Sean Ingram

Sean Ingram (born September 11, 1975) is an American musician and entrepreneur, best known as the frontman for the mathcore band Coalesce. He contributed all the lyrics and most of the artwork and packaging for his band. After several years as a vocalist, he started an entrepreneurial career inspired by the DIY punk ethic, founding the companies Blue Collar Press, Merchtable and Fixcraft.

Early life Sean Ingram was born on September 11, 1975 in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up in a middle-class family with an older sister and another younger sister. Ingram and his family moved to northern Oklahoma and later back to Kansas City. He describes his father as a racist man who "would carry around ... a constant anger" with him and recalls occasions where he verbally abused him and beat him. In his early teens, Ingram used to skate along with his friend Dan Askew and shortly afterward spent most of his free time skating vert. Both discovered punk rock and hardcore through skateboard videos. Since seventh grade, Ingram was progressively affected because his father started distancing himself from his family and he began to "escape" through "loud music in headphones, skateboarding, or getting drunk", spending much time outside of his house. He describes himself as "a merch freak" and collected figures and toys as a teenager. In order to support his music career, Ingram worked as a wallpaper hanger by trade during the first years of the band. In 2009, Coalesce released their fourth album, Ox. Ingram has contributed to the artwork and packaging of all the band' studio albums.

Ingram has been featured in most albums by Reggie and the Full Effect, the solo project of former Coalesce drummer James Dewees, with the pseudonyms Hungary Bear and Sean-O-Tronic.

On July 8, 2001, Ingram joined The Dillinger Escape Plan as vocalist during their performance at the Krazy Fest 4 in Louisville, Kentucky, while they were auditioning for a new singer. He was scheduled for a second show at the CMJ Music Festival in New York City on September 12, but it was cancelled after the September 11 attacks. Later, the event was rescheduled in October but the band had already hired Greg Puciato.

Entrepreneurial career Blue Collar Press In the mid-1990s, Ingram was hired by Home Depot as their wallpaper expert but stopped going after three days because it did not satisfy his "need to create and make something". At the time, Ingram was teaching himself graphic design, while simultaneously working as a singer and independent wallpaper hanger, and after seeing a screen press on eBay, he borrowed $200, his father drove him out to Denver and bought it. In 2005, the company was selling merchandise to bands such as Linkin Park and Dashboard Confessional. A few years before, he saw a Hardcourt Bike Polo match near his home and became an avid fan and practitioner of the sport because of its similarities with the 1990s American punk scene. Among Fixcraft innovations were the first official Bike Polo ball, its first championships and league, and camps. In December 2017, Fixcraft was closed due to exhaustion and financial reasons.

Ingram has written all the lyrics and song titles for Coalesce songs. Most of them deal with complicated family and intimate relationships, his experiences with death, news stories and cynicism towards some hardcore punk ideologies. In 2000, Ingram cited Lisa Loeb and Maynard Keenan of Tool as his biggest lyrical influences. Rob Fusco of Most Precious Blood, and Alison Bellevance of Fall River.

Personal life Sean Ingram has been married to Chela Ingram since 1995 2003 "In the Meantime" The Casket Lottery Possiblies and Maybes 2003 "001", "003" Miasis In and Out of Weeks 2004 "The Fellowship of the Bling" Reggie and the Full Effect Greatest Hits 1984–1987 (reissue) 2004 "Sound Effects and Overdramatics" The Used In Love and Death 2005 "Dethnotronic" Reggie and the Full Effect Songs Not to Get Married To 2005 "Queen of the Food Chain" The Ocean Aeolian 2008 "The Fall of Las Vegas" The Out Circuit Pierce the Empire With A Sound 2013 "Dmv Featuring Common Denominator" Reggie and the Full Effect No Country for Old Musicians 2014 "Pelican of the Desert" Every Time I Die From Parts Unknown 2016 "Forever Hurtling Towards Andromeda" Norma Jean Polar Similar 2018 "The Dead We Do Not Mourn" Tetelestai Crvsh Svtvn