Neil Sabatino
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Indie rock, alternative, punk |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Labels | Eyeball Records, Reinforcement Records, Renfield Records, Go For Broke Records, Mint 400 Records |
| Associated acts | Pencey Prep, Fairmont, Mergers & Acquisitions, LadybiRdS, Shallows |
Neil Sabatino is an American musician. He is lead singer of Fairmont and the founder of Mint 400 Records.[1][2][3] He was also lead guitarist for Pencey Prep.[4][5]
Early work
In the late nineties Sabatino played in the punk band Stick Figure Suicide. By 2000 he joined as lead guitarist for Pencey Prep, a post-hardcore and punk band fronted by My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero.[6] Pencey Prep signed to Eyeball Records later that year, and played local shows with The Strokes, Nada Surf and Atom & His Package.[7] Sabatino appeared on two Pencey Prep releases; 2000's demo Long Walk to Forever and full-length Heartbreak in Stereo.[8] Pencey Prep disbanded in 2001, and he began working on a solo acoustic project called Fairmont.[6]
Fairmont
Sabatino signed with Reinforcement Records in 2001 as Fairmont, initially an acoustic solo project.[6] By the time of their first release, Fairmont had become a full band. They have done many US tours and released eight full length albums as well as six EPs.[9][10]
Other work
Singer Teeter Sperber of LadybiRdS approached Sabatino to appear on their 2007 debut album Regional Community Theater and the two share vocals on the track "Lady of Travel and Leisure". In 2011 Sabatino and Sperber released the album Grape Soda as Mergers & Acquisitions. Sabatino authored and illustrated the comic The Black Hat, published in 2012.[11] Sabatino also designs a majority of the album covers for the label Mint 400 Records.
Mint 400 Records
Sabatino founded Mint 400 Records in 2007.[2]
Discography
Pencey Prep
- Long Walk to Forever (2000)
- Heartbreak in Stereo (2002)
Fairmont
- Pretending Greatness Is Awaiting (2001)
- Anomie (2003)
- Hell Is Other People (2005)
- Wait & Hope (2007)
- Transcendence (2008)
- Destruction Creation (2010)
- The Grand And Grandiose (2013)
- 8 1/2 (2015)
Other work
- "Lady of Travel and Leisure" on Regional Community Theater (2007)
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Grape Soda (2011) with Teeter Sperber
- Shallows - "Always" - (2014) Mint 400 Records Presents Patchwork with AJ Tobey & Michael Kundrath
Producer
- Fairmont- Destruction Creation (Produced & Engineered By Neil Sabatino) (2010)
- Mergers & Acquisitions- Grape Soda EP (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2011)
- The Old Glorys- Brunswick Street Demos (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino w/ Shane M. Vidaurri) (2011)
- Rabbits- Self Titled EP (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2012)
- Various Artists- Mint 400 Records Presents A Very Merry Christmas Compilation (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino- Tracks 2,8) (2012)
- Fairmont- The Grand And Grandiose (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2013)
- Various Artists- Mint 400 Records Presents The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino- Tracks 2,6,7,8) (2013)
- Fairmont- Live & Acoustic From The Forest of Chaos (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2014)
- Various Artists- Mint 400 Records Presents Transformed (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino- Tracks 2) (2014)
- Fairmont- 8 1/2 (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2015)
- Various Artists- Mint 400 Records Presents In A Mellow Tone (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino, Except Tracks 3,5,9) (2015)
- Various Artists- Mint 400 Records Presents 1967 (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino- Tracks 3,4,5,12,13) (2015)
- The Clydes- Comeback Charlie EP (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2016)
- New Jersey Band By Nathan Charles (Produced, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered By Neil Sabatino) (2016)
References
Citations
- ↑ Mejias, p. 1.
- 1 2 Parciak.
- ↑ Hortillosa.
- ↑ Pencey Prep MySpace.
- ↑ Dylan.
- 1 2 3 Draisin.
- ↑ Pencey Prep Biography.
- ↑ Allmusic: Neil Sabatino.
- ↑ Fairmont discography.
- ↑ Wien, p. 113.
- ↑ Dittmeier.
Online sources
- "Credits", AllMusic (All Media Network, LLC), retrieved 25 February 2014
- Ditmeier, Amy (7 June 2012), "Pocket Protectors: Interview with Neil Sabatino and The Black Hat", Heave Media (Collective Colony), retrieved 17 February 2014
- Draisin, Deborah J. (2008), "Jersey Beat Interview: Fairmont", Jersey Beat, retrieved 13 February 2014
- Dylan, Nathan (23 July 2007), "Fairmont–"Wait and Hope"", Wonka Vision Magazine, retrieved 17 February 2014
- Hortillosa, Summer Dawn (26 October 2011), "Band with Jersey City roots reunites to find 'Multi-Purpose Solution' for Hoboken concert", The Jersey Journal (Ken Whitlfield), retrieved 17 February 2014
- Mejias, Stephen (21 February 2012), "The Entry Level #14", Stereophile (Source Interlink), retrieved 16 February 2014
- Parciak, Brooke, "How To Run a Record Label: An Interview With Neil Sabatino of Mint 400 Records", Jersey Beat (Jersey Beat & Not a Mongo Multimedia), retrieved 16 February 2014
- "Neil Sabatino", Allmusic (All Media Network LLC.), retrieved 16 February 2014
- "Biography", Pencey Prep Official site, retrieved 13 February 2014
- "About Pencey Prep", Myspace, archived from the original on 6 January 2009
External links
- Neil Sabatino discography at Discogs