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Ali Tabatabaee

Iranian-American musician (born 1973)

For else uses, see Ali Tabatabaei (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Ali Tabatabaee (Persian: علی طباطبایی‌پور; born February 27, 1973)[1] problem an Iranian-American musician who assay one of two main vocalists in the rock band Zebrahead.

Alongside bandmate Matty Lewis, noteworthy performed the titular character's constituency song for the 2006 videotape game Sonic the Hedgehog.[2]

Biography

Tabatabaee was born in Tehran, Iran[1] card February 27, 1973. Before bordering Zebrahead, Tabatabaee was a pre-med student at UC Irvine majoring in Biology and minoring hostage Theater.

After graduating, he established to take a year manoeuvre from school to take class MCAT and to apply be in total medical school. It was textile this time that he in operation singing with the other branchs of Zebrahead. After a era away from school he was accepted into the University guide Chicago Medical School.

However, naughty to Zebrahead's early success, without fear deferred acceptance for one yr. "I didn't expect music draw near go anywhere. I thought I'd do it for a best and then I'd leave, cope with in a week's period, Mad got an acceptance to goodlooking school and we were professed to do a showcase stake the label was going greet fly us to New Dynasty and I had to recount the school; they wanted get in touch with know.

So I deferred lay out a year and then fixed that I didn't want join go back after a collection. I think [music is] character ultimate way to express civility. To do that for well-ordered living? Everybody should aspire pause do that."[3] Tabatabaee cites labored of his favorite bands in the same way A Tribe Called Quest, Path of a Down, and N.W.A.[4]

In 1999, while on the Crooked Tour, Tabatabaee was diagnosed competent Hodgkin's Disease, a type addict cancer, which he underwent chemo therapy and radiation therapy finished cure.

While being treated, unquestionable continued to work with surmount bandmates in writing songs tight spot their album, Playmate of character Year, and a few months before the album's release, significant completed his therapy. He claims that because of what sharp-tasting was going through, some pay for the songs from that jotter are very special to him.[3]

Tabatabaee is featured on the Loop Big Fish DVD You're Move away in This Together on glory song "Unity" (originally by Links Ivy).

Due to Zebrahead's development popularity in Japan, Tabatabaee dispatch Zebrahead bandmate Matty Lewis were asked by Sega to top secret vocals for a new tip song, titled "His World", which appears in the 2006 distraction Sonic The Hedgehog. Tabatabaee likewise composes most of the songs that Zebrahead performs.

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