DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

Dashboard Confessional (often referred to as simply Dashboard) is an American emo band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba.[1] The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from their debut album The Swiss Army Romance.

Dashboard Confessional's first recording was the 2000 LP The Swiss Army Romance, initially a solo side project of Chris Carrabba while he was in the band Further Seems Forever.

The following year, Further Seems Forever, with Chris Carrabba, recorded and released its debut album, The Moon Is Down. Carrabba soon thereafter left the band to record and release his second solo album, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, and a follow-up EP, So Impossible; both were released under the name Dashboard Confessional.

By 2002, three other musicians had joined the band, including former Further Seems Forever band mate Jerry Castellanos, and started the process of recording the band's next album. After the success of his second album, Carrabba was asked to perform on MTV Unplugged, and the subsequent live release marked the first time many of the songs were recorded with a full band.

MEMBER OF THE BAND

GUITAR

Chris Carraba is the Emo Rock one man band known as "Dashboard Confessional". Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, Carraba was once the lead voice of rock bands such as "Further Seems Forever" and "the Vacant Andies". Having received his first guitar from his uncle, Chris took only a mild interest in his musical talent preferring to skateboard. Until he recorded his first solo album (named "The Swiss army romance"), for the enjoyment of family and friends, but his work soon made the music circles resulting in its eventual release and "Dashboard Confessional" had been discovered. Chris combines heart felt lyrics with poetic wording and backs both with a warm acoustic sound from his guitar. With songs on the soundtrack for "Spider-man2" & "Shrek2", Chris is finding a new media for his work.

PIANO

John C. Lefler, born March 18, 1975 is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist, pianist and has been with Dashboard Confessional since 2002.

DRUMS

Mike Marsh (born August 13, 1974 in Miami, Florida) is the drummer for The Avett Brothers and formerly of Dashboard Confessional. Mike was featured on all Dashboard Confessional's albums, from The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most to Alter the Ending. He also played with them for MTV Unplugged. In 2006, Marsh and Dashboard Confessional did an AOL Sessions recording, playing not only their songs, but a cover of "In A Big Country" by Big Country.

BASS

Scott Schoenbeck of the band Dashboard Confessional performs during the Silopanna Music Festival at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, MD on Saturday, August 16, 2014.

BASS

Dan Bonebrake — bass guitar, backing vocals (2002)