Editing Dashboard Confessional (section)

===Early history (1999–2002)===
Dashboard Confessional's first recording was the 2000 album ''[[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 its debut album, ''[[The Moon Is Down (album)|The Moon Is Down]]''. Carrabba left the band before the album was released<ref>{{Cite web|title=Further Seems Forever: A Tale of Three Singers (S1 Ep1)|url=https://soundcloud.com/tooth-and-nail-records/further-seems-forever-a-tale-of-three-singers-s1-ep1|language=en|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> 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 Dashboard Confessional. After the success of his second album, Carrabba was asked to perform on ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'', and the subsequent [[MTV Unplugged 2.0|live release]] marked the first time many of the songs were recorded with a full band. Also in 2002, the music video for "[[Screaming Infidelities]]" won the MTV2 award at the [[MTV Video Music Award]]s, beating out [[Norah Jones]], [[The Strokes]], [[The Hives]], [[Nappy Roots]], and [[Musiq]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilcha|first=Kristin|date=September 6, 2002|title=SuperMega/Palomar and FM Rocks Top MTV Awards|url=http://www.shootonline.com/node/28469|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413011520/https://www.shootonline.com/node/28469|archive-date=April 13, 2016|access-date=|website=SHOOTonline|publisher=DCA Business Media LLC.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458151/20021015/dashboard_confessional.jhtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040419003358/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458151/20021015/dashboard_confessional.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 19, 2004 |first=Joe|last=D'Angelo|title=New Dashboard Confessional: Still Emotional, But More Musical |date=October 15, 2002|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=July 9, 2009}}</ref> This video starred Carrabba in both the performance and the storyline. The video was directed by [[Maureen Egan]] and Matthew Barry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/dashboard-confessional/14600/screaming-infidelities.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213003519/http://www.mtv.com/videos/dashboard-confessional/14600/screaming-infidelities.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2008|title=Dashboard Confessional – "Screaming Infidelities"|date=February 5, 2002|publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/15714783|title=Dashboard Confessional – "Screaming Infidelities"|date=October 10, 2010|publisher=Vimeo}}</ref>