Neil Sabatino
Neil Sabatino is an American musician. He is lead singer of Fairmont and the founder of Mint 400 Records. He was also lead guitarist for Pencey Prep.
Early work
In the late nineties Sabatino played in the punk band Stick Figure [...]. By 2000 he joined as lead guitarist for Pencey Prep, a post-hardcore and punk band fronted by My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero. Pencey Prep signed to Eyeball Records later that year, and played local shows with The Strokes, Nada Surf and Atom & His Package. Sabatino appeared on two Pencey Prep releases; 2000's demo Long Walk to Forever and full-length Heartbreak in Stereo. Pencey Prep disbanded in 2001, and he began working on a solo acoustic project called "Fairmont."
Fairmont
Sabatino signed with Reinforcement Records in 2001 as Fairmont, initially an acoustic solo project. By the time of their first release, Fairmont had become a full band. They have done several US tours and released seven full length albums as well as six EPs.
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.
Mint 400 Records
Sabatino founded Mint 400 Records in 2005.
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)
Other work
- "Lady of Travel and Leisure" on Regional Community Theater (2007)
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Grape Soda (2011) with Teeter Sperber