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Chris Carrabba

Background information
Birth name	Christopher Ender Carrabba
Born	April 10, 1975 (1975-04-10) (age 33)
Origin	West Hartford, Connecticut
Genre(s)	alternative rock
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Vagrant Records, Fiddler Records
Associated acts	Dashboard Confessional Further Seems Forever Vacant Andys

Christopher Andrew "Ender" Carrabba^[1] (born April 10, 1975) is the lead singer and guitarist of the acoustic-alternative band Dashboard Confessional, and previously was the original vocalist for the Christian rock band Further Seems Forever. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "West Hartford" redirects here For the unincorporated community in Vermont, see West Hartford, Vermont. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Vagrant Records is an independent record label founded by Face to Face manager Rich Egan and friend Jon Cohen in 1996. Fiddler Records was a Record label based out of Los Angeles, California. Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton Florida, led by Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. Further Seems Forever was an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach Florida and disbanded in 2006 Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton Florida, led by Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of Rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on Further Seems Forever was an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach Florida and disbanded in 2006 Chris became interested in Christianity when some friends were against it and after going through a personal family tragedy. ^[2] He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, and then moved with his family to Boca Raton, Florida, when he was 16 years old. "West Hartford" redirects here For the unincorporated community in Vermont, see West Hartford, Vermont. Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn" is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925 ^[3]

Trivia

A notable feature of a live show involving Carrabba is that while performing he will stare, almost unsettlingly, into the audience at a particular person. This has come to be known among his fans as "eye sex. " Carrabba, in an interview with the Associated Press, said, "You can't help but look at the audience and if you find somebody and they're having that movement listening to a song that gets to you, I'll connect with them and have eye sex with them. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio " ^[4]
Carrabba reportedly suffers from stage fright. Stage fright or performance anxiety refers to an Anxiety, Fear or persistent Phobia related to Performance in front of ^[3]
Carrabba has a streak of blonde in the front of his hair that he keeps dyed brown. This streak of blonde is a birthmark. A birthmark is a Blemish on the Skin formed before Birth. A little over 1 in 10 babies have a Vascular birthmark
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, Shai Hulud. New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida Chad Everett Gilbert (born March 9, 1981) is the lead guitarist for the band New Found Glory. Shai Hulud is a American five-piece technical Hardcore punk band with Progressive metal influences originally formed in Pompano Beach
Chris appears on the Hot Rod Circuit song "Unfaithful. Hot Rod Circuit was a rock band from New Haven Connecticut established in 1997. "
Carrabba provides backing vocals on the Say Anything song "Retarded in Love. "
Carrabba also provides backing vocals on the New Found Glory cover of the song The Promise featured on the album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II
Carrabba is 5'2". New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida " The Promise " is a dance song performed by the British band When in Rome from their self-titled debut album. From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II is the sixth album by New Found Glory, and is a follow up from the 2000 EP From the Screen to Your Stereo.
Carrabba is asian american.
Although there are rumours that Carrabba got married in 2005, there has been no word from any official source, whether this is true or not. Carrabba has stated though in past interviews that he is a very private kind of guy, which gives reason to the confusion on this matter.
When the album The Shade of Poison Trees was released, there was speculation that the meaningful lyrics of the song These Bones were Carrabba's way of telling his fans that he was suffering from some life-threatening disease. The Shade of Poison Trees is the fifth Studio album recorded by the band Dashboard Confessional. He stated that this was not true. He also mentioned this in an interview with The Hook. ^[5]
Carrabba often uses the phrase, "There was this girl. . . " when introducing tracks to the audience. The phrase is now seen by regular gig goers as an inside joke between Carrabba and his fans, adding to the intimacy that the gigs are well known for.

References

^ ASCAP: Works written by Christopher Andrew Carrabba. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved on 2007-10-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas
^ Zulia, Conrad; Zulia, Julia. "Interview with Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional", Decapolis, 2001.
^ ^a ^b Mueller, Walt (2003). Dashboard Confessional: Youth culture sings along with Chris. Center for Parent/Youth Understanding. Retrieved on 2006-06-18. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries
^ Bendersky, Ari. "Emo poster child returns with new album", Associated Press, MSNBC, 2006-05-31. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
^ The Hook: Dashboard Confessional - Sympatico / MSN Video

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