hmm

Oh man...

trying to care about this, but I'm unsuccessful so far.

Underoath does not care about gingers.

sadface

Sucks so much. My favourite band loses one of their best members :_:

oh shi whoz gunna do the clean vokills?

Band is done for.

lol some1 should tell them they missed april fools...

i luv facebook:

Aaron Gillespie, who's been the biggest musical influence on me, the one who made me realize that I should in fact go to college for music... He's gone. I can't believe I'm seeing this day. I mean, sure he still has The Almost, but they aren't the ones who influenced me. Underoath has been my favorite band for the past.... What, 7 years now? It literally feels like a piece of me has just died.
I'm sure that it was a good decision for Aaron, so I shouldn't be angry. He's still gonna be around, rockin' those Truth drums... But out of Underoath, wow. I was supposed to tour with this band, and have an awesome time, and now I just wanna cry.....

Guess he can get through it by just jerking off to TOCS

whatever tho she was pretty ugly but drummer what do u expect amirite

here's hoping the next record is mega pissed off

tryna stay positive knowhatimsayin

Hopefully he does something better than The Almost.

Aaron by himself sucks in music.

this sucks

Underoath fans are annoying and melodramatic as shit. This is their 9/11.

Angry Christian kids will unleash chaos.

rockin' those Truth drums

and with this all the original members are gone. They should come up with a new name now.

Sweet... Maybe they'll actually make a metal record now. Gillespie's voice was annoying as shit anyway.

Interesting move for Gillespie, the Almost are meh at best.

Damn. This band is going to go down the tubes after this. I can feel it...

:'(
the almost sucks

^ THIS.

This really bummed me out to hear. Aaron was the only original member of Underoath so it's just kinda sad..I can't really imagine what the band will be like without him. I guess we'll see with the new album. Fingers crossed.

I'm hoping for heavier stuff on the next album

I'm interested how they'll do past songs live that featured Aaron's vocals...

That's not an easy thing for a drummer to do man, I was thinking Tim probably would maybe.

NOOOOOOO!

should get travis mccoy and travis barker.

and the band travis.

Not bashing Aaron, but an all screaming Underoath album would be awesome. Although the drumming would be subpar....

Aaron is definitely one of the better drummers out there. This sucks majorly.

honestly its tough to be sad about this with baseball back.

Basketball is where it's at, acad.

It'd be tough to be sad about it anyway, but fuck yes baseball.

What's your team, cad?

Los Mets de Nueva York!!!

if i remember correctly, Youre a tigers guy?

Yep. Let's hear it for embarrassing late-season collapses.

Also,


Yankees ALWAYS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mets

Yep. Let's hear it for embarrassing late-season collapses.

Yankees ALWAYS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mets

He's a pretty average drummer

check the standings.

He's a pretty average drummer

Spirit u dum?

Nah man. Drummers like him are a dime a dozen these days. You go on youtube and see people doing it better everyday

well now that just sucks. . . though theres gotta be more to the story

But think about the genre he's in man. Hard to find a dude that plays as well as he does. He actually makes the rest of the band sound better.

Not bashing Aaron, but an all screaming Underoath album would be awesome. Although the drumming would be subpar....

If Dillinger succeeded at replacing amazing drummers like Chris Pennie and Gil Sharone, I am sure Underoath can find a drummer as average as Gillespie.

He will be easily replaced as a drummer and everybody seems to neglect the fact that if they want clean vocals on the new record, Spencer's voice has improved tenfold and he can easily do clean parts. I'm actually kind of excited about this departure...

Yeah, i was about to say the same thing as Waior about Spencer's voice

Spencer is like an overdriven amp when he does cleans, he still adds some dirt. I think fans are really going to miss the Plexi crystal cleans that Aaron adds.

Spencer had his own plexi-glass on 'Too Bright to See'... besides, I wouldn't mind more grit.

It will be hard to replicate the way he played drums, and Spencer's voice never sounds very good live.

surprising....but they can manage given they can at least find a solid drummer

Don't get me wrong, I love Spencer's vocals whether they're dirty or "clean" but I really think Underoath needs that crystal regardless of what I said earlier about loving an all screaming album.

na this is like when nolan left tbs or when that other girly dude left panic! at the disco ... band will suffer, die musically but not die commercially.

oh emim...





so wrong

(about the mets)

Fuck the Mets.

fuck ur mom

eh this sucks. i like aaron with underoath. the almost pretty much sucks. plus aaron was the only remaining original member. however, if they get a good drummer to replace aaron i would be interested in a heavier underoath album.

sucks

Aaron was sick at the warped tour two years ago in Montreal and it was one of the guitarists that sang his parts. It was bad... real bad... couldn't reach most of the notes and screwed up the ones he could reach

i don't think it'll be hard to find another clean vocalist (please don't let spencer do them), but'll be hard for them to find a drummer, cuz he was pretty dirty

oh and JWT, fuck you for not liking the mets, go back to your devil team of the yankees

band needs to end now

oh wow. was not expecting this at all.
hopefully they stay together, i really like Underoath :/ if anything, i hope they just go 100% heavy

well this should mean interesting music in our future if nothing else...

He was a pretty damn original drummer for the music they made. Interesting to see where they will go next.

That kind of sucks. There are no more original members in the group. Then again, an Underoath album with no clean vocals interests me.

aaron WAS underoath! i mean yeah its pretty agreeable that his vox were ghey as hell. but damn he is a BEAST on the drums. and wtf is metal with out a beast on the drums. underoath will find a worse drummer who sings even girlier, and they will rule the world of emocore. woohoo(??)

I think i'm only one who thinks this band just got better

too bad they wont be able to replicate that TOCS sound ever again... that album was, without a doubt, in the top 5 underoath albums of ALL TIME

They probably could if they lost Timothy McTague and brought back Corey Steger

that album was, without a doubt, in the top 5 underoath albums of ALL TIME

Oh ho ho! Is funny because there only 5 Underoath albums!

BL;)C

this is poo. the drumming is about the only thing i like about underoath and the almost blows.

*not caring*

so he's given underoath a death sentence so he can go pursue his shitty pop punk career. what a shit idea.

apparently it was a group choice thing, so they must have all wanted it or something

Aaron is definitely one of the better drummers out there. This sucks majorly.

->
this.
kinda funny I saw him live some days ago and he was awesome but made a sad face all the time. mb he knew it :/
not very happy about this news...they definitely won't go for a new clean singer, spencer will take all his parts and that's it...underoath original cleans are gone...

plus: he was the last "real" member...

didnt they do the same thing to dallas?

macphereson?

"apparently it was a group choice thing, so they must have all wanted it or something"
yeah didnt the group decide to kick out dallas as well?

remember that time davey boy shit the bed when he compared gillespie to grohl? ahhh good times

also remember that time timmy talked shit at synyster gates and then they ended up being gai for each other?

I haven't really followed the band lately, so this was unexpected.

Breaking news: Craig Owens will handle clean vocals on the upcoming Underoath record.

I do not think the drums will be as good, but I think Aaron was holding them back by keeping the poppier side.

kinda big news

They fucking excommunicated his ass? Which one is he, anyway?

Sadly enough, the band can only get better.

hope it gets heavy.damn heavy....yeah..

This does not bode well.

It's either gonna be downhill from here, or they'll just get way heavy. . . but I can't seem them keep their popularity as they're not real technical and their post rock tendencies and Aaron were what made them stand out

R.I.P. Underoath

What the hell does he do in the band? I mean, I kind of like a couple of their albums, but I don't know their damn names.

Drummer and clean vocals.

The clean vocals kind of suck. He was an awesome drummer though.

I think he does both really well.

There were a couple of spots on the Define the Great Line album where he literally sounded like Carlos Mencia when he's pretending to be retarded....

LOL, the similes you come up with...I will never understand....

The Spirit really does not know what he's talking about drummer-wise. It's a hell of a lot easier to cover a song than to create one.

Atreyu drummer picks up the phone

This sucks pretty hard, damn.

Atreyu drummer picks up the phone Atreyu drummer picks up the phone Atreyu drummer picks up the phone Atreyu drummer picks up the phone

brandon 'the bull' saller

lol

TODAAAAY I BECOME THE BULLLLLL!

If "The Bull" is really his nickname, my day is made.

Holy shit. The only original member gone? His voice was a perfect offset for the screaming at times imo

oh noeeeeeee

yup i'm sitting here crying. not really... but i'm not happy about this. he was a pretty good drummer to

I love his drumming, but I honestly think they can find a replacement.

Should be interesting to see how much they change/don't change.

It will be interesting to see if they get a new vocalist. If not, I will struggle listening to more than 2 songs of UnderOath.

Maybe they can pray to not suck anymore. Fuck these douchebags.

Maybe they can pray to not suck anymore. Fuck these douchebags.

Digging: Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect

This sucks. Aaron was the man!

Yeah, because The Great Misdirect isn't awesome. Nice try, fuckface.

Please God send in Matt Greiner.

TGM rules stfu goodbloc

Please God send in Matt Greiner.

*hoping for Dallas to return and Cries of the Past pt II*

*hoping for Dallas to return and Cries of the Past pt II*

this sucks. i've been an UO fan for years so i'm really sad to see aaron leave. i wonder if they will try to get a drummer who can also do vocals or just have spencer carry it.

You know that would be fucking awesome.

why would dallas come back? dallas didn't sing nor play the drums so he wouldn't fit in the band

oh yeah and Maylene is fucking sick so he won't leave that band

i do not think this is a good thing

yes but Dallas is fucking awesome so he would bring awesomeness to the band so stfu don't take this away from me atrink.

fine. there is a slight chance...see i'm a nice guy

Yeah, because The Great Misdirect isn't awesome. Nice try, fuckface.

He was a handsome woman.

fine. there is a slight chance...see i'm a nice guy

great drummer. good singer. it'll be interesting to see where they go from here.

Decent drummer, completely average/replaceable vocalist

They'll replace him pretty easily IMO.

Not cool, happy I saw him beat up his set live. Although his drumming was not the techest, I liked the style with the music. Sucks a bit, not gonna lie.

I'm loving syn's avatar.

Haha yeah, he's got the best of both worlds now.

Lol stopped giving a fuck about this band in 9th grade. When In Chasing Shitty came out.

i would like gillespie to join versaemerge and turn them from post-pop-computercore to poppercore or proggercore or proggerpopcore.

the male vocals in VE are really gay. post-hardcore gillespie would be cool there...

it would also be cool for metalcore gillespie to take a pop band that doesn't currently have a drummer, like say, avenged sevenfold, and see what they would be like with a little metalcore mixed in. a7x but metalcore? man i can hardly imagine...

i think i just jizzed in my pants with all this proggerpopcore talk...

Sweet... Maybe they'll actually make a metal record now. Gillespie's voice was annoying as shit anyway.


They did you fucking moron. It was like 10 years ago and aaron was in the band. but you were probably like 4 so i guess i cant fault you

10 years ago was 2000...damn

Is Cries of The Past really that good?

Old Underoath sucks imo. Especially the old vocalist. Spencer is sooooooooooooooooooooo much better.
I predict that Underoath will sound more like their heavier influences (Refused, Isis, Botch..) than the pop-punkness that Aaron brought in. However, I just hope that they don't suck, really.

I like Old and new Underoath.

The Times Are Changing and They're Only Chasing Safety were pretty bad imo, but their last two were great.

Cries of the Past is fucking ace. Get it now.

Old Underoath sucks imo. Especially the old vocalist. Spencer is sooooooooooooooooooooo much better.
I predict that Underoath will sound more like their heavier influences (Refused, Isis, Botch..) than the pop-punkness that Aaron brought in. However, I just hope that they don't suck, really.

Wow, literally everything you said in this post is wrong. Congrats on being a big dumb baby

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Vegeta should destroy you.

"davey...man up"

DaveyMan doesn't have quite the ring to it.

Their latest album is their only good one anyway.

Oh oh Im feeling so sad since aaron left the band oh oh .. im like a crook out near a brook without a false toque oh man! Got the rapping skills all down in my pan but there wont be anymore of those sweet aaron underoath jams ...

Band is done for.

It wouldn't be difficult to replace him at all. This isn't a big deal.

Im stoked! They have developed a great sound and now the annoying cleans will hopefully be gone! Their next album is gonna be heavy as fuck!

Glad he's gone. Stoked on next album! No more annoying clean vocals

The Times Are Changing and They're Only Chasing Safety were pretty bad imo

Imagine those two but like... worse.

I believe it's "The Changing of Times".



Also @ acad:

Gillespie going with A7X would be awesome me thinks. Would be interesting to see if he could unsuckify what they've become.

I bet their next album will sound like either Norma Jean or Advent.

The Times They Are A-Changin' is a great album

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Sounds more like a Maylene album, amirite?

Maylene Dylan

Man this blows... oh well, I have one his beat to shit drumsticks from a show!

can't believe people here are saying he's a dirty drummer. yeah, he's good for the type of music the band altogether produces, but do you know who the hell blake richardson is?

The Spirit really does not know what he's talking about drummer-wise. It's a hell of a lot easier to cover a song than to create one.

There could be another concern about finding someone who can perhaps even drum and sing at the same time, just like Aaron could. I am sure someone like this is not easy to find, but who knows; it might be the least of Underoath's worries.

Gillespie going with A7X would be awesome me thinks. Would be interesting to see if he could unsuckify what they've become.

Spencer has gotten good enough to handle the cleans.
They will find a drummer just as good or better.
Having said this i still really enjoy his singing but Spencer will do fine.

Aaron is one of the few metal drummers that rarely whores the double bass. He's a lot more inventive than most of the drivel out there.


Also: Aaron >>>>> The Rev

He's not inventive at all. His playing is generic as can be. Sure it suited the music fine, but he by no means is a great player. He didn't do double bass pedal but he really can't. Listen to earlier Underoath material and his double bass shit, sucks. Plus Underoath's current musical style wouldn't fit right with double bass pedal stuff anyway. All that being said, The Rev was a MUCH more creative drummer than Aaron, albeit the fact that Underoath has arguably become the better of the two bands over the years.

No he didn't...

done

Good drummer, and Im not a fan of his vocals.
The Almost suck, and I hope Underoath dont get another vocalist.

He's not inventive at all. His playing is generic as can be. Sure it suited the music fine, but he by no means is a great player. He didn't do double bass pedal but he really can't. Listen to earlier Underoath material and his double bass shit, sucks. Plus Underoath's current musical style wouldn't fit right with double bass pedal stuff anyway. All that being said, The Rev was a MUCH more creative drummer than Aaron, albeit the fact that Underoath has arguably become the better of the two bands over the years.

Nah man, you've been doing it the entirety of the thread.

I would respond with pointing out the immaturity and thoughtlessness of that rebuttal, but I won't.


Oh wait...

Yeah because your entire argument has been the epitome of maturity.

Ironic.

Don't be bitter. I'm sure one day you'll make a good point.

That wasn't what I was calling ironic. Way to miss the point though!
:thumb:

I got the "irony", but anyway :thumb?) back.

since when does using double bass make you a good drummer

Underoath isn't Underoath anymore.
I dont care if you think their new stuff is amazing or not, it's not the same members, and its a totally different sound.
The only part about the band that is original is the name.

They should break up as Underoath and reform as a different band.
As in, change their name, and let the old, original UO rest in peace.

A band like this certainly won't be looking for the most technical drummer around. In fact, if Shannon Lucas from Black Dahlia Murder walked in (I know this would never happen) they wouldn't hire him, because it's about the sound. The way Aaron played drums helped identify the sound of the band. I think it will be harder for them to find a fitting drummer who isn't just copying Aaron's style than it would be for a band who just needed a technically advanced drummer to replace another technically advanced drummer.

since when does using double bass make you a good drummer

Underoath will not be the same without Aaron. No matter what ghost echo's or anyone says, he's an excellent drummer and a good vocalist. I keep hearing people say, "maybe they'll be heavier, maybe they'll be metal." First off they've already been metal, that didn't work out. And every other heavier band or "metal" band sound pretty much the same. UO has an original sound. Being metal or heavier didn't get them where they are today. As for Aaron being an average drummer, he's far from that and without him Underoath simply isn't underoath. I am truly saddened by this. Hope they decide to tour with the original members some time in the future.

But why stay stagnant? Eventually their tried and tested sound will become old. A more technically proficient drummer could breathe new life into the band. Sure, the use of double bass does automatically make you a good drummer, but wouldn't it be nice to have the option anyway? A larger repertoire of techniques could immensely open up the sound of the band.

He does use double bass, just not constantly. I believe you meant "the use of double bass *doesn't* automatically make you a good drummer".

Ya, emim is right. He does use double bass every now and then and the fact that he doesn't use it all of the time makes him a good drummer. Don't get me wrong I still plan on being a fan and listening to the new stuff they put out, I just don't have high hopes for their future. And if it is true that Craig Owens will be doing the clean vocals, then I def won't be listening.

Spencer should just start doing the cleans, he has a similar voice.


IMO, Aaron is really what gave UO their signature sound. The drums were always at the forefront (at least DtGL and LitSoS) with the vocals.

Spencer should just start doing the cleans, he has a similar voice.


IMO, Aaron is really what gave UO their signature sound. The drums were always at the forefront (at least DtGL and LitSoS) with the vocals.

So true it had to be said twice. The drums really were one of the main highlights of listening to Underoath.

the double bass in the intro to the only survivor was pretty good tbh

So true it had to be said thrice:
The drums really were one of the main highlights of listening to Underoath.

^Yes.

Aaron had pretty damn good control over his voice though.

Drums will only sound as good if they're getting the same producer, Adam D.

I met Adam D. He wears a green sparkly cape.

That's because he's a leprechaun.

He's an average guitarist in an average band, but a good producer.

...and a leprechaun.

and he crapped his pants once when he was producing underoath

...because he was a leprechaun

lol during the silent parts in breakdowns he asks "hey, you guys enjoying the show?"

I've never seen him wear normal clothes on stage before.

postin' in an epic threadddd

@bloc:

...because he's a leprechaun

This really isn't all that hard to understand...

I'd whine about original members and stuff if it weren't for the fact that Timmy McTague made the band what they are.... not to say that Aaron isn't an awesome drummer, or that Dallas and Spence aren't epic vocalists.

So as long as Timmy's in, I think Underoath can flourish.

Thank you for recognizing Dallas as an epic vocalist, witch.

#1: There's no way Spencer can handle Aaron's vocals, ESPECIALLY live. and none of the guitarists can do them either, it's been tried before. they're gonna have to get another clean vocalist unless they want suck. or unless they just want to forget about clean vox altogether, which wouldn't be terrible.

#2: The Almost is getting too much hate. they're fine for what they are.

Weren't the cleans on Too Bright to See... still done mostly by Aaron? That sounds exactly like his voice, especially the "STILL GET US HOOOOMMMEE!?" part (which is awesome btw).

yeah they were (and they were killer too, you're right).

Spencer did some of them too, and he can sing alright in the studio. but singing cleans live? that's another story. he pretty much sucks. Aaron's ability to hit the notes live and drum was uncanny. THAT'S what made him great.

I agree. I'm a drummer and I can sing while I play; but on key??? Hell no...

Thank you for recognizing Dallas as an epic vocalist, witch.

Well I guess the rift between the forums and review site is bigger than I realized eh?

I haven't made many visits to the other side. It's a scary world over there...

total forum posts: 3

I think I have maybe like 20.

Total forum posts: 10,226, and that's for this account.

iamtherobots had like 40,000 before general discussion post count was disabled.... but that account's banned because i posted my shecock...

and those post amounts = eliteness. lurk there harder and you'll find much better music than you will on here. especially r&m and punk.

That's redickulous, witch!

Josh D, i'm ashamed to call myself a Longhorns fan after what you just said.

hey man, i love BTBAM too, and yeah they're more skilled instrumentalists. Underoath play a different style though, and they play it well. they're both good bands to me, fantastic at what they do.

Technicality doesn't always make for better music.

The breakdown at the end of Desperate Times... is awesome.

Alaska is my favorite BtBaM release.

aghhh Josh D, get on the post/hardcore bandwagon! it's amazing stuff.

and yeah Alaska is my favorite too. the last 3 minutes of Selkies is seriously one of the best passages of music i have heard in my entire life.

Yeah, because The Great Misdirect isn't awesome. Nice try, fuckface.

; )

I'm trying hard to get into post-rock.

RAWR Tiger! 100 cool points to anyone watching the Masters this weekend.

I can't stand most post-rock. Post-hardcore is more my forte.

Selkies is an amazing song.

And props to qwe for having my back on the issue of TGM.

Hasta La Vista Ginger.

Why are ppl comparing Underoath and BTBAM? WAT?

Wow, this band officially has NO connection to the band who recorded their first record, forever ago, as of now.

lol

they gon be heavy as shit now

I hope that this doesn't ruin this band.

Wow, this band officially has NO connection to the band who recorded their first record, forever ago, as of now.

That first band really sucks tho so... good riddance.

A more technical drummer would interesting. It worked out great for Coheed and Cambria. Aaron's drumming was great and never weak, though.

I've never seen a news article with three pages before.

That Austrailian tour thing had like 4-5 pages

Atreyu drummer picks up the phone

That Austrailian tour thing had like 4-5 pages

Jesus...

I see what you done did there.

Yeah, the Soundwave page has about 200 more comments than this one.

Pure motherf*ckin' magic.

they are gonna go back to black metal-era underoath

underoath played black metal?

This comment generously donated in the efforts to beat any and all threads of greater length.

I think they'll be fine.

Cries of the Past was a really solid record

they are gonna go back to black metal-era underoath

god i hope not

witchxrapist - Yea, their first 2 records had very similar traits to Black Metal, not exactly but similar in some regards.

I'm just sad that now they'll never go back to TOCS and TCOT
=[
I always had that smidgen of hope
but now it's completely gone

I've never seen a news article with three pages before.

Didn't the Kanye West interruption make it on the news page and get like.... 6 pages of responses and numerous memes along the way?

Therefore, in that spirit, I memeZ! -> "I can't believe they didn't do this soooooooooooner...."

i took this pretty hard when i heard this, underoath has always been my favorite band and he was the only original member left, they're gunna have a very difficult time replacing him

chase whitney should be the new drummer!
he was in the band End the Century, but left. Listen to anything from the Monsters record.
or look him up on youtube, his acount is chaserrr
i think he would be pretty sick, don't know if he can sing but he sure can play the skins

chaserrr and most of the youtube drummers are sooooooooooooooo overrated.

Check out this kid though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqymTZssdo

come on emim he is so good. and young. he puts on a hell of a show when he drums too. he is so good in saints, my god.

They should try to get Corey Taylor in a Chritian band.

^don't listen to much Chritian music.

I'm extremely happy about this. I have a feeling that Underoath is finally gonna be as good as they have the potential for.

Spencer's vocals are way too good to be wasted.