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Alt. Pop-Rock
Emo-Core
Indie Rock

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	The Shade of Poison Trees Released: 2007

Biography

Dashboard Confessional is the musical project of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Chris Carrabba. Carrabba, who is from Boca Raton, Florida, grew up wanting to be a professional skateboarder. On his fifteenth birthday, his uncle gave him a guitar. Although he mastered the instrument, he put music on the back burner. It was not until after his high school graduation that he realized his love of music. He joined the punk rock group, Vacant Andys. Shortly afterwards Carrabba joined The Agency. He did not get success until he joined the group Further Seems Forever. The group had a song on the album, The Emo Diaries, Vol. 4: An Ocean of Doubt. The group then split an EP with band Recess Theories and released From the 27th State. After the release of The 27th State, Carrabba began playing low-key acoustic shows in various night clubs and bars. He decided to call his project, dashboard Confessional after a phrase in his song, “The Sharp Hint of New Tears.” He soon signed with Fidler Records, a small indie label. Dashboard Confessional then released their debut three song EP entitled The Drowning in 2000. Dashboard Confessional then released the album Swiss Army Romance. The record would later be re-issued through Drive Thru records. The album contained the single, “Screaming Infidelties.” That single would later become a major radio hit on alternative rock stations. Swiss Army Romance gained Carrabba a huge amount of underground talk. Thus, there was a bidding war for his record signing. Dashboard Confessional eventually signed with Vagrant Records. The 2001 album, The Places You Have Come to Fear The Most, was Dashboard Confessional’s debut with Vagrant. Later that year, dashboard confessional released the four track EP entitled, So Impossible. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional released the EP Summer’s Kiss. The EP contained four of Carrabba’s favorite songs from Swiss Army Romance re-done with a full band accompanying him. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional was featured on the MTV Unplugged DVD / Cd release. The DVD showed fans singing along to Carrabba as he sang “Screaming Infidelities.” During the summer of 2003, Dashboard Confessional released A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar. Dashboard Confessional has helped Emo become a widely accepted mainstream genre of music.

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Discussion Topic	Creator
dashboard rrrrrocks i love the new album! its awesome. this guy keeps getting better and better!!!	nicolaw

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yea i kno!	PYroManiaC
u said it! gah i just love them! whoa! lol!	dazedemogirl
I love him	girly_wonder
I definitely thinkt he new cd is different than the other stuff, but its a step in a good direction.	Rejectifyme
there music kicks!	i_heart_emo_boys187
"hands down" is unbelievably good. I havent got the new cd, but it is on my list to get..does anyone have it? is it good? i bet it is....	lindz_e80110
I just got their newest cd and i like it even more than "the swiss army romance". i love hands down (of course) and i also like ghosts of a good thing. the whole cd is great	txbrunettegirl22
^^thanks for the info. i will get the album, and when i do, i'll post about it....	lindz_e80110
althouygh dashboard clashes with a lot of bands i like, i have my emo side. personally, i hate dashboards new stuff. theyre old stuff is much better.	mylittlecheeseorgan
I love dashboard, he keeps me mellow when I want to kick back and relax. I love how he keeps on reinventing himself on his albums. His songs are so deep and creative.	electra
uhh. their new cd isnt so hott... but if you want to hear a good DC cd.. listen to Swiss Army Romance... its real	Sorry-Sorry77
i love the new album too! its different from everything else but in a good way....cant wait for another one!	emoDClover49
theyre music is really inspiring. i like the new cd because it has a lot of variety. some songs are just guitars and his voice. some are more rock. some are a mix. its really good.	nightxsmellsxgreen
dashboard confessional rocks.	jeremy5551212
i agree with all of that their music is really inspiring....it makes me feel good about life and who i am...	Hoping
emo. what a load of crap its all these quere ass chick pant wearing bitches that cry about their girlfriend dumping them that listen to this garbage. Im surprised they have girlfriends to be dumped by! heres an idea for yall who like that crap. grow some balls, wear mens clothes, learn to work on cars and or dirtbikes, eat lost of red meat and beer you damn hippies and finally listen to real music like METALLICA, Black Sabbath, rage against the machine, Social Distortion, kill switch engaged, f-minus or at the very least AFI you wanna be punks or is it women? ill whoop all your asses then you can go write a song about it....emo, most men in this country are already an episode of friends away from turning into giant walking vaginas then along comes this its a shame to real menlike lumberjacks or marines for example. now shut the fuck up...queres	honda450guy
The new album is really good.Chris has an amazing voice.	NO-Core
i couldnt agree with you more. he has like the perfect voice for DC's songs	SiMpLePlAnLoVeR13
hey honda guy. stop posting the same thing, cause last time i checked, no one really cares all that much.	aplainmorning