Sean Carey began performing at the age of  10, when he played “Dixie” in his 5th grade talent show, following a pair of breakdancers.  The crowd went wild…for the breakdancers.  Sean promptly put his guitar down and joined a breakdancing crew.  Despite the fact that his favorite song was the guitar-laden “Rock Box” by Run D.M.C., Sean didn’t see the point in continuing with the guitar, as rap would be his favorite music for all time and rap didn’t need guitars.  When this soon changed, he picked the guitar up again and it was like he never put it down.  He could still tear through the old southern favorites like slavery was back in style.  In high school, he put together a hardcore band and was even straight edge for 8 days.  Though not in a row.  Realizing the world was not nearly as much fun without alcohol, Sean left the band and struck out on his own.  He attended college in Chapel Hill, just in time to catch the tail end of a burgeoning music scene.  He played with a few bands while there and listened to even more.  As a lark, he tried out as the singer for a friend’s band.  Amazingly enough, he could actually sing.  He spent the next few days kicking himself for the years of wasted genius.  Then he sang.  And sang some more.  After graduating from college, he came back up to the northeast and was asked to front the band, Missing Digit, a name he hated from the start and never really got used to.  But he did it anyway.  The band began playing at many of New Jersey’s dive bars and strip clubs.  Luckily, creative differences soon put an end to Missing Digit, though Sean continued to frequent the strip clubs.

Here’s where it gets good.  After the Digit’s demise, Sean decided to