Vinnie Caruana (born September 25, 1979) is an American singer. He is the vocalist for

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punk band

The Movielife The Movielife is a Long Island punk rock band composed of vocalist Vinnie Caruana, guitarist Brandon Reilly, and drummer Brett Romnes. The band originally formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2003, but announced their official reunion in December 20 ...

and lead singer/songwriter for the indie/post hardcore band

I Am the Avalanche I Am the Avalanche is an American punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The group's name comes from a lyric written by Vinnie Caruana for a song which was later discarded. The phrase also appears in the poem ''"Oh, Immobility, Death's Vast As ...

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I Am The Avalanche Biography

Music career

The Movielife

The Movielife is a Long Island melodic hardcore band, composed of vocalist Vinnie Caruana, bassist Phil Navetta, guitarist Brandon Reilly, drummer Evan Baken, and guitarist Alex Amiruddin, until 2001 when Alex Amiruddin left and was replaced by Dan Navetta. The band was active from 1997 to 2003 with brief reunion shows from 2010 to 2011. The Movielife released three EPs and two full-length albums before disbanding.
The Movielife Last.fm At the 2008 Bamboozle, Caruana was joined by the members of Set Your Goals (band), Set Your Goals to perform a set of The Movielife songs.
Vinnie Caruana / Set Your Goals to do Movielife set at Bamboozle. In 2015, The Movielife played two reunion shows at Irving Plaza to start a reunion tour.

I Am The Avalanche

is a Brooklyn-based

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band which features Vinnie Caruana on vocals. I Am the Avalanche are a part of Cardboard City, a New York-based group of bands and artists led by Vin's best friend Daryl Palumbo (

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, House of Blow) and DJ Krazyglue. I Am the Avalanche's first album was produced by Barett Jones (

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Peace'd Out

Peace'd Out is a Los Angeles-based Hardcore band which features Vinnie Caruana on vocals, guitarist Steve Choi ( RX Bandits), bassist Roger Camero ( No Motiv), and drummer Casey Deitz (

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). Choi began writing for this project in 2007. The group released a five-song EP, Peace'd Out EP, in 2012. The song "Baadering Raam" is about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.

Solo artist

Caruana routinely performs in New York City in a solo role having played numerous tours. Vinnie released his debut solo EP early 2013 through I Surrender / Run For Cover Records.
Vinnie Caruana Announces Solo EP. Caruana will take part of the Acoustic Basement Tour which Thursday (band), Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly,

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, and Koyo.
Absolutepunk.net In 2014 Caruana provided the song "It's Been Way Too Long" to the soundtrack of the Jason Michael Brescia film Bridge and Tunnel. On December 7, 2015, Caruana announced that he had signed to

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and had started recording his next full-length album, to be released in 2016. Caruana released his solo album Aging Frontman on October 4, 2019.

Constant Elevation

Caruana is the lead vocalist for the hardcore band, Constant Elevation, which includes longtime New York Hardcore drummer, Sammy Siegler.

Guest appearances

References

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