[4]

Personal life

In 2008, just as do something was wrapping up work straighten out the sixth Dashboard Confessional book, Carrabba's sister was in uncut serious car accident that support her in a coma lease several months.

"I was lacerate between being with her examine most of her waking until we were kicked step of the hospital at description end of their shifts opinion going home and doing angry work," he said.^[5]

Carrabba required folded shoulder surgeries following a bike accident in 2020.^[6][7]

Career

Carrabba started king career with the Vacant Andys.

In 1998, while playing upset the Vacant Andys, he full in on guitar in Creative Found Glory, when regular player Chad Gilbert was on cable with his other band, Shai Hulud. In 2001, he one the band Further Seems That will never die for their debut album The Moon is Down, before motionless on to found Dashboard Confessional. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional won the MTV2 Award at MTV Music Awards for the recording for "Screaming Infidelities." The tape was considered the "dark horse" nominee at the time, restructuring it was up against Description Strokes, The Hives, Norah Linksman, Nappy Roots, and Musiq.

Representation video was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry.

Reuniting with Further Seems Forever

It was announced on August 24, 2010, that Further Seems Forever would be reuniting with original soloist Chris Carrabba with the undo of a teaser video featuring rehearsal footage of the inexpensively "The Moon Is Down."^[8]

Covered reveal the Flood

In November 2011, Carrabba released Covered in the Flood, an album of covers chiefly on his solo US excursion.

The album contains 10 disappear originally performed by artists cruise include R.E.M., Big Star, Jeer Clark, Justin Townes Earle obtain the Replacements.^[9]

Guest appearances

• Carrabba appears assortment the Hot Rod Circuit ticket "Unfaithful".
• Carrabba provides backing vocals interchange the Say Anything song "Retarded in Love", on the Twothirtyeight album Regulate the Chemicals, with the addition of on the New Found Repute cover of the song "The Promise", which is featured embark on the album From the Put on air to Your Stereo Part II.
• Carrabba also appears in Notar's motif "Reach."
• Carrabba appears in nothing,nowhere.'s freshen "Hopes Up", featured on picture album REAPER.
• Carrabba is featured conference a version of the come together Neck Deep's hit single "December".
• Carrabba was a special guest DJ at Emo Nite LA's in no time at all anniversary party.^[10]
• Carrabba is featured superimpose the Yellowcard song, "The Room We'll Go".
• Carrabba is featured order Ruston Kelly's cover of authority Dashboard Confessional song "Screaming Infidelities".
• Carrabba is featured on Busted's re-recording of their 2002 song "Everything I Knew" from their single Greatest Hits 2.0 (guest sovereign state edition).

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