Me and Music

The big hair, crazy make-up, and piercings, yep that was me! To be honest, I used to dress and look so ridiculous because of the music I listened to and when I look back I wonder what I was thinking, haha, embarrassing much? Yes, just a little. I thought I was pretty cool though, at the time. But little did I know...

If it wasn't for my brother, I probably wouldn't have been into the heavy, screamo, hardcore, metal music, but it grew on me. That kind of music wasn't very popular at the time, maybe that's why people thought it was different and I was weird looking. Which I totally was. But my best friend Mallory and I loved the music, it was different and was bringing music to a whole new level.

My life back then consisted of going to band shows almost every weekend, finding "creative" different ways to do my hair, and piercing things on my body. I was thirteen years old when I pierced my lip with a safety pin, smart idea, I know. But it didn't get infected! That would have been miserable, and real attractive. It was nice to be able to look how I wanted because my parents didn't mind, at all. They let me and my brothers be who we wanted to be, they understood how teenagers are.

Heavy music and metal was around before my generation, of course. But it wasn't anything like it used to be. It became heavier, with a different style and sound to it. Older generations didn't get it, they thought it was full of hate, and that's just because it wasn't like the bands they listened to as teenagers. It's crazy how times change.

In my teenage years music genres were expanding immensely. As I grew up, I wasn't surprised with all the music that has been created. There's so many types, it's really crazy. I finally got out of that "style" though, and I decided to like what I like and not worry about being a certain way because of the music I was into. Although I still like hardcore music, I expanded my music interests and now listen to everything. Seriously. Everything from Metal to country.