My Dysfunctional Story of How I Was Saved by Staind...
My whole life has been a fucked up life until I heard staind on dysfunction... it was raw and honest and I felt like we were brothers or something (an connection) Then I collected all of Staind's albums including Tormented (a friend gave me a copy... don't ask how.) And in this life, I felt alone until Staind came into my life... Aaron woke me up from a deep slumber of being tormented and a victim of child/teen/adult abuse... I'm near 21 years old now, and here I am. I have lost friends along the way, ended up heartbroken by 6 out of 7 ex-girlfriends (the 7th girlfriend killed herself a few months ago... I can't handle that anymore) and I have been on the streets due to being kicked out of my mom's place and now I'm staying at my grandparents' for a while until I am set up and move to Austin, Texas. I have a band but it's not called The Fallen anymore, because I started over with something better and when the new lineup is completed, we'll finally record a demo soon and release it to the public. Staind is however one of our influences in our styles of music. This band plays Acoustic Rock, Hard Rock, Death Metal, Nu-metal, Goth, Grunge, Metal and Post-Grunge. It's gonna be awesome... See ya. Reply if you are interested in sharing a story of yourself and how Staind came into your life.
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Dudley on -
Haha...Where do I begin? Do I start with how my mom was a drug addict who chose her poisons over me? Or whats even more fucked up is how I thought I was going to save her? My earliest memories are of her being addicted, thats the only mom I know. I used to watch her get beat by whatever man she was with at the time. Getting dressed for elementary school and hearing a fight break out, walking into the living room to find my mom under a bookshelf my step-dad pushed on top of her, and then chasing her around the backyard beating her with the metal side of a dog brush. She tells me the story of how I could roll a joint at the age of 5 (comes in handy now *wink*). I came home from school when I was in 2nd grade I think to find my mom on the floor foaming at the mouth after she tried to kill herself while no one was home. I could have had a good life with my dad probably, but I thought if she overdosed and died, or accomplished the goal of killing herself then it would be my fault for not being there to protect her...My dad on the other hand was a good parent when I was young. He was really good at hiding his dark side. He also is an addict. His addiction didnt start affecting me till my adult years, when he stole my vehicle to go on a binge, and wrecking it while he was out and about. Ive been on my own since I was 14ish, dabbled in drugs a little, nothing hardcore though, didnt want to end up like you know who...gimme a J and Im happy :)
I have not been a long time listener. My husband brought me back to the wonderful world of rock about 4 yrs ago. Out of all of the bands I fell in love with, Staind's music was my crutch while I had to make the hard decision to let my parents go and live their lives, that I couldnt save them, Im not that powerful...Thx for starting this thread Chris! Good luck with the band!!
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Permalink Reply by jon-55 on -
man, well im glad to hear you gies growing out of all that crap. dou ive never really felt anything like you gies have. I feel like ive grown along with stainds music, as if Aarons words came out of my mind. all that anger from tormented and dysfunction to break the cycle (self explanatory), then came the recovering process of 14 shades (which I concider the cd to have the best lyrics) and finally chapter v and TIOP where it feels like everythings not that bad.
I wouldnt say my life was saved by staind because I would never do that, but I would say they´ve made my life better and for that I thank you gies from the bottom of my heart. ive learned to not take many things for granted, care less for things I thought where imprtant and just enjoy what I can from life. I honestly just laugh at some things that would normally just get someone pissed. I lost my religion along the way but I dont expect anything from anyone but myself now and that makes me try harder, I still believe in a god and pray even though its probably to the air, but thats only for something thats really important and out of my hands, as a backup I guess but I dont expect that to fix the problem and that way not feel disapointed if things do go bad. I have no worries as of lately but to enjoy my life more, and thats the best thing I can worry about.
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Permalink Reply by sanders26 on -
dude, i'm sorry to hear about the abuse and things, but i understand, staind has done a work in my life too man. Now on other business, lol i actually live in austin. I'm the owner of 1 Sock Recordings here in austin and i record out of Stinson Studios and Penny Creek Studios. If you and your band are wanting to record an album, i'd love to get you in there, especially since we listen to the same music. Let me know man, if you wanna email me, email me at 1sockrecordings@gmail.com and i'll be happy to get you guys in the studio at a good price. Let me know man, hope to hear from you soon!
Sean
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Permalink Reply by Ed Stern on -
Well i'm new to this site but I've always had a connection with aaron lewis since I first heard mudshovel many many years ago. Ever since that day I have been a fan. It's like all of the words that aaron sings are the feelings that I am having at the moment, it's soooo crazy. Well to introduce myself, I'm a 28yr old salesman, married and father of 2, but way before I meet my wife I was really wild and so far out there. I never had a bad childhood, I come from a big loving family so I consider myself lucky, but growing up as a teenager was a lil tuff, I wasn't like the rest of the kids that i knew, they were all into rap and pop and crap and I just didn't get that kind of music. SO not having alot of friends as a teenager kinda hurt that's when I feel into my lil alone time and found hard rock/metal... Staind has been 1 of the bands that I have followed since they came out, I even bout the tourmented album with the orginal version of mudshovel. But it's funny I was watching godsmack in lasvegas dvd lastnite with my wife ( who does not get my music by the way lol) and I was telling her that Aaron Lewis and Sully Erna from godsmack are the 2 guys who have a way of singing whatever i'm feeling at the time. I mean there words and passion for music is just the best.
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