“Loving a band with all your heart is something you
understand when it happens to you. On the surface, others see it’s a petty
obsession, but they’ll never know the feeling of putting so much faith into a
few people on the other side of the world. It’s hard to explain it to them, the
listening to song after song on repeat, the waits for an album, the excitement
and surreal sensation when you finally see them live. They don’t understand why
the lyric booklets give you a sense of comfort, or why you paste photos of them
all over your bedroom walls. And they can’t understand why one band could
matter to you so much. And you think to yourself, ‘Because they saved my life’
But you say nothing, they wouldn’t understand.” –Alex Gaskarth
Alex
Gaskarth is one of my favorite people ever. He is the lead singer of All Time
Low and he also plays guitar in the band along with Jack Barakat on lead
guitar, Rian Dawson on drums and Zach Merrick slapping that bass. Alex is also
an avid band lover.
Alex’s
words are perfect. Nobody really gets it unless they are in love with a band
themselves. It’s no secret that bands are the most important thing to me. My music is the most important thing to me.
Without music I would be an even bigger ball of sadness and self-hatred. Music
makes me happy when nothing and no one else can. It keeps me going when all I
want to do is give up.
I think
that music is really important, even though I can’t read music I can follow it.
Even though I can’t play an instrument or sing, music is the best thing that
has ever happened to me. Music, bands and singers have literally saved my life
and I honestly don’t think I would be here today if I had never discovered the
wonderful medicine that is music.
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