The Invisible Dog and Books are Magic are thrilled to welcome NEGATIVES by Amy Fleisher Madden, in conversation with Chris Carrabba.
A gorgeous hardcover time capsule of the emo music scene as it was from 1996 to 2006, featuring never-before-seen photographs and never-before-told stories from key emo musicians, photographers, and icons.
While the term emo has become a familiar label, there was a time when that wasn’t the case. Many bands of the mid-to-late '90s would never have classified themselves as such. With the advent of the 2000s, the previously underground emo scene was put on the map, and the term and sound of the genre morphed into something new. Today, the musical and cultural impact of this movement is alive and well, responsible for some of the biggest and most influential acts of the 21st century, from Jimmy Eat World to My Chemical Romance, and the emo label has been reclaimed by those who can’t imagine life without it.
Through rare and never-before-seen photographs Amy Fleisher Madden, founder of Fiddler Records (Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory, Recover, and more), thoughtfully and lovingly put together this moving archive of the second and third waves of emo. With a foreword by Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional and revealing essays from Frank Iero, Geoff Rickly, Norman Brannon, Matt Pryor, Jesse Johnson, Andrew McMahon, and Bob Nanna, as well as insights and bite-sized narratives from photographers and other musicians of the era, this heartwarming time capsule expounds an extraordinary moment in music history—a scene that gave life to not only numerous big names but also to a powerful sound and even more powerful friendships.
Amy Fleisher Madden founded the independent record label Fiddler Records in Miami when she was sixteen years old. Before she could even vote, she discovered and broke bands like Dashboard Confessional, New Found Glory, and several other emo and indie darlings. She closed her label after ten years in 2006 and went on to work in advertising. She is the author of A Million Miles, a YA novel. Today she is a freelance creative director, writer, and sometimes photographer living in Nashville, Tennessee.
Singer/Songwriter Chris Carrabba is the genius behind the platinum, chart-topping band Dashboard Confessional, who began releasing music in 2000. Formerly the singer for the band Vacant Andys and the emo staple Further Seems Forever, Dashboard Confessional took shape when Carrabba pursued the desire for something simpler. Carrabba molds humble acoustics with passionate, personal wordplay, putting out eight studio albums over the past two decades.
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