When did you first listen to Staind?
I just wondered how long people have been into staind, and how you first heard of them, bit random i know!
I first heard of Staind back at the end of 1999. I was 12 then. Remember sneeking into my brothers room to nick a cd, and come accross Break the Cycle! Wondered who Staind were, so took it, put it in my cd player, and loved what i heard. I remember putting 3 tracks on a tape, outside, IBAW, and Epiphany, and i listened to those over and over again. Eventually i got a personnal cd player, and took my brothers album once again, and listened to the rest of the album (i only borrowed it for 2 years, then i got my own copy of Break the Cycle!!).
I remember then buying Dysfunction in 2002, and again loved it. "Me" instantly stuck out on that album, and its a track i love to this day, the emotion in that track is unreal. The whole album is brilliant. Then i bought 14 Shades of Grey, again, another great album. I love Yesterday, Fill me up, and How about You, though, again, i love listening to the whole album. After that i pre ordered capter V, and when i got it in the post me and my girlfriend just sat on the bed and put it on, sat back and relaxed. Up untill that point, my Girlfriend hadnt really heard much of Staind, other than Break the Cycle, but since she has met me, ive educated her!!! And now, we are both big fans. Then i bought The Singles, and pre ordered IOP, and for me, Pardon me is my favorite track, but again, i think Staind have stepped it up a gear on this album lyricly. The emmotion in Aarons voice is immense. Ive only seen Staind live twice, at the O2 last year supporting nickelback, though i only went to see Staind, anmd at the carling acadermy, birmingham this year. I hope he comes back over again soon, ive heard rumors of June??? Dont know how true they are, and i hope one day to get the chance to meet aaron. And thats my story!!!
I first heard of Staind back at the end of 1999. I was 12 then. Remember sneeking into my brothers room to nick a cd, and come accross Break the Cycle! Wondered who Staind were, so took it, put it in my cd player, and loved what i heard. I remember putting 3 tracks on a tape, outside, IBAW, and Epiphany, and i listened to those over and over again. Eventually i got a personnal cd player, and took my brothers album once again, and listened to the rest of the album (i only borrowed it for 2 years, then i got my own copy of Break the Cycle!!).
I remember then buying Dysfunction in 2002, and again loved it. "Me" instantly stuck out on that album, and its a track i love to this day, the emotion in that track is unreal. The whole album is brilliant. Then i bought 14 Shades of Grey, again, another great album. I love Yesterday, Fill me up, and How about You, though, again, i love listening to the whole album. After that i pre ordered capter V, and when i got it in the post me and my girlfriend just sat on the bed and put it on, sat back and relaxed. Up untill that point, my Girlfriend hadnt really heard much of Staind, other than Break the Cycle, but since she has met me, ive educated her!!! And now, we are both big fans. Then i bought The Singles, and pre ordered IOP, and for me, Pardon me is my favorite track, but again, i think Staind have stepped it up a gear on this album lyricly. The emmotion in Aarons voice is immense. Ive only seen Staind live twice, at the O2 last year supporting nickelback, though i only went to see Staind, anmd at the carling acadermy, birmingham this year. I hope he comes back over again soon, ive heard rumors of June??? Dont know how true they are, and i hope one day to get the chance to meet aaron. And thats my story!!!
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Permalink Reply by Cintha on -
I got break the cycle when it was in stores here in Holland,but didn't listen to it.I don't know why.when I was 16 I was depressed and was looking for cd's I've never listened to.and there was Staind.BTC helped me a lot during that time,especially Epiphany.it was exactly how I felt.I've been stuck on that album for a couple of years.then I bought the other albums.
just love all the albums,but BTC is still my favourite.I think beceause of the emotions in every song,I've felt them.
I saw Staind live for the first time on feb. 8th.It was amazing!
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Permalink Reply by Nici on -
I listen to Staind since early 2001. It was a very hard time for me, have been cutting myself for years and cried myself almost every night into sleep. I always felt like i was on the outside. I can totaly relate to "Epiphany", i'm a very silent person, sometimes lost in my thoughts. This song is totaly amazing!
That doesn't mean that Staind is a band for depressed people, like some critics may have said.
They helped us finding a way out of depression by showing us that we are not alone.
My first Staindconcert had been in 2002, 2 weeks before i was supposed to leave to stationairy therapy for some months.
It was the first day that i felt understood! So many people have been there who exactly felt the same. I will never forget this feeling!
I know it's a bit personal what i wrote (and maybe bad english because i get a little lost), but i didn't write much about me at this site so far, so maybe this was a little opportunity to know me a little bit better.
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Permalink Reply by Jenny Lee on -
I first heard Staind when I was 16 also. I had started seein an older guy who was into rock and me at the time was into everything BUT rock. I used to use the sad love songs of r&b to help me get bye. I was so close minded to rock it I was like ughh everytime we hung out and I had to listen to the music. But after a few car rides home of listenin to Staind I was like ok it's not that bad. After a few months of being with him he had purchased 2 tickets to see Godsmack and Staind. I unfortunitaly was the last person he asked to go with him only cuz no 1 else could go. I said yes but not for the music but just to be with him. So the first time I saw Staind I wasn't even really into it. The only song I knew was Outside but they were amazing live and I was hooked. I want to say a few months later Break the cycle came out and as soon as it did I went out and bought it (before the guy lol). I was simply blown away. FOR YOU was my fave. track and I even told my mom it was to her... I was 16 yrs old and she moved out where we lived and in with her b/f. I was with my grandmother but she's portugues and doesn't speak much english. So to me she abandoned me. I mean yea i had a roof over my head and she paid the bills but the most important thing was missing in my life, HER... She's still with my step father and he's been great to me but I still have a lot of resentment towards her for that. I know we all make our own decisions but I blame her for me not caring about school and dropping out. I mean she didn't care so I didn't care. My father is and has been an alcoholic my whole life so he wasn't even in the picture.. Newayz... then 14 shades of grey came out and I saw them at the dunk with my husband who was a not so nice guy... Then chapter V came out and it was all over for him. He verbally/mentally abused me everyday for the 4 yrs we were together and when that album came out it gave me the strength to leave his sorry ass. It came out in aug of 05 and I told him it was over in sept of 05 and left that nov. I've recently got a tattoo as a tribute to Staind and to him pretty much sayin fuck you I did it.. It's got a passage from schizophrenic conversations newayzzzzzzzzzz I saw Aarons solo back in 07 at twin river, saw Staind over the summer with 3dd and then again in Nov. and goin to see Aaron do another solo on the 28th... And so I guess that's my story...lol
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Permalink Reply by josh gillooley on -
my first serious girlfriend got me into staind with the album that had mudshovel on it. i've since seen staind once, aaron lewis' solo tour as well and own every staind cd that i know of. she got me hooked but staind's musical evolution has kept me addicted. i had the album chapter 5 in my cd player in my car for three months straight. i've never done that with any other artist. can't wait to see them again.
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Permalink Reply by Cintha on
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I don't mean it's for depressed people,it actually got me out of this depression.I'm a happy person now :D
thanks to Staind
it must have been 2001 for me also,I guess
Nici said:I listen to Staind since early 2001. It was a very hard time for me, have been cutting myself for years and cried myself almost every night into sleep. I always felt like i was on the outside. I can totaly relate to "Epiphany", i'm a very silent person, sometimes lost in my thoughts. This song is totaly amazing!
That doesn't mean that Staind is a band for depressed people, like some critics may have said.
They helped us finding a way out of depression by showing us that we are not alone.
My first Staindconcert had been in 2002, 2 weeks before i was supposed to leave to stationairy therapy for some months.
It was the first day that i felt understood! So many people have been there who exactly felt the same. I will never forget this feeling!
I know it's a bit personal what i wrote (and maybe bad english because i get a little lost), but i didn't write much about me at this site so far, so maybe this was a little opportunity to know me a little bit better.
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Permalink Reply by spidermonkey on -
i caught the break out performance of "outside" and was hooked.
i remember listening to btc the first time through, thinking..."why does he have to scream like that?" lol
once i felt the emotion and understood the lyrics i was never the same again....
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Permalink Reply by Jason on -
when dysfunction first came out in 1999 ever since then i have loved them and not only that i am close to mikes family
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Permalink Reply by Thomas on
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Well I grew up with friends who listened to rock so I heard most of their bigger hits like It's Been A While but I was never into rock. A bit less than a year ago I heard Epiphany for the first time and it really rocked my world. When I sall the music video it rocked me even more. Several years ago I lost the woman I love in a car accident and it can be so... so hard letting go. I could spend hours trying to explain what my heart has been through and never get it right, but I can point at Epiphany and say "That is how I feel" and I'm not even sure why. Maybe nobody else in the world sees it the way I do, but I see it and it's comforting.
Since hearing Epiphany I've dug a little deeper into Staind's music and I really love a lot of what I hear. I'm big into the more acoustic songs and I love Zoe Jane, So Far Away, Massachusetts, Everything Changes and many others - the Mohegan Sun concert is a personal favorite - I watched it on Synclive. I haven't been to a live show myself yet, but I will as soon as they come to Colorado Springs or Denver (though I might be able to talk some friends into going to Nevada in May....).
I see a lot of a other replies from people with stories like mine - how Staind brought hope and comfort in dark times. It's amazing the effect for good that music can have, and it's even more amazing that Staind has made it happen so much. I'm proud to call myself a fan.
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Permalink Reply by SteFanie on -
it was in 1998, i was 16. my fav album until recently was break the cycle....i mean why wouldn't it be i was a stuggling teen, it helped me. i own every album and have really come to love the illusion of progress. i even recently sat a side an evening for a friend to come over and just sit around and listen because i wanted to share the greatness of it! i normally have the singles in the cd player and go back and forth with it and IOP. ive seen staind live many times, 2008 being the first time seeing them headlining. i would normally go to other shows just to see them as an opening act. i got to meet aaron in nov 2008 by total surprise. i read a bulletin on coming down to the venue to film for a music video, i thought what the hell. 3 hours later i ended up on aarons bus giving him a hug and then a camera in my face singing 'the way i am'
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Permalink Reply by Nici on
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no, i didn't mean you! there are many people who say "ouh you're listening to staind? they only play depressive sound"...people who don't have a clue at all !!!
Cintha said:I don't mean it's for depressed people,it actually got me out of this depression.I'm a happy person now :D
thanks to Staind
it must have been 2001 for me also,I guess
Nici said:I listen to Staind since early 2001. It was a very hard time for me, have been cutting myself for years and cried myself almost every night into sleep. I always felt like i was on the outside. I can totaly relate to "Epiphany", i'm a very silent person, sometimes lost in my thoughts. This song is totaly amazing!
That doesn't mean that Staind is a band for depressed people, like some critics may have said.
They helped us finding a way out of depression by showing us that we are not alone.
My first Staindconcert had been in 2002, 2 weeks before i was supposed to leave to stationairy therapy for some months.
It was the first day that i felt understood! So many people have been there who exactly felt the same. I will never forget this feeling!
I know it's a bit personal what i wrote (and maybe bad english because i get a little lost), but i didn't write much about me at this site so far, so maybe this was a little opportunity to know me a little bit better.
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Permalink Reply by Spartan MK47 on -
The very First time i heard about Staind was watching MTV and i'm a big fan of limp bizkit so i noticed that the video of "it's been awhile" was directed by Fred Durst. I liked the band from that moment but i felt in love with their music 2 years later when i had a terrible car accident and when into depression cuz i saw to many people die right in front of me. Their music make me fill better about life and now I'm happy that i lived another day. Tank You staind.
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Permalink Reply by Cintha on
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I know what you mean.not even one person in my life have ever listened a song of Staind (except for my mother..lol) and they all say: what?Staind? and think it's all headbanging,depressing...and whatever.and they don't know them at all..
Nici said:no, i didn't mean you! there are many people who say "ouh you're listening to staind? they only play depressive sound"...people who don't have a clue at all !!!
Cintha said:I don't mean it's for depressed people,it actually got me out of this depression.I'm a happy person now :D
thanks to Staind
it must have been 2001 for me also,I guess
Nici said:I listen to Staind since early 2001. It was a very hard time for me, have been cutting myself for years and cried myself almost every night into sleep. I always felt like i was on the outside. I can totaly relate to "Epiphany", i'm a very silent person, sometimes lost in my thoughts. This song is totaly amazing!
That doesn't mean that Staind is a band for depressed people, like some critics may have said.
They helped us finding a way out of depression by showing us that we are not alone.
My first Staindconcert had been in 2002, 2 weeks before i was supposed to leave to stationairy therapy for some months.
It was the first day that i felt understood! So many people have been there who exactly felt the same. I will never forget this feeling!
I know it's a bit personal what i wrote (and maybe bad english because i get a little lost), but i didn't write much about me at this site so far, so maybe this was a little opportunity to know me a little bit better.
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