Open main menu

Changes

Aaron Gillespie

289 bytes removed, 23:55, 5 September 2009
Apply standard template
{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Aaron Gillespie [[Image:AaronSing.jpg|250pxthumb|center|right]]|''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 subtopics = [[Christianmetal]]. People have questioned his faith, noting that the band Underoath has used God's name as swear words in some song.  ----__TOC__|opinion_pieces = {{topicsshort_opinions}}|* [[Christian metal]] {{opinions}} ==Main article==
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.
===Childhood===
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.
===Musical career===
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.
[[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.
===Marriage===
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.