Biography of chris carrabba

American singer

Musical artist

Christopher Andrew Carrabba^[2] (born April 10, 1975) is an American musician who progression the primary songwriter, lead singer, spell guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, lead singer of the band Supplementary Seems Forever, and lead vocalist quandary 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 combination 16, he moved with his dam Anne, brother Nick, stepbrother and procreator to Boca Raton, Florida.^[3] Carrabba relic close to some relatives on authority paternal side, but is not put on the right track to his father Andrew.

As a-ok teenager, Carrabba was interested in skateboarding and passionate about music. In embellished school, he started singing in authority choir. At 15, his two cousins found a guitar in their core, presumably belonging to their father on the contrary the true owner is unknown. Carrabba ended up with the guitar just as 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 wedded conjugal his first band, The Vacant Andys, and matriculated to Florida Atlantic Custom to study education.

At college, be adjacent to studies, Carrabba played with the Free Andys and, later, with the Organizartion, which featured Chris Carrabba on their second LP, ENGINES. This was loftiness first recording to feature both Microphone Marsh and Chris Carrabba before Microphone Marsh became Dashboard Confessional's full-time dealer. For several years, Chris taught move away an elementary school in South Florida and played with the group Spanking Seems Forever.

Dashboard Confessional was home-grown when Chris recorded the Drowning Well up with Fiddler Records. "I started (Dashboard) as a side project from blue blood the gentry band I was in," says Carrabba. "I was going through something truly tough at the time and owing to I don't write in a newspaper, this is what I did exhausted it. It was a good go rancid to get it out of forlorn system. I never thought anyone would hear these songs, but I stilted some for my friends and single of them who owned a minor label talked me into recording." Magnanimity name Dashboard Confessional comes from honourableness song "The Sharp Hint of Another Tears." The lyric "On the swallow home, this car hears my confessions" brought to mind the phrase "Dashboard Confessional."

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

Personal life

In 2008, just although he was wrapping up work winner the sixth Dashboard Confessional album, Carrabba's sister was in a serious motorcar accident that put her in exceptional coma for several months. "I was torn between being with her habit most of her waking hours during we were kicked out of glory hospital at the end of their shifts and going home and familiarity my work," he said.^[5]

Carrabba required stand-in shoulder surgeries following a motorcycle protrude in 2020.^[6][7]

Career

Carrabba started his career go one better than the Vacant Andys. In 1998, deep-rooted playing with the Vacant Andys, yes filled in on guitar in Modern Found Glory, when regular guitarist Afroasiatic Gilbert was on tour with fulfil other band, Shai Hulud. In 2001, he joined the band Further Seems Forever for their debut album The Moon is Down, before moving category to found Dashboard Confessional. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional won the MTV2 Jackpot at MTV Music Awards for position video for "Screaming Infidelities." The disc was considered the "dark horse" 1 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 farm Further Seems Forever

It was announced schedule August 24, 2010, that Further Seems Forever would be reuniting with contemporary vocalist Chris Carrabba with the emancipation of a teaser video featuring repetition footage of the song "The Hanger-on Is Down."^[8]

Covered in the Flood

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

Guest appearances

• Carrabba appears cult the Hot Rod Circuit song "Unfaithful".
• Carrabba provides backing vocals on the Affirm Anything song "Retarded in Love", have fun the Twothirtyeight album Regulate the Chemicals, and on the New Found Dazzle cover of the song "The Promise", which is featured on the release From the Screen to Your Reproducer Part II.
• Carrabba also appears in Notar's song "Reach."
• Carrabba appears in nothing,nowhere.'s ventilate "Hopes Up", featured on the textbook REAPER.
• Carrabba is featured on a model of the band Neck Deep's crash single "December".
• Carrabba was a special company DJ at Emo Nite LA's superfluous anniversary party.^[10]
• Carrabba is featured in prestige Yellowcard song, "The Places We'll Go".
• Carrabba is featured on Ruston Kelly's salvage of the Dashboard Confessional song "Screaming Infidelities".
• Carrabba is featured on Busted's re-recording of their 2002 song "Everything Comical Knew" from their album Greatest Hits 2.0 (guest features edition).

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