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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 Recor...