Keith Caputo

Keith Caputo (born December 4, 1973) is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of New York City alternative metal band Life of Agony.

"[2] Following his departure from Life of Agony, Caputo formed a short-lived band called Absolute Bloom, which broke up in July 1998.

Caputo also guested on the track "Free Speech (Will Cost You)", which appears on the album Memory Rendered Visible by the band Both Worlds (featuring ex-Cro-Mags vocalist John Joseph), released on Roadrunner Records in April 1998.

[14] After leaving Roadrunner, Caputo was recruited as the vocalist of the Brazilian industrial metal band Freax, which had reformed after being broken up for over ten years.

[15][16] The original lineup of Life of Agony reunited for two sold-out shows at New York's Irving Plaza on January 3 and 4, 2003.

The reunion resulted in several more shows and appearances on European festivals, as well as the recording of Broken Valley (2005), In 2003, Caputo formed a group consisting of New York musicians Mike Shaw (bass) and Dan Platt (guitars), along with Dutch musicians Jochem Van Rooijen (drums) and Jack Pisters (lead guitars) that toured and recorded what became the album Live Monsters (2004).

On May 1, 2006, Caputo released his third solo album Hearts Blood on Your Dawn which was only sold at his live shows, via mail order through his website, and in the iTunes Store.

In 2007, Caputo recorded his fourth solo album, A Fondness for Hometown Scars, which includes a guest appearance by Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) on trumpet, amongst others.

The album was produced by Martyn LeNoble and was released in Europe in April 2008 by Dutch label, Suburban Records.

[17] In 2014, Life of Agony re-formed with Caputo singing, releasing the album A Place Where There's No More Pain in 2017, and The Sound of Scars in 2019 with Veronica Bellino replacing longtime drummer Sal Abruscato.

[21][17] "When I was Keith, I certainly wouldn't allow myself to be as flowery or as vulnerable as I do now," said Caputo in a 2016 interview that appeared on the music website No Echo.

[24] He said he was glad Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election due to his campaign promise to ban sex reassignment and cross-sex hormones for minors.

Caputo (second from left) with Life of Agony in the mid-1990s
Caputo with Life of Agony in 2018
Caputo in 2009