page_title: Nico Constantine
section_title: Madfly and Comes with the Fall
hierarchical_section_title: Nico Constantine / Biography / Madfly and Comes with the Fall
caption_attribution_description: English: Nico on stage with Lady Gaga on the Fame Ball tour
context_page_description: Nico Constantine is an American music director, producer, and guitarist, known for his work with Lady Gaga, Biters, Program the Dead, Comes with the Fall, and Madfly. He is the founder of Institution Records.
context_section_description: In 1996, Constantine joined Madfly in Atlanta, Georgia, along with singer-guitarist William DuVall, drummer Bevan Davies, and bassist Jeffery Blount.  In 1998, Joan Jett signed Madfly to Blackheart/Mercury Records.  After releasing White Hot in the Black, the band left Blackheart/Mercury, and reformed as Comes with the Fall in 1999, with Adam Stanger replacing Jeffery Blount on bass.
  Comes with the Fall recorded their self-titled album in Atlanta, a year later, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, catching the attention of Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Their self-titled album was released the same year through DuVall's DVL Records.
  
  Constantine amicably parted ways with Comes with the Fall during the first leg of the Degradation Trip tour, however, some of his writing would appear on their later studio releases, The Year is One, The Reckoning and Beyond the Last Light. DuVall thanked Constantine along with the rest of the founding members of Comes with the Fall within the liner notes of Alice in Chains' 2009 album Black Gives Way to Blue.
caption: Constantine with Lady Gaga on the Fame Ball tour
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