josiahmerola

My dad bought my brother and I a XM radio for Christmas one year, while listening to it I heard a Underoath song that I enjoyed (at the time was into hip hop). A couple days later I went to wal-mart (the only place in town to get cds) and stumbled across they're only chasing safety, decided "what the heck" bought it without hearing any of their other stuff. Came home, put it on my cd players... and instantly thought " my goodness I have made a terrible mistake" it was just too brutal for my virgin ears at the time. Yet, instead of throwing it out I kept listening to it cause i spend $14 dollars, which was 70% of my disposable income at the time. It grew on me and eventually became my favorite album... from there I discovered tooth and nail records and solidstate. Came across a band  called Norma Jean, listened to one song, thought "I should buy this" had to go to Media Play to O God, the Aftermath. Got in the car put in on my handheld cd player, and 15 seconds into the first song I thought to myself "my goodness i have made a terrible mistake" and the cycle repeated itself... From that experiance I learned to never judge an album on the first few spins and that if i spend money on an album i will make myself listen to it enough times until i like it..