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Jonny Craig is a Canadian singer. He currently fronts the band Emarosa and has recently returned to his post as singer of Dance Gavin Dance, the band he was kicked out of in 2007. His other projects include a former stint in Ghost Runner on Third and sharing vocal duties in the supergroup Isles & Glaciers. He also has a solo career, and is the first and only act of its kind to be signed to Rise Records.

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Jonny Craig has released the solo album A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How to Answer on August 18, 2009 through Rise Records. This is the first individual artist on the label. He has been taking solo promotion and press photos for the release in late 2009 with photographer Gage Young in Orlando, Florida.

He further released three songs on his myspace from the solo album, Titles, "Istillfeelher III", "Children of Divorce" and "7 AM, 2 Bottles and The Wrong Road". Craig went on his first solo tour from November through December, supporting acts AFI, Cinematic Sunrise, and then headlining with support from Tides Of Man and Sleeping With Sirens. He is currently headlining a tour with support from Tides Of Man and Eye Alaska and will be playing The Bamboozle festival and SXSW.

Craig announced on January 16, 2011 that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus to "pursue the filming of his documentary", stating that all his currently planned records and tours would be cancelled. He later added that he would play out the tours with Dance Gavin Dance and Emarosa. On January 21, 2011, Craig announced that he would not actually be taking this hiatus, stating: "hate me all you want people I love what i do and im great at it. IM NEVER GONNA STOP. " He later stated that he was going to quit because he had been touring and recording "NON STOP" for seven years, and stated "Now i know theres nothing out in the world for me".

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Biography

Jonny Craig is a Canadian singer. He currently fronts the band Emarosa and has recently returned to his post as singer of Dance Gavin Dance, the band he was kicked out of in 2007. His other projects include a former stint in Ghost Runner on Third and sharing vocal duties in the supergroup Isles & Glaciers. He also has a solo career, and is the first and only act of its kind to be signed to Rise Records.

Solo work

Jonny Craig has released the solo album A Dream is a Question You Don't Know How to Answer on August 18, 2009 through Rise Records. This is the first individual artist on the label. He has been taking solo promotion and press photos for the release in late 2009 with photographer Gage Young in Orlando, Florida.

He further released three songs on his myspace from the solo album, Titles, "Istillfeelher III", "Children of Divorce" and "7 AM, 2 Bottles and The Wrong Road". Craig went on his first solo tour from November through December, supporting acts AFI, Cinematic Sunrise, and then headlining with support from Tides Of Man and Sleeping With Sirens. He is currently headlining a tour with support from Tides Of Man and Eye Alaska and will be playing The Bamboozle festival and SXSW.

Craig announced on January 16, 2011 that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus to "pursue the filming of his documentary", stating that all his currently planned records and tours would be cancelled. He later added that he would play out the tours with Dance Gavin Dance and Emarosa. On January 21, 2011, Craig announced that he would not actually be taking this hiatus, stating: "hate me all you want people I love what i do and im great at it. IM NEVER GONNA STOP. " He later stated that he was going to quit because he had been touring and recording "NON STOP" for seven years, and stated "Now i know theres nothing out in the world for me".

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