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| − | ''Synopsis:'' Aaron Gillespie is part of a Metalcore [[Underoath]] band, and a Emo side Project Band [[The Almost]]. Gillespie, a member of the band Underoath since its inception, previously has said that he is a [[Christian]]. People have questioned his faith, noting that the band Underoath has used God's name as swear words in some song.
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| − | Aaron Gillespie is part of a Metalcore [[Underoath]] band, and a Emo side Project Band [[The Almost]]. Gillespie, a member of the band Underoath since its inception, previously has said that he is a [[Christian]]. People have questioned his faith, noting that the band Underoath has used God's name as swear words in some song.
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| − | Gillespie was born in [[Clearwater, Florida]]. He grew up in a devout [[Christian]] family. He attended public schools though and was a member of the church in his youth. Gillespie's parents divorced when he was 18. As a young boy his family was very poor. Aaron's Father traded a sprinkler system installation (his current job) for Aaron's first drum kit at the age of 4 years old. Aaron's father also had to make Aaron's first cymbals out of bent sheet metal.
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| − | His mother has an interest in music, and he was around it his "whole life". When Gillespie was 14, he was asked to join his current band, [[Underoath]], after former guitarist Luke Morton's father witnessed Gillespie play the drums in church. In 2002 when The Changing of Times was released, Aaron started to occasianal harmonic vocals in [[Underoath]]. When Dallas left, Underoath went through a lot of changes in their style, and by 2004, when [[They're Only Chasing Safety]] was released, Aaron Started full-time singing Harmonic Vocals and playing the drums at the same time showing Aarons amazing musical abiltity and co-ordination. Aaron is the only member to feature on every Underoath recording to date.
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| − | Underoath's 2004 release ''[[They're Only Chasing Safety]]'' was, for the most part, written about Gillespie's end of a four year relationship. He told Alternative Press, "I think I would've died if we didn't write those songs. I thought I had ruined someone's life. It's hard to explain, but you can't just pretend that things are great and go on and get married."
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| − | Gillespie is also actively pursuing a Emo side project called [[The Almost]], in which he played all of the instruments, excluding bass in some songs.
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| − | Define the Great Line was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 11, 2006, representing 500,000 shipped units of the album. It is the second album in Tooth & Nail history to reach that distinction (The first being Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo by MxPx in 2000).
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| − | [[The Almost]]'s debut album [[Southern Weather]] hit the U.S. Billboard charts at 39 with 29,000 copies sold. As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 123,972 copies in the US.
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| − | Aaron married his wife Jamie Anne Robertson on November 25, 2006. All of the members of [[Underoath]] were the groomesmen at the wedding. The two now live in a house in Salt Lake City however Aaron doesn't spend much time there due to the demanding tour life.
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