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Chris Carrabba

Christhoper "Ender" Carrabba (10 de abril de 1975) es el cantante, guitarrista y compositor, lder del grupo de rock

alternativo de DashboardConfessional , anteriormente el vocalista original del grupo de rockFurtherSeemsForever . Nacien West Hartford, Connecticut, y luego se traslad con su familia a Boca Ratn, Florida, cuando tena 16 aos de edad.Los padres de este se divorciaron cuando tena apenas tres aos, se translado de Connecticut a Florida con su mam.

Biografa

Siendo adolescente, vivi haciendo skate y escuchando punk rock, pero el siempre ha tenido una gran pasin por lamsica. Cant en el coro de su escuela secundaria, y cuando tena 15 aos, su to le regal una guitarra a la que dedicgran parte de su tiempo. Sin embargo, no fue hasta su graduacin cuando Chris se dedic en serio a su msica. Justodespus de su graduacin, Chris se uni a su primera banda, TheVacantAndys.

Chris fue a la universidad por un grado mas en educacin, pero mientras tambin tocaba con TheVacantAndys ydespus con The Agency. Durante varios aos, Chris ense en una escuela primaria del sur de Florida y toco en elgrupo FurtherSeemsForever . DashboardConfessional naci cuando Chris grab el "Drowning" con Fiddler Records.

"Comenc (Dashboard) como un proyecto paralelo de la banda en que estaba," dice Carrabba, "yo estaba pasando por algo muy duro en el momento y dado que no escribo en un blog, esto es lo que hice con l. Fue una buena manera desacarlo de mi sistema. Nunca pens que alguien pudiera escuchar estas canciones, pero he tocado algunos de misamigos y uno de ellos propietario de una pequea etiqueta me convenci de grabacin." 1

Habiendo recibido su primera guitarra de su to, Carrabba tom slo un ligero inters en su talento musical, prefiriendo ensu patineta. Aprendi a tocar a la edad de 15, y grab su primer disco en solitario, TheSwissArmy Romance , para el

disfrute de la familia y amigos.

Carrera

Carrabba comenz su carrera con TheVacantAndys. En 1998, mientras tocaba para TheVacantAndys, se ocup de laguitarra en el grupo New FoundGlory. En 2001, se uni a la banda de FurtherSeemsForever para su lbum debut TheMoon Is Down, antes de pasar a fundar DashboardConfessional . En 2002, DashboardConfessional gan elpremio MTV2en MTVMusicAwards por el video de "ScreamingInfidelities." El video fue dirigido por Maureen y MatthewBarry Egan. Fue filmado en Los ngeles, California, en un presupuesto muy reducido.

Chris Carrabba

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Christopher Ender Carrabba [1] (born April 10, 1975) is the leadsinger and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional ,

and previously was the original vocalist for the American emo/indie rock bandFurther Seems Forever . On August 24,2010 it was announced that he was reuniting with them. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, and then moved withhis family toBoca Raton, Florida, when he was 16 years old. [2] Carrabba's parents divorced when he was three; he movedfrom Connecticut to Florida with his mom. He's still close to many relatives on his father's side of the family, but not to hisfather. Carrabbastudiededucationwhile at Florida AtlanticUniversity.

Biography

As a teenager, he lived for skateboarding and punk rock, but he has always had a real passion for music. He sang in thehigh school choir, and when he was fifteen, his uncle gave him a guitar to which he devoted a great deal of his time.However, it was not until he graduated from high school that Chris became serious about his music. Just after graduation,Chris joined his first band, The Vacant Andys.

Chris went on to college to procure a degree in education while simultaneously playing with The Vacant Andys, and later with The Agency. For several years, Chris taught at an elementary school in South Florida and played with the

group, Further Seems Forever . Dashboard Confessional was born when Chris recorded the "Drowning" EP with Fiddler Records. "I started (Dashboard) as a side project from the band I was in," says Carrabba, "I was going through somethingreally tough at the time and since I don't write in a journal, this is what I did with it. It was a good way to get it out of mysystem. I never thought anyone would hear these songs, but I played some for my friends and one of them who owned alittle label talked me into recording." The name Dashboard Confessional comes from the song The Sharp Hint of NewTears. The line "On the way home, this car hears my confessions," brought to mind the phrase "Dashboard Confessional."

Having received his first guitar from his uncle, Carrabba took only a mild interest in his musical talent, preferring toskateboard. He taught himself to play at the age of 15, [3] and recorded his first solo album, The Swiss Army Romance , for

the enjoyment of family and friends[citation needed ]

Carrabba was a special education teacher prior to his success with Dashboard Confessional, often keeping a guitar in hisoffice to write songs during downtime.[4]

Career

Carrabba started his career with the Vacant Andys. In 1998, while playing with the Vacant Andys, he filled in on guitar in New Found Glory, when regular guitarist Chad Gilbert was on tour with his other band, ShaiHulud. In 2001, he joinedthe band Further Seems Forever for their debut album The Moon is Down, before moving on to found DashboardConfessional. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional won the MTV2 Award at MTV Music Awards for the video for "ScreaminInfidelities." The video was considered the "dark horse" nominee at the time, as it was up against The Strokes, TheHives, Norah Jones , Nappy Roots, and Musiq. The video was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry. It wasfilmed inLos Angeles, California, on a shoestring budget