Editing Claudio Sanchez (section)

{{short description|American writer and musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2008}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Claudio Sanchez
| image              = 10.9.10ClaudioSanchezByLuigiNovi1.jpg
| landscape          = Yes
| caption            = Sanchez in 2010
| birth_name         = Claudio Paul Sanchez III
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1978|03|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Suffern, New York]], United States<ref name="rock sound">{{Citation
| last=Kerswell | first=Ronny
| title=Welcome To My World – Claudio Sanchez
| newspaper=[[Rock Sound]] | volume=105 | issue=1 | pages=58–59
| date=January 2008}}</ref>
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* multi-instrumentalist
* writer
}}
| years_active       = 1995–present
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| instrument      = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
* keyboards
* synthesizers
* harmonica
* piano
* ukulele
* theremin
}}
| origin          = [[Nyack, New York]], U.S.
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[progressive rock]]
* [[progressive metal]]
* [[new prog]]
* [[electronica]]
* [[alternative metal]]
* [[post-hardcore]]
}}
| label           = {{flatlist|
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* [[Sony BMG]]
* [[Equal Vision]]
* Hundred Handed
* Everything Evil
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Coheed and Cambria]]
* [[The Prize Fighter Inferno]]
* [[Shabütie]]
* Jumbo Head
* Beautiful Loser
* Anadivine
}}
}}
| website            = {{URL|http://www.coheedandcambria.com|coheedandcambria.com}}
| spouse             = {{Marriage|[[Chondra Echert]]|2009}}
| children           = <!--Number of children must be reliably sourced, and names only added if particularly notable.-->
}}

'''Claudio Paul Sanchez III''' (born March 12, 1978)<ref name="rock sound" /><ref name=autogenerated1>Sanchez, Claudio: "The Amory Wars Sketchbook", page 30. Evil Ink, 2007.</ref> is an American writer and musician best known for being the lead singer, guitarist and primary lyricist for the [[progressive rock]] band [[Coheed and Cambria]]. He is the creator of the comic book series ''[[The Amory Wars]]'', as well as ''Key of Z'' and ''Kill Audio'', both co-written with his wife [[Chondra Echert]]. Sanchez co-authored the novel ''[[The Amory Wars#Year of the Black Rainbow|Year of the Black Rainbow]]'' with [[Peter David]].