Frank Carter(I)

Christopher Frank Carter, known professionally as Frank Carter, is an English musician, writer, and tattoo artist. He has been a part of the musical groups Gallows, Pure Love, and as of 2020, the Rattlesnakes (Known as Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes.) Carter grew up in Hemel Hempstead in England, his mother taught Irish dancing and his father was a DJ. He is the eldest of four brothers. Steph Carter, would play guitar in Gallows along with Frank and Richard Carter who would eventually form the band Blackhole. His parents divorced when Carter was in his teens, which led to him discovering punk rock music. Carter formed Gallows in 2005. They released their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves, on 25 September 2006. The album peaked at number 57 on the U.K. charts. On 2 May 2009, Gallows released their sophomore album Grey Britain. In 2011, Carter departed from Gallows due to creative differences and tensions within the band. Carter formed Pure Love in 2011. With guitarist Jim Carroll, after the pair had run into one another multiple times in New York City. The pair released their debut album, Anthems, on 4 February 2013. The album's work was consistently different to Carter's work with Gallows, by making use of defined hooks and even influences from the classic rock era. On 10 February 2014, Pure Love announced that they would be going on an "indefinite hiatus", due to a "hard year". In April 2015, Carter announced the formation of a new band called Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, which at the time he described as a return to his "hardcore roots". On 14 September 2015, the Rattlesnakes released their debut album Blossom. On 20 January 2017, the Rattlesnakes released their sophomore album Modern Ruin, which debuted at number seven on the U.K. albums chart. Carter stated that much of the album had been based around the alcoholism that he had experienced after breaking his straight edge lifestyle of twelve years on Christmas 2015. On 3 May 2019, the Rattlesnakes released their third album End of Suffering, which peaked at number four on the U.K. charts. On 23 and 25 August, he performed as second support at Reading and Leeds Festivals with the Rattlesnakes, this was the second highest he'd ever been billed for the festivals. On 19 September, he was involved in a life-threatening car crash in Devon, which led to the cancellation of the first week of the Rattlesnake's scheduled U.S. tour. On 11 October, he was featured on Can't Swim's track "Power". On 29 November, Black Futures released a collaborative remix of the Rattlesnakes' song "Crowbar". Carter has been extremely open about his life's struggles, addiction and anxiety, which is theorized to have helped him out of his relapse in 2015. More optimistically though, he did it for his newborn, Mercy Rose Carter, who had recently turned one year old.