Craig Mabbitt

Craig Edward Mabbitt
Birth name	Craig Edward Mabbitt
Born	April 9, 1987 (1987-04-09) (age 24) Glendale, Arizona, USA
Genres	Post-hardcore, metalcore, alternative metal, hard rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2004-present
Labels	Interscope, Epitaph, Ferret
Associated acts	Escape the Fate, Blessthefall, A Skylit Drive, Attack Attack! Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Greeley Estates, Eyes Set to Kill, The Word Alive

Craig Edward Mabbitt (born April 9, 1987 in Glendale, Arizona) is an American musician. Currently the lead vocalist for the band Escape the Fate and formerly of the bands Blessthefall and The Word Alive.

Musical career

Blessthefall

While with Blessthefall, Mabbitt released two self-released EP's and one full length album. Their first full album, His Last Walk, was released on April 10, 2007 on Science Records/Ferret Music. It produced four singles: "Higinia", "Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad", "A Message to the Unknown", and "Rise Up". "Rise Up" was released after he left the band, and he does not appear in the video.^[1]

While in the middle of their 2007 European Tour with Silverstein and The Vincent Black Shadow, Mabbitt left the band because he felt he was missing out on his daughter's childhood. He later decided he wanted to rejoin the band, but the band felt it would be better to move on without him. Mabbitt was informed of their decision via AIM by Blessthefall's guitarist, Eric Lambert. Mabbitt has since commented that leaving Blessthefall was one of the hardest decisions of his life. Mabbitt was replaced on September 25, 2008 by current vocalist Beau Bokan, the former vocalist for Take the Crown. Mabbitt has stated in numerous interviews that he was forced to sign over all of his rights to his Blessthefall recordings in order to join Escape the Fate and sign with Epitaph Records.^[2] Mabbitt is still friends with Blessthefall and with Bokan.

Mabbitt recently stated during the AP Podcast that Blessthefall asked him to come back to the band after they had failed to find a replacement singer, a day after he had just completed the new Escape the Fate album, This War Is Ours. He declined their offer, but a week later they found Beau Bokan, the ex-lead singer of Take the Crown. Blessthefall has since gone on to record their new full length album Witness with Bokan.

The Word Alive

Mabbitt founded the Arizona-based metalcore band The Word Alive in 2008. He and the group recorded songs for an EP that never surfaced and on November 26, 2008, it was decided that the band would go on to seek a new vocalist, telling fans that they have made the decision to replace Mabbitt due to complications with his other band Escape the Fate. The Word Alive was originally a side-project by Mabbitt while in Escape the Fate. The band grew away from this plan as they didn't have the desire to tour or have the band active only when Mabbitt was active of which availability grew more and more scarce toward his interests in Escape the Fate.

The day after, Mabbitt was kicked-out, he posted a message to his fans via his official MySpace saying,

"Leaving the band was never my decision, they pretty much replaced me while I was on the road due to the fact that they wanted to tour and couldn't until I was available, I started that band with those guys and I'm very hurt at how they replaced me while I was touring..."

Mabbitt's position as lead vocals for The Word Alive was replaced by Tyler "Telle" Smith, formerly the bassist of Greeley Estates and singer/keyboardist of In Fear And Faith. Since then, The Word Alive has released an EP entitled "Empire," and a full album entitled "Deceiver" and have been touring around the U.S.

Escape the Fate

Craig Mabbitt joined Escape the Fate, and recorded This War Is Ours. It was the band's second full length album, and the first to feature Craig as the new lead singer . It was released on October 21, 2008. He has finished recording a new album for the band, which is self titled Escape the Fate, released on November 2, 2010.

Discography

With Blessthefall

• Black Rose Dying EP
• Blessthefall EP
• His Last Walk

With The Word Alive

• The Word Alive EP (Unreleased)

With Escape the Fate

• This War Is Ours
• Escape the Fate
• Issues Remixes EP

Collaborations

• With Eyes Set to Kill
  • The World Outside
    • "Deadly Weapons"
• With Greeley Estates
  • No Rain, No Rainbow
    • "Jealously Breeds Killing Sprees"
    • "I Shot The Maid"
• With Caleb Shomo & Max Green
  • "All That I'm About"
• With Kisses for Kings
  • "Ignore the End" ^[3]
• With Get Scared
  • "Sarcasm"

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ http://twitter.com/caige

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Date of birth	April 9, 1987
Place of birth	Glendale, Arizona
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