Nov 04, 2008 @ 12:28 AM;;;The Velocity of Existence;;;Tim;;;It's 3:30 am and I'm feeling a bit emotional pressed so I'm writing on this computer screen hoping that somewhere someone is needing something. I'm listening to the new Mogwai record in an almost pitch black front lounge in Chicago. What a night. Sometimes life seems to throw you curve balls for no other reason than watching you hurt. A flawed people medicating a flawed people...resolution is unreachable. I watched "W" today. It's cast and acting was a mediocre attempt at being a worthwhile performance, but the content overshadowed any flaws in casting/directing. It is just the thousandth piece to the puzzle of our corrupt government, and it's doings therein. So many times Christians naturally move toward to the conservative candidate due to pro-life issues with abortion, while they ignore the utter disregard for life already being lived out on earth. Is standing up for unborn children enough to negate the disregard for human life already in motion pertaining to the acts of war and sacrifice? Misplaced energy seems to be a re-occurring theme in our society as of late. We're based on hard lined inconsistency and selective conscience. The left and right are far off the mark at this point, but a line must be drawn somewhere. Secondly,Humanity is meant to self destruct itself, im sure of it. We are born to be children of purpose and hope, yet we are filled with lies and sow destruction at every turn. We have no regard for others, just selfish gain on all accounts. What a waste my life has been, so many days of this last quarter century....the only thing bringing any validity is God's grace and purpose. I feel that if there were some way to tally up my days of purpose against my days of neglect, they would be out numbered 100/1. We spend our days sneaking and lying through sleepless patches of existence. We are going to hurt and be hurt. God is the only thing worth living for. I see this clearly at such random points in life. I know it's truth, but only at the most desperate points do I see it so beautifully and clearly. I've given up on this life, but the future is bright. We just have to do our best to push through and seek God in all things until it's time to move on. God's mercy on us all. ;;;373;;;64|||Oct 04, 2008 @ 12:25 PM;;;Home, sweet home. ;;;Tim;;;WOW! I'm back in the U.S. of A.!!!!! We've been touring around the world for the past month or so and have seen so many crazy new things! We toured South Africa for the first time ever and it was an amazing place. The people were all great and the scenery was beautiful. We didn't sleep much, but looking back it was all worth it. I'm in Hawaii now and have been relaxing for the last day. Chris, Grant, Josiah and I all rented scooters and drove around Oahu all day yesterday. We found this super cool inlet and went swimming for a bit, and then had a wonderful dinner. It was the first time all tour I've just felt relaxed. It was actually our first real day off all tour. Well deserved. So we play Pipeline Cafe tonight and then it's home tomorrow! I'm excited to see my wife for a few days of peace, but I can't really rest too long, because Thursday, Ryan and I are going to be shooting the new fall tour projection. I'm really excited about it. The entire set is going to be dealing with the end of the world and humanity kind of ending itself. A lot of the new lyrics touch on these issues in different ways, and once I saw the set list, it just made sense to tie it all in visually. I'm going to try and take pictures and update the site so you guys can keep up with the production of it.I also just finished producing the new Almost e.p., which turned out better than I expected. Aaron wanted to record it on off days in different studios and hotel rooms on Mayhem, so we did. it was the best use of free time ever. It's crazy to think we made a whole record in between shows. In other news, Grant and I were flipping through the channels today in our hotel room and came across this new MTV show called, "Paris Hilton's: My New BFF". We've officially lost all respect and dignity in ourselves and fellow human beings. When did "Music Television" become about superficial socialite b.s.? I guess it's been this way for about 10 ears but it just struck the official chord in me just this morning. With this I present to you the, Tim, Grant and Chris's "top shows never to watch, unless you aspire to become mindless and lose a grasp on all reality, and wish to be socially corroded from the inside out....congratulations, you are an official zombie incapable of seeing our world for what it is" list:Paris Hilton's BFFGossip GirlThe HillsO.C.Anything to do with any Simpson girlsSuper Sweet 16I love New YorkFlavor of LoveRock of LoveTila TequilaTMZanything with Perez HiltonDate My MomNextI Love MoneyKeeping Up With The KardashiansDenise Richards: It's ComplicatedThe Girl's Next DoorLiving LohanReal Housewives of New YorkKimoraThis is just the start. It's your turn readers. The list must go on. Think of all the paintings that could be painted, or songs that could be written and sung, or films shot in the hours upon hours we are hypnotized by watching "famous" people live their lives so unfortunately. The very audiences these shows target are the same people that can change the world. It's your call. Much love.Timmy;;;66;;;63|||Jul 12, 2008 @ 2:43 PM;;;Metal!!!!!;;;Tim;;;So we're on the second show of Mayhem today. It has been really fun thus far. I didn't really know what to expect as far as just showing up on a metal tour, not knowing anyone, and not sounding like anyone but it has been really fun. We've met a couple dudes from different bands thus far and everyone seems to be really nice. I'm really excited to see what the rest of this tour holds for us. The first show was interesting...there were a good amount of people but nobody really knew who we were. It was awesome knowing we are playing in front of a whole crowd of mostly new people. I think this tour will be a tour of new things...new people, new music, just new stuff. I'm excited to be out in a new environment. I've been realizing how lucky we are to be able to do what we do. We've been super blessed to be able to record music this far into our lives. I think we take it for granted a lot but lately I have been seeing it clear as day. Thank you to all of you that make that a possibility. Until next time...Tim. ;;;173;;;62|||Jun 08, 2008 @ 6:20 AM;;;Hello from Tampa;;;Tim;;;Hello everyone!!!! I hope all is well. I have some super exciting news....the record is done!!!!!! Completely done! I got the master in the mail yesterday and it sounds wonderful. I'm super excited for you all to hear it. We worked super hard on it and I hope that you all like it as much as I hope you will. We've been home for a few weeks and we're about get ready for Mayhem. I've been working hard over at ADG on UO's online store packing all of your orders. Thanks again for being so supportive of us. I know you guys support us a lot but until I actually started filling the orders I didn't realize how great you guys really are. Thank you. I also wanted to let you guys know that I'm selling one of my guitar heads on ebay as well as my recording interface. I upgraded some studio stuff so I don't need it anymore and I just got a new head so I have an extra one just lying around. for more information go <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Marshall-JTM-45-JTM45-JTM-45-JMP-Plexi-100-watt-reissue_W0QQitemZ110260223867QQihZ001QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">here</a>for the head and <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/M-Audio-Projectmix-I-O-w-protools_W0QQitemZ110260225046QQihZ001QQcategoryZ41784QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">here</a> for the recording interface. I'm not sure how many of you knew but I have been recording a folk artist from my church called Preson and the record will be done this week finally. It's been recorded over the past 8 months one weekend a month basically when I'm not touring. I'm super pumped on how it turned out and I think it will bless a lot of people so you guys should check him out at www.myspace.com/preson ..the first song is a rough mix from the record I'm doing. I think it turned out wel overall and if you're into unconventional praise and worship stuff you'll probably love it. I'll kep you posted on the final product and where to go to get it when it's done in the next week or so. I hope you all are well and I will see most of you soon!;;;45;;;61|||May 04, 2008 @ 2:55 PM;;;Home sweet home;;;Timmy;;;So we've been home for about a week now and I'm loving it. We leave in about 5 days to go mix. I'm super pumped on finishing the record once and for all, and I really can't wait for everyone to hear it. I've been at home working on a bunch of other stuff, hanging out with my wife, and sleeping in my own bed. It's been nothing but awesome. I've also been watching a lot of television. Not a lot I guess, but more than none, which is how much I watch when I'm not home. I can't seem to go one day without hearing something about our countries craziness and the political campaigns. It seems we've really dug ourselves a hole this time. I used to get really scared when I heard of financial and resource depletion. It always seems to end up in my head as some insane preface to the apocalypse, which I actually believe to some degree, but recently I have found myself rather at peace with the state of the world as humanity and the earth as a planet. I've been trusting God a lot on things I can't control, which has really been helpful as of late because there is a lot of things I can't control. I turn 25 this month....twenty five! This is the first time I have actually typed and read it...that's crazy to me. I joined this band when I was 17. I've spent close to a third of my life playing music with Chris, Aaron and Grant. We started out as boys and have become men, and it's so weird to see how life has changed for all of us. Music is crazy right now, gas is crazy right now, the middle east is crazy right now, money is crazy right now....so much to think about. So much to worry about if you let it. I have been posting a lot of things on our myspace about new records, and new dvd's and all that junk. I didn't really know what this entry would turn out as, but I knew that it wouldn't have anything to do with business or buying anything. I used to spend my time writing about God, the world, the state of things. Odd how that can change at times....I guess the point of this journal entry is about remembering that we came from dirt, and will in turn return to the ground soon enough. There's more to life than mortgages, cars, money, gas, tickets, record sales...etc. It will all be gone in time. Weird. Anyway, my wife called me and said there is a puppy out in front of the house so I'm going to go spend sometime with her. Be well friends and be blessed. Don't let life takes it's toll on you unless it's worth it......what a rant.;;;74;;;60|||Apr 28, 2008 @ 11:59 AM;;;Survive Kaleidoscope Pre-order;;;Timmy;;;Hey everyone I just wanted to say hello and that our new liver CD/DVD is finally on pre-order. We have some sweet stuff on our webstore @ underoathmerch.com so be sure and stop by! I hope all is well. We are finally done with the record and it turned out great! I can't wait for you all to hear it. Be blessed friends.Tim;;;19;;;59|||Apr 09, 2008 @ 12:47 PM;;;New Webstore...Tim from UO;;;Timmy;;;Hey everybody it's tim from underoath.We're in the studio right nowand things are coming out awesome! We're about half way through and it'sturning out amazing thus far.I hope many of you are keeping up withall the webcams and video updates! I should have some more coming to you all soon!Some other great things have been happening around here that you guysshould know about.Mainly being that over the last few months break thatwe all took off to write the new record, I found myself cleaning outour practice space, and realized we had boxes and boxes of shirts frompast tours that needed to be moved.Initially we thought we wouldship them off and put them on our webstore, but we realized that byspending thousands in shipping, that would affect the price point at whichyou all would buy them.Well after months of counting down and hard work I am pleased tofinally announce that myself, along with Jay Vilardi from The Almost and ourfriend Ryan Gardner, who is working on our new film release, have openedup our own Underoath webstore at <a href="http://www.audiblediversiongroup.com/Underoath">Underoath's new webstore</a>  or via our merch link on our website! We teamed with our good friends at Studio AKT and built a custom storefront to perfectly suite what we want to do, which is provide the people that support our band with quality products, and hands on service.We have over 30 different designs invarying sizes from literally the last 2 years of touring! Every shirt isa cool 10 bucks and if you don't mind letting us personally hook youup, you can get 3 for 25! Whether you are looking for a shirt from a touryou saw in the past few years and couldn't get at the time, or you just want a newUO shirt to round out the collection, we can get it to you fast and cheaper than anywhere else! Ourshipping costs are lower, our shirts are cheaper, and you can't reallybeat ordering directly from the band! When we are off tour I'll bepacking your shirt myself! We're in charge of everything! We are going to have limited runs ofstuff, online exclusives, and we'll keep you all in the loop on what'snew in camp UO.Stop by the new site @ <a href="http://www.audiblediversiongroup.com/Underoath">Underoath's new webstore</a>  , or just go straight through our website and check it out! I hope you enjoy it and findsomething you've been looking for.;;;92;;;58|||Feb 27, 2008 @ 10:47 AM;;;New Record;;;Tim;;;So we're less than a month away from going into the studio! It feels just like it was yesterday when we recorded Define the Great Line. I'm having a lot of fun writing this record. It's one of the heaviest things we've ever done, and at the same time really experimental. A few months ago I felt like this record would be the least we've changed in a while. It seemed that for the first time we were going into a record and hadn't been dissatisfied with our previous effort, and therein had no predisposition toward alienating ourselves from it. I look back at Define the Great Line and wouldn't change a thing artistically, and although I feel a sense of achievement to have finally made a piece of art that I wouldn't have changed years later, it also opens up new pressures of matching or exceeding what has already been done. I think our new record is going to be less of an attempt to disassociate the 24 year old men we are now from the 22 year old men we once were, but rather an embracing of what creativity we have and expanding on it with new influences and new experiences. I'm super pumped to see Matt's new studio, and to work with Adam and Matt again. It will be a really fun experience.;;;341;;;57|||Feb 18, 2008 @ 8:54 AM;;;UPDATEEEEE!!!!;;;TIMMY;;;Man it's been a while since I posted on here. So much has happened since our last tour ended. As many of you may know we shot a film about our last US tour. We get to watch the first edit this week and I'm so excited! We had a three man film crew follow our bus the entire tour. They shot 70-80 hours of footage in about 6 weeks. That's like 4800 minutes! We only need 90, so the past few months have been spent sifting through each and every frame, trimming the fat and letting Ryan (director/editor) tell the story of Underoath and our tour. We also shot a live show in Philly at the Electric Factory and we're going to have a bunch of those songs cut into the documentary. We also recorded tons of the shows on the tour and will be releasing a live record in conjunction with the film and it will have 12 songs on it. We have the privilege of having a bunch of our friends and colleagues working on this project with us. Adam D. mixed all of the Philly tunes for the live concert stuff, Beau from Saosin is mixing the live tracks for the live disc, Art&Industry shot all of the live footage rom Philly, Andy Vickery from R.A.W. studios engineered and recorded all live material, and so on down the line. This project has been quite an undertaking but in the end I think it will come out to be something pretty sweet. I know originally when I posted about the beginning of filming I spoke about wanting to ranch out and do something more meaningful with our film and not do what we did with 777, and just cut up a bunch of tour footage, and I stand know looking at the project as a whole and I can say we've achieved that goal. I can't wait for you all to see it, and I hope it's as much fun to watch as it was/is to make. We've also been writing for the new record. We go into the studio in a month!!! We're recording with Matt Goldman and Adam D in Atlanta for 5 weeks. Those dudes are some of the best guys to work with in music period. We have 8 songs done right now and They are coming along really well. Some of the heaviest stuff we have ever written, as well as some of the most experimental. I think you will all enjoy it when it's done and we'll be making sure to keep all of you in the loop!!! Anyway, this is the first of many more frequent posts. We have a lot going on and you all have a lot to know!!!! Be blessed friends...We'll see you soon.;;;160;;;56|||Jan 05, 2008 @ 3:57 PM;;;sometimes you need to hibernate;;;James;;;Happy New Year to everyone.  So we have just begun the ole getting back together and figuring it out thing that we like to do after a little holiday break.  We got some new jams a brewing in the underoath stew pot that is our new record.  Tim and Aaron just got done with the drums for our demoing needs and it is sounding cool.  Over the next few months we will be finishing songs and recording it all starting mid march.  Nothing too cool outside of that.  Were going to try and keep you all updated and what not, but lets be honest we always say that and fail miserably (just saying).  Peace out!;;;575;;;55|||Oct 18, 2007 @ 4:02 PM;;;Tour Update and Philly Live Shoot 10/28;;;Timmy;;;Hello everyone! I hope life is well for everyone in cyberspace. We're about half way through our tour now and it has been amazing. Some of these shows have just been amazing. It's been so much fun getting to tour with PTW, ETID and Maylene again. They're all such great peeps and bands. The film has ben going really well too. We've got so much footage so far I don't even know where to start. To all who don't know, we'll be shooting a live DVD to go along with the documentary as well on October 28th in Philadelphia at The Electric Factory. We're realy looking forward to the show. In the event that you live in the north east and want to be a part of this with us we would love to have you out. Lately I've been feeling pretty backwards on a lot of things. Mainly the way I think of people who are in situations I don't understand. I think it's hard for us as humans to have sympathy for someone who is acting a way we deem inappropriate due to circumstances we don't understand. I've found myself thinking of things I've never thought of before, from different perspectives I've never had before and that brought this issue to light. When we ignorrantly cultivate prejudices against people in social situations we've never been in nor sympathize with, we alienate people to the extent of sometimes voiding the very principals we believe in without even thinking of it in that way. Jesus was the great missionary. He came and spread a faith of truth and love and respect to an entire world. He fed people, ate with people, learned people's names and faces and then respectfully shared hs truth....even in the faces of those who hated him and tried to trap him in his theologies and beliefs. He didn't pass out tracts, he didn't picket street corners, and he didn't trash people's ideals and beliefs with complete disregard....he loved and respected. Through his love and respect he made his message truth. Not sure if dudes feel this or not but that's the way I'm getting it dealt to me right now...so at least think about it....be well friends. God bless.;;;3105;;;54|||Oct 02, 2007 @ 8:47 PM;;;Underoath Film ;;;Timmy;;;It seems I find myself and the rest of the UO camp constantly looking around at the music industry, the injustices inflicted on our peers by heartless, money hungry suits, and consistent downward spiral of quality and content within the music of so many bands we seem to be seeing along our journey and just scratching our heads. It more times than not, turns into a productive driving force to do anything and all that we can to evaluate our business ethics and more importantly our vision of what our music has to say as well as the way it sounds. In all of this there has been one facet of our industry we have yet to tackle until now....the art of film making. It seems that dvds have become the newest form of watered down content that labels are latching onto to package with cd's and make a buck. Although I think there is something to be said about giving a band a camera for a year, letting them shoot whatever they want, whenever they want , and then editing it down for everyone to see, I feel that the innocence that this approach was once birthed in is now the newest trend of indie labels everywhere. Everyone has a dvd or a re-release packaged with some sort of video content. At this point in the game its hard to stomach 90% of the band related film coming out now. Upon realizing the magnitude of the artistic defficiency within this realm of media, we found ourselves racking our brains and hitting the drawing boards to see how UO could take what everyone is doing and attempt to raise the bar well beyond the status quo. Months of deliberation and brain storming has resulted in a small film team working under the name "The Audible Diversion Group" following our fall tour and shooting a third person documentary for the entirety of "We Believe In Dino-Tours". The film is being shot in 720p High Definition 16:9 widescreen format. Details are still coming together, but I can tell you that this will be the best piece of visual art this band has every released. We have two places where you can read up on the progress of the project and the tour, www.myspace.com/underoathmovie and www.underoathmovie.com . Ryan has posted a short video montage of some early footage and you can read journal entries from Ryan, Seay, and Justin. I hope you all find this as exciting as I do. Be well friends and thank you to all who have come out to all of the shows on this tour thus far, and to all who have yet to come. God bless you.;;;2103;;;53|||Aug 06, 2007 @ 8:23 PM;;;Almost there!;;;Timmy;;;So we have three more shows on warped this year and the experience has been incredible. It's been as encouraging experience both musically and spiritually for me. I had the pleasure of spending a good bit of time in Philly with some great friends who always challenge me and push me to refine my life in many ways. I often forget how blessed I am to have the friends I do. On a more musical note it was a bummer to lose Straylight Run yesterday. Those dudes finished their stint and will be missed.I had the pleasure of getting to know a few of them and I'm grateful for the week and a half I got to see them play. Maylene and The Sons of Disaster joined a few days ago though as well as As I Lay Dying. It's great to see those dudes and to not be the only heavy band on the tour, minus Killswitch. P.O.S. is another new band that I've just discovered and love watching every day. If you haven't heard him yet you should all go check him out.  I'm excited about our fall tour, and just want to say thank you to all of you who have already bought pre-sale tickets. It's amazing that we're this far out from the tour and you guys are already jumping on board in support. If you don't see your city don't fret, chances are we just haven't announced it yet. It's a full U.S. tour so just be patient! I'm excited to get home this weekend and spend sometime with my fiance. I know we've only been gone for a few weeks but I miss like crazy. Until next time be well and be blessed my friends.Timmy;;;304;;;52|||Jul 29, 2007 @ 11:56 AM;;;are we on the right tour?;;;Timmy;;;SO we arrived in Charlotte almost a week ago and thus far every single show on this years warped tour has been the best batch of shows we have ever played. I can't believe how much it means to us to see all of you guys coming out to the shows and sticking around so late most of the time. The energy has been so inspiring to us, and we owe that to all of you who have made it out. There's a lot more amazing music around here than I originally anticipated. P.O.S. has been killing it, Killswitch, Poison The Well, and my new favorite warped band Straylight Run as well. Also, I try not to talk about business or try to use this blog to push people to buy our stuff, but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who bought our 777 dvd last week. We didn't expect such a positive reaction and are grateful to have such great support from all of you. We've ben talking about new music a lot lately in the camp of UO. We have almost 5-6 songs started. We're super excited about everything we have so far. As soon as we get back from this tour I'm going to be starting our production for our fall tour. I have some fairly cool ideas for our projection that Justin and I will be shooting. We also got our final edit for our new video for 'A Moment Suspended In Time' and it looks really cool. I'm super happy with the way it turned out. Anyway, I have to go get ready to play. Be well peeps.TIm;;;178;;;51|||Jul 22, 2007 @ 1:25 PM;;;Warped here we come!!!!;;;Timmy;;;So we're sitting on the bus right now on our way up to North Carolina to meet up with the Warped Tour. I can honestly say I'm looking forward to getting back in the saddle and doing some short sets out in the brutal heat. Circa Survive is going to be the highlight of my trip I can already tell. I have been keeping extremely busy at home recording, planning a wedding, and I have been working on a video project that I hope to fill you guys in on in the next few months. If all goes according to plan, it will be a pretty daunting but rewarding project. I hope you all are well, and we will see you all soon! ;;;108;;;50|||Jul 06, 2007 @ 8:00 AM;;;check check check!!!!;;;Timmy;;;Hey everyone, I'm sitting in my living room right now and thought of how weird it is that if I write something down in this box more than half a million people would see it..and that's weird to me. Nonetheless, here I am. Cornerstone this past weekend was amazing. It always blows my mind watching my friends and us playing to that many people in a field in nowhere, IL...so cool. I'd like to thank all of the dudes who made that stuff happen for us...they know who they are and our show couldn't have happened without them. I've just started producing a project called Preson this past week. We have gotten half of the drums done and it's sounding super cool. Tommy (Preson) is the worship leader at my church, and although most of you are cringing I assure you he's not a typical christian and most definitely not a typical christian song writer. It's super folk influenced, and super moving. I hope to have something for you all to listen to sometime in the next few weeks. I also just did my first 2 hour marriage counseling session with my finacee Elizabeth yesterday. It's amazing seeing how far you've come and how much further there is to go in life and in a relationship with someone. I really felt God's wisdom in all of it and would encourage anyone who's planning on getting married to do some counseling of their own. It's a humbling thing to recognize you don't have what it takes and need to rely on other people's wisdom and advice, and more than that God's grace in your life to make it in life. I hope you all are well. Be blessed and may you see God in all things.Timmy;;;197;;;49|||Jul 02, 2007 @ 1:06 PM;;;Good Times Great Oldies;;;James;;;Thanks to all of you that came out to C-Stone over the weekend.  We all had a great time playing and a hard time trying to cover the biggest stage ever.  It was awesome getting to meet and hang with some of you as well.  Were excitied to be meeting up with the warped tour in a few weeks and hope to see you there.  Thanks so much.  Big.Rig.Jim.;;;214;;;48|||Jun 27, 2007 @ 2:16 PM;;;A Quick Note..;;;Grant;;;So I was about 80 questions deep into answering from the last entry and my sweeeeet laptop decided to freeze and I lost them all. So I will have those back up in the next few days as soon as I get a chance. So if you could just hold off on anymore questions until I get to answer the ones that are up now. Thanks yo.;;;695;;;47|||Jun 22, 2007 @ 12:18 PM;;;Yet Again...;;;Grant aka Glen;;;****Suzie****I'm not really sure when but yeah someday it should happen again. But nothing is booked for there yet as I know.****Scoot***Grand Rapids is good times. I think I remember the Cafe Skeletones or something and the shows there were rad. As far as Aaron balancing them both I have no idea but commend him cause he is doing both and a great job with each of them.****James****I agree with pretty much everything Tim talks about on here. Usually we end up having conversations before or after it is put u about these things as well. I don't mind any conversations or discussions on here between people as long as they are productive. personally.****Joshua LA**** Each song kinda comes together in it's on way but the majority start out with an idea someone has or Timmy usually will have something he's been working on and we all jam on it for while and then put in our 2 cents and it becoms a song.(lyrics last) In the studio its usually the drums that get recorded first then bass then guitars then vocals then keys. Last time we did drums first for the whole record then did guitars and bass and vocals one song at a time. Iliked that a lot better because it kept the feel of being in a studio fresh and the songs themselves fresh as well aslong as us.****Valerie****I'm the oldest at 25. Then James just turned 25. Tim and Chirs and Spee are 24 and Aaron will soon be 24 as well.****The Wonder****Yes we are all still good friends with Dallas, we just got to do a short tour with his band Maylene and it was one of the most fun tours for me and I think all of us that we have done in a while.****I laugh****Me and James play roller hockey witha  bunch of dudes at a park here like 2 times a aweek and I play football on the weekends usually. But thats about it. Sometiems Tim or James will play football  too.****Roxas****It's because it's the best video game ever made! haha.****C.J. McDougal****I don't think we will be back to Ontario till next year I'm sorry. We are going to try and have a new album out next year sometime probably around the fall. But nothing is for sure at this point , It's all still a long way away.****Adam Sams**** I live in Tampa so that's about 3 hrs away from you driving. But if I'm ever in the area sure why not. Except I don't drink coffee so maybe a soda.****Amanda****No I just went to the St.Pete one which was like the hottest show ever btw. But great.****Andy****That's a tough question. I don't really know what that band is all about to be honest. I've heard that song and all but never analyzed it to try and get to what exactly he's trying to say. With that said, i have no place to think of them as hypocrites for a certain song. They seem to change it up alot from record to record from the videos I've seen. But if a band writes a song one day about faith or religion and then next day about heartbreak and the next day about drugs and partying I kinda just look at it at face value. As in whoever is writing lyrics is writing about what's going on in there head at that moment. Everyone goes through and thinks different things from day to day. It could just be that. I've never personally heard of Good Charlotte Saying they are a religious band or an anti-religious band so I don't really have any room to pass judgement on them. Thats my 2 cents.****Shinie****The only cartoons I really watch anymore are like Adult based Cartoons like South Park or Family Guy. South Park is my favorite show of all time. As far as cartoons go I would say probably Dexte'rs Labratory was one I really liked a lot. I don't even know if it's still around.****Bridgette****The singer. We played a big festival in London with them and I wateched them play and told him good show when we got off the stage for like two seconds and yeah thats about it. I don't even remember his name but he seemed liek a nice guy.****Derrick**** Don't know exactly but it will probably be next year to be honest. Sorry bro..****Hayward****Sorry dude. I'm not a good speller as it is.****Adronel****I would love to go there someday. It' just kind of one of those things were if it happens it happens. I think we're trying to get down to South America(not sure where exactly but) in he next year or so.****Eric****I think everyone just associates the packers and cheese with where you are from. Sorry but it happens in few places. Orlando always gets the Disney World comments from stage haha. Fav UO song on bass probably returning Empty Handed right now.****Crystal****Cherry Coke all the way. Favorite place I've been is probably New Zealand so far. Amazing. I think Sydney, Australia on the last Taste Of Chaos we did was up there in one of my favorite all time shows.****Tom**** Salmarnir is Icelandic for Psalm 50. The voice is a friend of Chris's reciting psalm 50 in Russian on the actual track and then Chris yelling it in the background in English. Chris made that whole entire track and did everything on it besides speaking in Russian.****TVS****This is Grant so I can't answer for them sorry.****K****Prayers are always great thank you. Um I would just say to keep us focused on God and why we are doing this. With so much going on all the time it's easy to let that slide back and not be at the forefront of your mind all the time. Thanks again.****TJ****I think MEWITHOUTYOU is one of those bands that I will always love to hang with and watch play.****Justin****Tim and Chris both have side projects that are both in the early stages but nothing you can hear. I don't really want to say anything about them just for the mere fact that I don't know what they want to be known of them and not be. I'm stoked to hear what come of them though in time. The thing with longer sets is we basically try and go for as long as we can without killing ourselves on stage. Same with the crowd. Some people like to move around and dance and jump and you know whatever when we play and it's cool being on stage because that definetely fuels you but I think once you start getting into an hr and a half or 2 hrs it just becomes too much. I think we all feel like going that long can kind of hurt the show more than help it. We're comfortable with how long we play and try are best to put everything we have got into that amount of time when doing it. Plus we're not in great shape, we're musicians not athletes haha. The bass dvd isnt't real it was just a joke.****Luis****Not that I am aware of.****Cassie****Basically this year's warped tour is our best effort to make up for the shows that we missed last year by going home early and canceling them. We probably still can't hit every place but we did our best to make it up.****Brady****Once again this is Grant so I can't really speak for anyone else but I think he started when he was 5yrs old and grew up playing in worship bands in church.****Jose****Yes Underoath has always been a Christian band and vocal about it.****Simeon****Should be coming your way this fall.****James**** Not really sure what that is. But if it's like tabs and stuff then no, probably not.****Katie****No, that is false. We are actually planning to do a U.S. Headliner in the fall.****Ash****Um I don't know. I listened to ska and punk when I started playing bass and taught myself songs from like MXPX, Squad 5-0, Five Iron Frenzy and Less Than Jake from internet tabs and the cds. Just learn songs from the music you like to listen too I guess.****Mike****None of us are Catholic or Methodist. I refer to myself as non-denominational.****Zack****We have like 4 songs in the works so far. Very early stages and I'm not sure about Greensboro but we're hitting up charlotte on the warped tour.****Vallyries" Flight****No, I'm sure he wouldn't be mad.****Allecks****Spencer and Tim aren't answering questions just me Grant. But, I would show you're parents the lyrics and I know not all songs talk about and a lot our themed with how to deal with situations in life from a christian's persepective. Try and tell them that. Also I highly doubt that any christian speaks about only God every time they open there mouth but are still christians. We are christians we are a christian band but we are also a band. Not every song will have the word Jesus in it. But that does change who we are or what we stand for.****Aelen****No they didn't break up to my knowledge.****Jill**** Fav part=the bro down time with all your friends from different bands. Least fav= it's usually the hottest, dirtiest tour ever.****Mika Gardoce****Well if you have a question then I will definetely do my best to give you and answer.****Led****I saw Dogwood play once way back in the day but I was a pretty huge Lagwagon fan and thought they were biting their style to hard so I never really gave them much of a chance therefore I don't really know much about them. I think it was kind of a subconscience thing. I just never gave them much of a chance in my cd player. Alos there's no real science about getting a song done a ceretain way or ina  certain time frame. I'd say take your time but if you're ina  rush then you need to spend more time working on it in a shorter period of time obviously.****Shawn****Thanks man. Hope you're doing well and feel free to say hey to us in Indy if you see us.****Dusty****Should be in Arizona this fall. Probably Tempe or Phoenix.****Trenton**** Haha that'd be crazy but honestly I had to sell my sax to pay my rent back in the day when I first started touring with UO. I haven't played since highschool.****David****Haha thats a name that we calla  certain type of haircut. Usually when someone has there whole head shaved except there bands in the front. Pretty popular amongst really punk rock girls i believe.****Tyler****We believed in Christ before the band got started and it's always been a christian band.****Ant****That seems like a really good question to actually ask Aaron. But all I can say is Aaron definetely gets the "fame" part of it worse than anyone in the band. Mostly because of tha huge red hair and him being the "pretty vocals" in the band and now with The Almost even more. I think what a lot of people don't know is that he does have a big part of him that is shy and sometimes not into the crowd thing which can make it hard being in the position he is in. I think if you feel that way for real though it's best to go up to him and ask him next time you see him and get a chance. He's a good dude and one of my best friends. Well thanks for the questions I hope I helped you guys out again and I'll try to keep this up as long as I can so feel free to keep asking...Peace.;;;192;;;46|||Jun 20, 2007 @ 1:21 PM;;;More Answerssss....;;;Grant;;;First off thanks for taking time to ask more questions and I hope I am able to help you out with whatever you want to know...Alright I can;t  figure out how to just make a list on this journal so this will be another paragraph formed response, sorry. Here Go..****G Nip**** - I honestly can't remember off the top off my head. Like I said lyric questions are better for Spencer as far as a legit answer even though I know he's not posting questions and answers. I know that for most of our songs it's cool to have a meaning behind why they are written but at the same time leave them open ended to some extent. Different people relate to songs in different ways and I like that fact that you can do that with certain songs.****Gracie**** We will definitely be back in San Antonio atleast one more time this year if not more and yes Aaron is still our drummer.****Erin**** Not really a question but I think I get what you're saying. I think anyone that tells you can't do something you dream about doing is someone's opinion you shouldn't be letting affect you. If anything I would just say make sure your desire to be in a a band or whatever is for a good honest reason. If you want to be in a band just to be famous and rich and "make it" then I'd say you might want to re-evaluate you're reasons. I think being in a band is about loving music, performing and creating it and it seems that a lot of people can easily loose sight of that when all the other factors come into play. But if you want to do it I say go for it. Don't let someone make the call for you on what you can and can't do with your dreams.****Bridgette**** Yes he's married and I've only met one guy from Panic once so not really/****Sincerely RM****As a christian I don't think there's a better feeling than being used by God to do his will. I think a lot of times you don't even realize it. Just like in your normal everyday life, God can use you through just saying hello to someone or opening a door for someone. It's a great feeling when someone let's you know that they were touched in someway spiritually through somethng you did but there's also always more I could be doing.****Becca**** Nope I'm not married and I'm not exactly sure when we will be back there. We may hit a few of the major cities this fall but I'm honestly not sure.****Beth**** Nope, sorry, and the dude usually asks the girl.****Hayword****We've done about three tours that went all the way across Canada in the last year and a half. So if we still haven't hit where you live then it's probably not going to happen. But you never know.****Jose****We'll be out there this fall.****A Bear****I miss my family a lot. None of them live in the same city as me so even when I'm home I hardly get to see them which sucks. Sometimes I'll be ina  bad mood or something and yeah it can get hard when you don't want to talk to anyone and kids keep coming up to you. But honestly I don't get it that bad and I try to remind myself that thats the reason why we are out here in the first place. To be available to talk to people.Florida is home and always has a sprcial place in my heart to play, especially home.****Ricky****Umm if I'm remebering the correct show it was awesome and I remember watching the school's water polo team play and being amazed at how they tread water the entire time. But yeah I would love to go back there and play again sometime.****Tyler C.****I believe our old singer Dallas came up with the name. I don't think there really is a significant story behind it then the obvious similiarities with being a christian, holding to your beliefs.****Wow**** thats a really broad question, it could be about a thousand reasons why you a re stressing but maybe take a break from whatever it is that is stressing.,,maybe take a vacation.****Xaldin****I notice but really what's in a name.****Clayton****Yeah not true.****Tom****I'm pretty sure we're hitting Columbus, OH on the warped tour the 2 weeks were on it this summer.****Sarah**** Chris's is actually today. That's all that really matters tell him Happy Bday if you see him!****Claudia****I think that is awesome that you are questioning things and searching for whats right for you whatever the outcome. I think that people should always be looking deeper into things. Even if you are a christian or atheist or whatever. I think whatever the outcome that go with you'll see that if you're still breathing it's not too late. I'd just like to encourage you to keep searching and yeah it's not too late to gain knowledge and make a conscience decision about your life and what you believe.****KayeDee****Ok. I'm down.****Callister****No he's not married yet.****Tyne****The pictures are basically the story of a guy lost and searching for safety( kinda metaphorically speaking) and basically all the things he goes through before he ends up dying like seeing things mirages and dealing with things that haunt his past. Thats kind of a crappy quick version but if you look at that will probably help you piece it together a little better. Define The Great Line itself is about the line we as humans walk through growing up and making decisions and the path/line that we make in the process. Basically what kind of a person you choose to become.****Katherine**** I'd love to help you out but I don't know which video you're referring to and going through all of them might take a little time. Let me know.Ok so there you guys go. Thanks for the positive feedback, I'm about to go see Maylene and He Is Legend play, im out take care.Grant;;;820;;;45|||Jun 19, 2007 @ 12:55 AM;;;Answers...;;;admin;;;<b></b>Ok thanks for the questions and replying... here's some answers for you guys. Sorry If I can't get to them all...and please remember these are answers from me Grant and my personal opinions not necessarily the whole bands. Here we go..***Firefly*** - Gunit(me, Grant). Smitty(James Smith=Smitty)***Adronel*** - I can honestly say I haven't read them all but I have read quite a few of them.***Joe*** - I agree with it not being right. I believe a lot of people that struggle with things like sexism. racism, or addicted to drugs and things of that nature are signs of being human and making mistakes. Whether you were rasied or brought around these things or not. I believe when you become a christian and accept it into your heart you know what is right and you know whats wrong. It doesn't mean you won't mess up or struggle with thoughts like that if you have in the pastor haven't. It's part of being human, no one is perfect. But I believe the difference in being a christian is you know that those things are wrong and you feel conviction about them. I don't think if you believe in the bible you can be those things and a christian. But you can definitely struggle with those things and be a christian. Two very different things. I hope that helps some..I could probably riff on that for hours.***Andrew*** - No Ihaven't read it but I will try and check it out when I get a chance.***1234*** - We will be there in the fall.(Sept/octish)we miss phoenix too!***Valerie*** - No he's not really blind in one eye but one is worse than the other.***Jose*** - We don't all live in the same area or cities for that matter. Me, Tim, and James go to the same church so we fellowship at church when we are home off tour. We don't really get a chance to go on tour to church.***Tyne*** - Thats a common question. Honestly we all listen to different music and the same stuff and just a huge braod range of thinks. To list them all would be impossible. I'll just tell you today I listened to Comeback Kid, Slipknot, Lupe Fiasco, Anathallo and Reel Big Fish. Broad like I said haha.***Bobby*** - Fellowship is kinda a constant thing when you are on tour. I mean I've always thought of fellowship as a group of christians hanging out together and spending quality time together. So we're always together on tour.***Free***- First cd I bought was Bon Jovi Crossroads and then Pearl Jam Ten. First Show was Five Iron Frenzy. I guess those were my first conscience efforts to pursue interest in music of hearing and seeing music.***Mikey*** - Honestly I don't think we're really into that idea it's just not something we're intested in making. But I think it's cool when kids try and learn the stuff and want to play it. I did that a lot when I started out playing music myself. ***Scott*** - Good one. Really I think that question is a bit out of my league. But think about this..after adam and eve there was the flood with Noah and a mass number of the population was killed besides those on the boat. So it in sense has happened twice since Adam and Eve. But yeah I don't really know the answer to that one I'm sorry.***Kahlin*** - Nah man I don't think thats weird at all. And not too be aarogant and refer to my band but I think anything that makes a huge impact on someone's life whether it's a band or a person or and event is cool to get tattooed. It's all about personal prefrence and a personal choice.***Unknown*** - I think that if someone asked me that question like that then I think the first thing to realize is that they know they are struggling and are aware of it. If it were me I would try and revaluate what they are trying to be and why they are trying to be that. If it's causing them so much pain that they are turning to violent methods to deal with coping with the problem then they are more than likely focusing on the issue too much. I know that with most of the cases where someone ends up in that spot comes from trying to fit into a mold that they don't want to truly be in the first placeor understand. Or someone that is so stressed out and doesn't have a positive outlet for that stress. The best thing to do in any isuation like that is to talk to someone. Whether you know them or not. I can imagine how hard it must be try and tell someone you're struggling with something like that even to a complete stranger. But problems of that magnitude need to be shared and people need to find help for them. Not telling anyone just bottles those emotions up and feeds the problem. Whether it's a friend a parent or a hotline they need to talk to someone and figure out a way to do that. Or even go on the internet and read up on something like a book or advice that can help them through the situation. Thats the best advice I can say and if you do know a person or are a person dealing with it just that Jesus does love and cares about you and I guarantee a lot of other people do too even if you don't realize it.***Bobby Keil*** - I became a Christian when I was 13yrs old. We should be recording a new record hopefully sometime early next year. I've been touring myself for 5 yrs now with Underoath.***Clayton*** - We have and do have bible studies on tour but nowhere near as much as I know we would like which is our own fault for not making the time to have them. I've never heard of the cd you're talking about so I have no idea. I am lazy and should have been posting a long time ago. I'm sorry about that but I can only answer for myself.***Hayley***- We'll be going through chicago in the fall im sure. (sept/octish)***Aireyelle*** - I will try and remember to let him know. Thanks.***Roxas*** - Orignal xbox - halo 1 and 2 and xbox 360 - NHL 07. As of right now.***Amanda*** - Sure my name is SWEETxCOBRA and I'm probably not that great. I just enjoy them a lot.***Charlie Beard*** - A lot of "Define" was written by Spencer through a lot of the struggles he was going through. I know track 2 A moment suspened is about the end of the world. But he would answer this way better than I could.***Chase*** - xbox live name, SWEETxCOBRA. Played the beta I'm still favoring 2 over 3 though so far, we'll see in sept.***Timothy*** - Umm lyrics on paper. The music is in our heads or Tim demos them on the computer and we work on them from there.***Felice Mariani*** - It's affected every decison I'v emade since I've become a christian. My entire life has been changed by it in every way possible.***its me again*** - through this journal entry.Well I hope that helps any of you all out..I'll try and get to more later on or maybe get it moved to a personal journal if possible. Thanks again.Grant;;;108;;;44|||Jun 18, 2007 @ 8:44 AM;;;A Few Questions.;;;G-UNIT;;;So this is my first journal entry and I'll probably sound lieka  2nd grader but whatever work with me here. Basically, over the last few tours (which have been great but) it seems that the opportunities for me to talk to people especially after shows. Whether it's because of me being out of shape and taking 15mins to recoup after our set or club's kicking kids out right after we play or just because of traveling and having to leave right away is kind of getting to me. Besides making more of a conscience effort to talk to people more at shows I figured a lot of you guys may have questions and this is an outlet for me to answer them. Basically, if you have a question about something. It doesn't matter what it is about. Anything you're curious about. Our band, music, christianity, favorite cereal or what's the best episode of South Park haha...ask in a comment and I'm just going to go at random and pick some and do my best to give you a straight up honest answer. I would love to do this in my own personal journal but we don't have them yet and I'm working out that. So for now, ask away..Grant Rizzle;;;50;;;43|||Jun 17, 2007 @ 4:23 PM;;;Back in the USSR!;;;James;;;We have made it home from a great two weeks of shows in the south pacific.  Austrailia you guys did not disappoint.  We had a great time everynight with you all.  Thanks so much for coming out to support us and it won't be long till we do it again.  Pipeline cafe was awesome too in honolulu.  Hawaii is the prettiest place in the USA in my opionon.  I had the beach in front of me and the mountains at my back.  Thank you all who continue to support us, your love is so greatly appreciated.  Were looking forward to pulling out all the stops at C-Stone this year.  We hope to see a lot of you there.  Then what summer is complete without a few warped tour shows?  We will be out and about again soon!   Then there is the hush hush top secrect pizza party for you all in the fall.  You will know what that means soon I promise.  Alright have a great time you all and God Bless!  Big.Rig.Jim.;;;198;;;42|||Jun 07, 2007 @ 3:24 PM;;;Half a world away....;;;Timmy;;;Hello from Australia!!!!! After a 26 hour fly day(s) we finally arrived in Brisbane to be welcomed by a cloudy, rainy day. We played our first show last night with our good friends in Emery. The show was amazing. Thank you to all the kids who came out and supported us and our friends. I never ever expected to be in a country half way across the world playing to 1,000 kids...ever. You guys make the no sleep and crappy flights more than worth it. I'm glad we got to come back. You guys be well, and take care of each other. God bless you.;;;485;;;41|||Jun 05, 2007 @ 11:16 PM;;;Question #2;;;Timmy;;;Question 2:........................The band members have been sighted of drinking, what is your opinion of drinking and do you people drink to get drunk? Have you people gotten drunk with any bands including Fat Mike from NOFX throughout your history as a band? Christians, at least the genuine, are concerned about their witness to the world how they are perceived with their relationship to Christ. ..............................................................................................................................I think this is a really hard subject personally. I understand both sides of the coin. A lot of Christians feel that drinking in any way, shape or form is wrong. Some feel that although drinking isn't wrong in and of itself, getting drunk is, so why put yourself in a position to sin..therefor not drinking. Then there are the Christians who feel that getting drunk is wrong, but choose to drink in moderation and have no problem with it whatsoever. I said all that to say this....it's personal. There's no definitive 'right' or 'wrong'. I think the point of being concerned with your witness is a very important point to this issue and should be one of the main factors in this decision on everyone's personal life. One side is....'I don't drink because if someone saw me at a bar drinking...even if I wasn't getting drunk, they would assume I was and this could skew someone's perception of who Christ told us to be. He said to be in the world but not of it.' The other is 'I represent Christ, not legalism. Nowhere in the bible did it say that drinking was even remotely wrong. Only abusing it is. I'm not here to promote anything but what Christ taught...nothing more and nothing less.' I personally sympathize with both if these ideals. I see God's wisdom in both, and I don't necessarily feel that either is wrong. I personally drink, and feel nothing wrong with it. I do however leave that very open ended as far as when and where this is appropriate. Like I said I don't think there is black and white answer EVERY TIME. That' s why the holy spirit exists. If someone told you that you should never have sex...ever, what would you say? The last I checked the bible said that sex is good....but when abused it becomes sin. I feel this same idea applies here. Many points biblically it states of men drinking in celebration of Christ, faith, family etc. Jesus never lifts a finger in condemnation until it goes to far. The problem with this in our society is that you very rarely find people who can drink responsibly and not abuse it to some extent. So back to our witness. What is a witness? The simplest way I can describe it in my opinion is that it is our personal representation of who Christ is to us, and who a Christian is to the world. I'm a Christian, I drink, I have peace in my heart about it...so that is the way I will represent myself. I feel no need to portray a cleaner, more appealing version of who I am because I'm firm in my convictions, and that's all I care about.  Our job as Christians is to take real, human interaction with a living God and share that with people, that's it.  We as a church have made Christians no longer humans saved by grace, but flawless beings of which only the cleanest of the clean can match up to, and this is WRONG!!!!!!! Christians don't sin....they don't cuss, don't screw chicks, don't judge, don't smoke, don't get drunk.....as a matter of fact they don't even do stuff that Jesus didn't even say not to do...like drink. The bottom line is this...if you don't drink because you God told you not to, then there's not a thing in this world that should change your mind...but don't try and change everyone else's...because your conviction is personal, not universal. If Christianity is boiled down to a set of rules, then we are no different than a Buddhist or Muslims. These are all wonderful ways to live a great life, but there's only one living God, and that is Jesus Christ. We've been acting like he's dead. I think you'll find in life that there are a lot of gray areas in Christianity. I don't mean this in an existentialist type of way. I mean this in the way of God made concrete truths in faith...love people, believe that Christ is God and he died for us, don't have sex with someone that isn't your wife, don't kill, cheat, steal. These are some basic right and wrong truths that I would deem indisputable, but then God left some gaps...and this is way bigger than drinking. He left big holes, intentionally, so that when it came time to make those decisions we weren't leaning on learned disciplines, but rather the living God himself to guide our steps. Music, drinking, money, marriage....there's so many 'holes' in the system and I don't think they were by accident. They are there so God can be GOD! To end this post, yes I have been drunk before, and there's not a bone in my body that can justify it. It is sin and should be dealt with accordingly.  I selfishly abuse the liberties that God has granted me daily, but that's between me and him.This doesn't change the fact that drinking in moderation is perfectly fine for any responsible 21 year old. Find your own answers, sometimes those answers may be a little different than your friends or your youth pastor and that's ok. Let God be God...be well brothers. ........................................................................................................If you want a more biblical take on this principal go here http://watermarkcc.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=22931&PG=xcast&LID=722 and download the secular sacredness podcast from my church's website. Rick Bennett puts it much clearer then I ever could.;;;316;;;40|||Jun 01, 2007 @ 4:54 PM;;;we come from a land down under!;;;Smitty;;;          We leave the good ole usa in a few days for that outback full of koalas, kangroos, didjerdiu, and awesome blossoms (extra awesome please).  Then were coming to the 50th state for our first time ever.  We will be soaking up rays and catching huge waves.  We ain't no hollies here!  Were really looking forward to this tour (or vacation depnding on how you look at it).  Just so we all know Chris will end up with a restraing order against him courtsey of the stalking he will do on the LOST cast, crew, and location.  I'm just calling it, that boy is obbsessed but apparently my wife and I are the only two who are not.  Hear - Poison the Well; Versions   My Morning Jacket; Okonokos  See - Good Will Hunting ( I love Apples ); Good Eats  (food channel)Taste - guacomoleSmell - jasmine (I just planted some in my garden)Touch - a animal with a soft fur coatDid you know people in ancient China would swing there arms to cure a headache; I perfer to drink water.Big Rig Jim;;;55;;;39|||May 15, 2007 @ 10:15 AM;;;Sorry this is sooo late!!!!!;;;Timmy;;;Hello everyone. I'm sorry this has taken me so long to get started. I have recently just moved into a new home and have spent the last month of my life moving in and shooting and editing all of the video content for our Dirty South tour. We documented a good amount of it and I will be posting a video update soon so you guys can see what we did behind the scenes. Anyway, like I said a few months ago...I received some questions from someone regarding concerns or miscommunications about the last few of my journal entries and I said that I would answer each of them every week or so until they were all done....well here is the first one.1.     In your last Journal post, Tim, you mentioned that that we are not perfect. However, in the bible you read Jesus gives people help for their weak areas that they struggle. Are you giving an excuse to sin and accept who we are without bettering ourselves?? My intention with that post was not to rationalize sin, or give people a ticket to do whatever they want. My main intention with that post was to get peoples focus off of their sin and struggles. The church has been boiled down to a list things you shouldn't do, and I truly believe Christianity is about things you should do. We spend all of our time trying to clean up our messes, fully well knowing at some point the mess is far to big to deal with ourselves. I think we as a church, a body, a community need not attempt to push people away from their sins, but push people toward Christ. When Jesus called the disciples he didn't say Peter...stop cussing, sleeping with your girlfriend, and getting drunk...and then you can come be a great man of the Lord.....no, he simply said follow me. Christianity is about doing, not NOT DOING! If someone wants to loose weight they don't stare at their unsatisfactory appearance  in the mirror and beat themselves up about it. The people that are successful in those kind of areas are the people that start DOING. You START exercising, you START eating right, you START going toward what is good and healthy for your body, and naturally the bad (weakness, excess body fat..etc) will start to fade. Our relationship with Christ is the same way. We need to get up everyday and go towards what is good, towards what is right and we will see the things that shouldn't be in our life simultaneously go away. THEY ARE PARALLEL!!!! My stance is this....if we keep beating ourselves and everyone else up over the sin and struggles in our lives we will become nothing but depressed helpless individuals. If instead we push each other lovingly toward Christ and thing of good merit then we will see the changes we all know are capable through CHrist happen before our eyes. Is this easy, NO. Is it worth it...undoubtedly. I have learned this the hard way. Underoath has broken up twice over people dwelling on sin and not dwelling on Christ, the one who frees from sin. I have seen both sides of this coin, and one is very dark and has no good in it's outcome. God called us to be lovers not judges. So I will say again..hopefully with much more clarity....I'm a screw up, we all are. If you struggle with sex, drugs, porn, hate, depression...etc you are not alone. If someone makes you feel that way then they are doing the opposite of what Christ called us to do. We are called to hate sin but love the sinner. If their was no love for the sinner then we would all be in a very dark place. This took me 23 years to grasp, and I have only just started to actually understand how this integrates into our social interactions with people. I'll put it simply....If we serve an almighty, all knowing God...then why do we constantly need to dethrone him as judge and ruler over people as if he is not fit to do so. Be blessed my friends and I hope these thoughts find you in clarity and love. He who is without sin cast the first stone. Love,Timmy;;;1504;;;38|||Feb 09, 2007 @ 7:02 AM;;;WE ARE ALIVE!!!!!!;;;Timmy;;;Hey everyone! I've missed you all! I'm sorry that I haven't been more frequent with my journal entries. Since we got home from Taste of Chaos we haven't really done much of anything, so there hasn't been much to write about. I have been home hanging out with some friends, going to my church regularly for the first time ever, and writing some new music for a few different projects. I'll put up some more info on those if anything actually comes from them. We just got back from a week overseas in Sweden. We got the pleasure of shooting two more videos with our Swedish friends in Popcore Film. We shot a video for "You're Ever So Inviting" and "A Moment Suspended In Time". There were stunts, people flying through walls, snow everywhere....it was crazy. I shot a lot of video over there so be on the lookout for a video update sometime with  some visuals. SO....It seems that a lot of people may have misinterpreted some or all of my last post on here. The ideas that I'm promoting complacent living and carelessness when dealing with sin is not the case at all. My problem with this journal is this....I have about 300 pages of ideas with about 40 lines to get them all out. I don't think anyone would want to read my rambling so I keep it sweet and in turn have been a bit to vague on some issues. Long story short, we had a lot of emails concerning the few past posts. We also received an email from a man named Rick Bennett who included around 12 extremely thought out questions and concerns with my posts. I feel that these are questions that most of you had and answering them would bring a lot of clarity to these issues. I'm not going to post on them now, BUT I will be posting on one each week until the questions run out. I'm not going to hold back and the entries may get a bit lengthy but I hope some good will come from it. We're about to hit the road with Taking Back Sunday in about two weeks. We're excited to see you guys again! We haven't toured the states since Warped Tour. Until then, be well and look out for another entry soon!!!!!!;;;930;;;37|||Nov 24, 2006 @ 10:36 AM;;;Who is a true Christian?;;;Timmy;;;It seems no matter what is said, or done on this website I see and hear of people wondering/speculating/ judging who is a christian and who isn't. I honestly don't even want to give this subject anymore of a spotlight but i feel like a lot of you are wondering who Underoath is, and who I am , and who we are as people and Christians, and how that applies to our lives. I feel a true Christian is someone who loves other people before themselves and loves God with everything. My goal in life isn't to go through life never drinking a beer, or not saying certain words...it's loving people and learning how to be a positive influence in people's lives. If you're looking at us to fit the squeaky clean mold that the Christian right has set before us as the status quo, I think it's time for you to sign off of this website for good. We are real dudes with real problems. If you want perfect people then you are always going to be disappointed..if you want to feel like you're a perfect person and are surrounded by perfect people, then go into %90 of the churches that exist in our country where sexual addiction doesn't exist, or drug use doesn't exist, or drinking doesn't exist....I have news for you....the only time that stuff doesn't exist is for 45 minutes on Sunday morning. NOBODY is perfect, and no one ever will be...if you think someone is your being lied to or you're lying to yourself. There's nothing wrong with someone drinking, or listening to whatever they want, or wearing whatever they want. I'd rather have a few beers with my friends and get real with them on issues and struggles rather than fake perfection and never really get anywhere with anyone. I care about poverty, the environment, homeless people, my friends lives, my girlfriend's heart and life, my family, social injustices.....so on and so forth. I am not concerned about who drank what, and who smokes, or who said ass the other night. We are not twelve years old...it's time to stop acting like we are. Look past the five steps of being a good Christian that your youth leader told you and start getting real. There's people that are killing themselves right now because nobody talks about problems. People feel like they are alone in struggles because nobody is willing to admit their own flaws. Everyone gets trapped in this social prison and in turn are pushed further and further down until they are helpless. I drink with my friends, I mess up with my girlfriend, my mouth isn't the cleanest thing in the world, homosexual people don't offend me, I don't agree with George Bush and the war we are in....and the list goes on. I feel like this journal entry is so elementary, but i feel like this issue needs to be dealt with. Until we're ok with not being ok, we're never going to get anywhere. I'm as messed up as anyone that is reading this, if not more. The only thing I know is that anything of any real value or worth in my life is not of my own accord but Christ in me. Jesus ate 'unclean' meet, drank wine with his friends, hung out with people that didn't fit the contemporary christian molds of old, and he got heat for it..but it was the right thing to do..the real thing to do. There was only one true Christian and that was Jesus. He cared about the homeless, the widow, and the orphans more than fitting into the Christian box..so that's what i will do. I'm sure there will be post after post of outraged 'christians' who are burning their UO cd's and furious because this isn't what they wanted to hear. I have a hard time loving those people, but I'm trying. Usually when I see those posts I laugh and joke with my friends about how stupid people can be, and for that I'm sorry, but this time I wanted to be transparent in hopes that some clarity and headway could be made on these topics. If not I guess there will be an extreme surge of Underoath cd's in the local record shop's used bin...so if you don't have a lot of money and want any of our records then wait about a week after this is posted and hit up the cd shops...you're bound to find what you're looking for. I love you all...and I almost forgot...Happy Thanksgiving!!! By the way...Aaron is going to be doing an Almost tour in January and all of you guys should go out and see him...check his site for more details!!!! I love you all...even you.;;;5006;;;36|||Nov 12, 2006 @ 6:17 AM;;;The Home Stretch;;;Timmy;;;Hello everyone! It has been a few weeks since I posted on here. I hope you guys are well, and safe and enjoying this beautiful fall we're are in the midst of. So much has happened since I last did a journal entry. We have gone through almost a dozen countries, played a months worth of shows, and seen so many amazing things that it is unbelievable. All of the dudes are amazing on this tour as well. We've made so many new friends. Chris from Saosin and I have been diving into cities a few times a week, just taking trains into city centers and wandering around shooting video and polariods. He's probably become my closest new friend on this tour. I have been missing home like crazy though. I don't think humans were meant to be gone from their homes and loved ones for a month and a half with no contact. It's like you're not even part of your own life anymore, but I have 12 more days and I'll be back home and feeling good. I have been reading a book on the 'Gonstic Gospels', which are the supposed lost gospels of the biblical times which were cast out and denounced in a fight for political power by the orthodox catholic church. It speaks of more elaborate and abstract views on Jesus and his interactions with humanity, as well as the true meanings of his teachings, which are said to be twisted a bit by the ancient catholic collective of old in an attempt to establish a hierarchy within the church on 'biblical grounds'. I have also been going through the book of Matthew with my friend Elizabeth back home via email, and have been comparing a lot of these opinions. I have found that this book on Gnosticism has been more of a history lesson as to how the church came to be and the diversity of beliefs that were present back then. In reading the gospels again, I find that I have had a reaffirmed faith in who Jesus claims he was and what his purpose was in coming down to earth. I would encourage everyone to look into other beliefs systems, and opinions on life. There is always something new to learn. I felt like my faith was based off of ignorance more than truth for so many years. it was all I knew so I believed by default. The more religions I hear out in a respectful, open minded manor, the more I find myself coming back the Christianity even stronger then before. Anyway, enough babbling. I have been editing some video updates lately and have finished Australia, Japan, and Europe so you should be seeing them all soon! Also one last thing before I leave....my last post was not intended to offend anyone, as well as get anyone's praise. I think if these entries are sparking more controversy than good, as well as pushing the spotlight on myself, whether it be in a positive or negative way, I feel that the point is being deterred from what is truly important. Please don't leave comments about how great you may think someone is or isn't....I have done things that would make everyone throw up, but I don't display them for all to see. It's easy for me to write two paragraphs every two weeks and sound like 'such a good person', but I'm no greater than anyone else....so please spare your comments. Be well my friends and God be with you.Timmy;;;557;;;35|||Oct 11, 2006 @ 4:36 PM;;;we hurt the ones we love the most.;;;Timmy;;;Hello from Australia! I just wanted to drop you guys a line and let you all know we're still alive and well half way across the world. We've been on tour for about 5 days now and so far it has been one of the best tours we've ever done. All of the bands are amazing people, and the shows have been insane. It usually takes a few weeks for a tour to get into it's full swing, but by day three it felt like we've been on tour for months together. There's so much to talk about and such a small little entry to fit it all in. When we were in New Zealand, our friend Rowan took us to what him and his friends called "the cove". It was a small inlet on the side of a mountain with cliffs that led right into the Pacific. We had an amazing day of meat pies, cliff jumping, hot tubbing and a family dinner to top it all off. It was a definite top 3 best days of tour ever. The show in Auckland was amazing. We've never been to New Zealand or Australia, so to see the reactions we've been getting and the support you guys have been giving us has been amazing. Australia has been an amazing time as well.  Our friends Thursday are on the Australian leg of the tour and they will be missed when it is over. They are some of the best dudes ever. Geoff will be singing with us during one song the rest of the way through Australia. It's been a great honor to have a dude that we've loved and respected for so long as a musician and a person to be on stage with our little band halfway across the world. I never would have thought we would ever be over here under such wonderful conditions. I have been reading a book by Donald Miller lately called To Own A Dragon. It is about people growing up with out fathers and the effects it has on kids psychologically and how that can skew a child's world view and view of God as not just a creator but a father. Although I have never not had a dad around for the most part, something he touched on has truly impacted me. He speaks of his lack of a father in life translating over to his view of Christ. Because his father was never around it was hard to imagine some big invisible "dad" being any different, until he realized that God is so much bigger than all of our worldly versions of love. He spoke of a child being born, and a man touching and kissing a woman, a father loving his son..and so on and so forth not being direct representations of Christ's love for us but rather a small glimpse at something far greater. This has hit me from two different angles...one being that we as christians need to stop looking at other people, our parents and girlfriends/boyfriends to fill the gap in our hearts for a love that we are not capable of manifesting as humans. We must grasp that the hell that we are put through by our loved ones isn't a representation of God at all, but rather a flawed conditional love that is self serving at times. When we see and embrace this truth it will allow us to forgive one another and more importantly, forgive God for things we've held against him in which he had no part of. God loves us unconditionally and perfectly...we must not forget that. Secondly, the fact that  we know that that the way we are loving and treating (or mistreating) people in our lives is inadvertently reflecting Christ's love for each of us. We are the closest thing our girls, kids, parents and friends have to seeing the true selfless love that is spoken about in the bible manifested in a tangible form, and that is a huge responsibility. Most of the people I meet that are bitter at Christ or the church aren't bitter at the belief of a creator that loves us and looks out for us, but the direct connection between the creator and the asshole christians that have beaten them down all of their life. WE are christ to so many people,and although we will never be able to truly represent that love we must acknowledge that this responsibility is ours to constantly strive for until we depart from this life. I've hurt so many of the people that I love the most as of late, and in turn probably put up some unneeded mountains in their relationship with Christ. I don't ever want to do that again. If we could learn this simple truth we would see a revolutionary love and sense of community within the church, and beyond it, that we have never seen before....why are we still killing each other then?;;;3366;;;34|||Sep 12, 2006 @ 2:57 PM;;;He said..."you ask because you know";;;Timmy;;;Hey everyone...it has been too long since I have posted on here. I just wanted to first off say thank you for all the support you guys have been giving us lately and for being so understanding when we dropped off of the warped tour this year. I'm sure there are a thousand different stories flying around, and without getting to long winded about things we really needed a break to let ourselves become friends again. It's so easy to let little small things turn into big things out of nowhere, and before you know it there's so much distance that you feel like you don't even know the person. Regardless of what has already happened, everyone in the band has talked out all things that needed to be talked out, and we're now running better than ever and look forward to seeing you all in Canada as well as around the world. On a positive note...since we had so much time at home I got a chance to do a lot of things that I haven't really gotten to do the past few years because we've never really been home. One of the main things is that I found a church at home, called Watermark, that I have been regularly attending. I never really thought I'd find a Tampa area church with the drive to serve the inner city community the way they do. I also had the pleasure of being a guest on a podcast that the church does weekly which can be found on there website, www.watermarkcc.org. I would encourage everyone to check out the sites messages, essays and podcasts. I have found so much encouragement from the small family that is Watermark, and would feel it to be an injustice if I didn't share it with all of you. In the event that you live in the Tampa/St. Pete area, or may be visiting, you should make an effort to go check it out one Sunday morning and see what all of the fuss is about...you won't be dissappointed. I have also been working on a new project or two that hopefully may see the light of day sometime next year so be on the lookout for that. Once again, I'm sorry I haven't made my visits more frequent to this journal but I hope to change that soon. Until next time be blessed my friends...may God keep you all.;;;1299;;;33|||Jul 26, 2006 @ 12:39 AM;;;Our homeless have 20/20 vision.;;;Timmy;;;So last September we were on tour with The Used in Canada, and spent a day in a small western town called Kelowna. There I met a homeless man who looked like Tom hanks from Cast Away. He said God told him to sell all that he had and move to Kelowna and live on the streets. We spent a good portion of the day together and I heard some of the most profound things come out of his mouth. I often wonder how those "dirty" people we seem to pass on the street ,and pretend don't exist, can have a far superior grasp on life and how God is wanting to integrate himself into every aspect of human life....they have no distractions! Here I am consumed by motion pictures, strip malls, and social status...and this man with nothing but a backpack to his name is teaching me the very bare bones basics to life and why we were created. In a world clouded by society and it's predispositions, a man with no distractions or goals to climb the ladders of success can truly focus all his time and energy on allowing God to renew his mind and rewire his heart. We had a day off last week in Kelowna as well and as I was driving my scooter around town, I passed Castaway on the street again. I pulled over and said hello and he remembered me from last year. I asked him how life had been and he said to me..."God has shown me that the time of believing in something we can not see is over. That is a childlike mentality, and we must mature past this spiritually. We must KNOW that God exists, and not just hope he does. The time has come for us to allow God to manifest himself in our lives in a way in which we have no choice but to know he exists. To believe in something we hope for is childish, to not believe at all in ignorance, but to believe in something we know is perfect. The root to perfect is FACT! We must know God factually exists in our lives to truly see what he is capable of doing." Although I believe there is some biblical truth to having the "faith of a child", I believe there is something to be learned by what Castaway had to say. The time for hoping and wishing is over...today is a day of knowing and doing. Wishing and hoping doesn't change anything...but an action spawned from an undeniable truth revealed to us by God himself is as effective as any weapon on earth. We must KNOW and we must put what we know into action. "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says"...James 1:22. I also have had the opportunity to see a very enlightening and inspiring film this tour called "The Inconvenient Truth". It is a film mainly rooted in the science of global warming and the effect it is having on us now, as well as what to expect for the generations to come if we don't change something. I would encourage everyone to go see the film and decided for yourself what your part in helping solve this world wide crisis may be. You can also log onto www.climatecrisis.com to get more info as well as a lot of tips to altar our lifestyles in very practical ways, in order to preserve what we have left of our earth for our children and their children. I hope you have all been good out there friends. I also just found out that our friends MewithoutYou will be joining us on Warped Tour for the next two weeks, so it will continue to be an inspiring couple of weeks. Until next time friends...be blessed. Timmy;;;973;;;32|||Jul 09, 2006 @ 2:16 AM;;;What are we doing!?;;;Timmy;;;So we've been on warped for almost a month now and every show has been insanely amazing. I can't believe the response we've been getting every day. Thanks to all of you dudes and gals that have made it the best summer ever. My life has been up and down like crazy lately. I'm in the middle of a book called "Revolution", written by a guy who owns a statistical analysis firm, and he is writing a book on statistics based on the average church going christian and how they apply to our culture and what we need to change in the church as well as our personal lives as christians to truly experience a life changing encounter with Christ, and not just go through the motions week in and week out. He also predicts how or culture is going to change in the next 10-20 years so the church can learn how to approach certain issues. It's extremely interesting and thought provoking to say the least wether you are for or against organized religion. I would encourage you guys to pick a copy up and decide for yourselves how it hits you. I have also found myself adopting some extremely leftist opinions and have been put in a lot of situations in which I get a chance to share what God's been doing in my life. We're on tour with a lot of Leftist/Activist bands who assume that we hate homosexuals, feel that woman shouldn't have equal rights, and support this war of ours on every level, and it has been a very interesting and amazing opportunity to hoefuly break down a lot of walls and understand that we are all going for the same goal, regardless of our religous or sexual preference. I wish I could say the same for the "church" of today, but sadly I can't. My point is if we stopped worrying about blue states and red states, and we stopped 'Rocking Against Bush' and started 'Rocking Against poverty' or for equality we would have a lot more allies and those blue and red lines would blur. It's almost impossible to see Christians, Leftists, Feminists and all other types of people  uniting to fight major problems in our world, but for some reason it seems achievable. Fat Mike from NOFX said to me the other day,"If you guys would stop talking about Jesus and start talking about a real issue that people can latch onto and get behind, you might find that more people will get behind you and less people would feel secluded from your little group." There's a lot of wisdom in his words, and although I will never stop talking to people about Jesus, I will challenge those of us who claim to be christians to be them. Figure out something in your heart that you are passionate about changing and go change it. Dont worry if  you're standing next to a homosexual, or a hardline feminist....don't ever forsake or water down your faith, but don't allow it to cause division among groups of our fellow humans trying to do some serious good in this world. There's always going to be ignorant christians and equally as many ignorant leftists, but those few of us on either side that see through the social walls we'e built will recognize we're all the same, or similar enough to make a stance against major world issues as one body and not a divided and misunderstood underground. I've let stuupid social road blocks stop me from a lotin my life and it's time to start changing things. I love each and every person who is readng this rigght now, regardless of what you get up for each morning. I hope this blesses you in one capacity or another. Be blessed my friends.Timmy;;;8104;;;31|||Jun 19, 2006 @ 9:03 AM;;;Free Show TUESDAY 6/20 IN TAMPA!!!!!!;;;Timmy;;;Hey everyone! We'll be playing a free show tomorrow night (Tuesday June 20th) in Tampa at The State Theatre. Our friends from North Carolina, Sullivan will be playing the show as well. Define the Great Line comes out Tuesday and what better way to spend a cd release day with than flying in and playing a free hometown show for all of our longtime friends. Doors are at 7:30 so make sure you get there early because once it's full we have to cut the line off. Tell all your friends and we'll see you tomorrow night @ The State Theatre!!!Timmy;;;431;;;30|||May 18, 2006 @ 9:50 AM;;;Spitfire...we'll miss you!;;;Timmy;;;So last night was Spitfire's last night on the tour. What an amazing two weeks it has been getting to know those dudes better and seeing them every night. It was refreshing to be out on the road with dudes who were just stoked to play music...no strings attached. They're probably half way to Richmond right now and tired as crap...be safe dudes, and it was great having you out. As with all bad things...good isn't to far behind. Since By Man joins up today! Our old friends from Milwaukee. This tour will continue to rule life..just in a different way. I hope all of you have been well and I hope that love has been filling your minds and hearts.....we're lost without love for one another. Be blessed friends...we'll see you soon!Timmy;;;226;;;29|||May 10, 2006 @ 9:39 PM;;;What is this great love?;;;Timmy;;;So we've been on tour for about a week and a half now and it's been amazing. Poison The Well, As Cities Burn, and Spitfire are amazing bands and some of the most amazing dudes we've ever been on tour with. it's super encouraging to see dudes not caring about anything but music and playing in front of stoked kids. I've been realizing that we're preoccupied with so many insignificant and worthless things in life and we forget our true purpose as humans. We as christians speak of this great, amazing love we've found in our hearts yet if I saw us living life from an outside perspective, I wouldn't know anything great or amazing dwells inside. How many times have I walked by someone in need and denied them help because it was an inconvenience on my part. There's something that seems to happen to us all as we get older, we get jaded and forget what it truly means to love and be loved. I was talking to Chris the other day and he read me a response from an 8 year old boy when asked what love is and it has been ringing in my head since our conversation. He said, "Love  is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening  presents and listen." It would take hours of typing to explain how this has effected me but I hope just the thought of looking into a child's eyes and asking him what love means to him and hearing that sentence come out of his mouth is enough. I'm also reading a book by Shane Claiborne of The Simple Way commune in Philly, called The Irresistible Revolution. It's been an inspiring few days of reading to say the least...I would encourage all of you to pick it up. Until next time, be well and be blessed and we'll see you soon!Timmy;;;5293;;;28|||Apr 26, 2006 @ 9:03 AM;;;We Must Live As Children Of Light;;;Timmy;;;Hello from Sweeden! I hope all of you have been as well as I have been since then last time I posted here. We're on our last day of shooting our videos over here in Sweeden with our new friends from Pop Core Film. They are a lovely bunch of people with amazing amounts of talent and love for film. If the final product is half as good as what we're seeing now, these videos are going to be a sight to see! I can't wait for you guys to see them! We took a snowmobiling trip today with Fredrick and Ragner from Pop Core today. we drove about an hour up into the mountains and rode snowmobiles over a frozen lake. Then our guide started a fire and made coffee over a fire and we ate lunch and drank coffee out of wooden cups carved from trees. Being in Sweeden has made me feel so much more in touch with the beauty that our planet has to offer..something I personally overlook every day. To say the least this trip has been inspiring in many ways.I have also been realizing what a duty we have as christians to treat our friends and family and strangers with love and respect. To say we love Christ who is love, but then turn and forsake our brothers, is probably one of the greatest contradictions we can do as physical representers of Christ and his teaching. There's to many people getting mixed signals from us of who Christ is, and I honestly can say, if I saw some of the people I've seen doing what they were doing, and I wasn't a christian, I would think the same things. I've ignored that to much in my life, and I pray that maybe some of you reading this will be inspired to make the change with me...to be more conscious and aware of our actions and how we represent the powerful and precious name of Christ. Regardless of our beliefs and lifestyle differences we must first love one another. Only when love and respect is present is there room for loving correction and the exchange of opinions and values.Until next time my friends, may love and peace fill you. Be blessed and thank you for taking the time to read this journal...your support is undyingly appreciated.Your friend,Tim"They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.......You, however did not come to know Christ that way"- Ephesians 4:18 and 20;;;312;;;27|||Apr 23, 2006 @ 12:31 PM;;;In my homeland!;;;chris;;;Hey guys! So sorry its been so long since we updated, but we really do appreciate all your comments and interest in what were doing so to keep you updated, we are as we speak in sweden to film the video for the first single off the new record. It is honestly awesome here. The people are so nice and have been great to us thus far. We went to the location today where the video is being shot and were seriously amazed. The crew here is first and foremost great people with insane talent and have done nothing short of an amazing job with everything.  We have to wake up tomorrow morning at 7 or so (1am at home, which is what time zone our bodies are still on) so keep us in prayer that we make it through the day! haha. and i know i say this a lot, but we seriously do love all of you and thank you so much for supporting us and making it possible for us to do what, keeping us in prayer, coming and hanging out at the shows,and just being there for us as we go through this process of recording that we know seems to take FOREVER, but fret not! June 20th (my birthday by the way... no big deal) is just around the corner and i promise you guys that were looking forward to it just as much as you guys are. So hang in there guys and starting in about a week, we are going to start tour again, (yessssss) including this coming tour with poison the well, as cities burn, since by man, and spitfire, the entire warped tour as well as MANY more dates to be posted, including a quite a long trip for our friends NOT in the states later in the year... keep checking back! Also, to all of you who came to the warped tour kickoff in LA, you guys rule!!! We hadnt played a show since like december and were kind of nervous how it was going to go, but you all honestly made it the best night ever and we cant say thank you enough for it.  So as always, i hope you all are well, and we can hardly wait to get back on the road and hang out with all of you! God bless all of you and we will see you out there!-Chris;;;187;;;26|||Mar 29, 2006 @ 3:45 PM;;;Define The Great Line;;;Chris;;;We're stoked on the response that you guys are giving the new material but just want you to know that we are even more excited for you hear the final album - crappy Mp3's of an unfinished record aren't up to par with what we plan on delivering to you on June 20th.Here are a few things we would like you to know about the songs that were stolen from the studio before we finished recording:<br><br>* Someone without our permission or knowledge took songs we were in the middle of working on and brought it home and gave it to their friends. <br><br>* Most of the songs are titled incorrectly since the person who stole it made their own sequence based on the track listing posted on our site. So the songs are named wrong and in the wrong order.<br><br>* They are all unmixed and not yet mastered and a few songs are missing guitar and keyboard parts.<br><br>* There are still several minutes of some songs not included.;;;1309;;;25|||Mar 24, 2006 @ 11:08 AM;;;HOME!;;;chris;;;Hey guys and gals! Its been too long since weve posted an update and for that were really sorry, but i wanted to let you guys know whats going on in our neck of the woods.  We are taking some time off at home. We havent been off tour this long in years... its a little weird, but at the same time, kinda cool. Im really loving getting to spend time with my wife and my dogs, but id be lying if i said i wasnt friggin stoked to get back out on the road! We are all really excited for our upcoming tour with poison the well, as cities burn, since by man, and spitfire. These will be the first shows for us since the end of 2005 and its also the first time we are going to be playing most of these new songs EVER, so thats very exciting for us. Once again, we soooo appreciate all of your patience with us as we have been writing, recording, and getting ready to give you guys this record. It seems soooo long to june 20th, i know i want it to just get here already, so, the name of the game is patience.... we have done and are doing everything we can to make this record the best it can be, and we love you all for hanging with us in all this down time. I really hope that all of you are doing great and we hope to see all of you soon!!!! God bless all of you!!                                -chris;;;262;;;24|||Mar 07, 2006 @ 11:20 AM;;;RELEASE DATE;;;chris;;;Ok, boys and girls, at long last we finally have a solid release date for our record.....mark your calendars for June 20th my friends! That is going to be the day, and as we get more stuff together as far as the record title, track listing, etc. we will keep you updated. We are just so excited for you guys to hear this stuff, we wish we could just release it next week! However, as we all know that isnt the way it works soooooooo we'll have to wait :-)...... June 20th..... dig it. God bless all of you!!!                                              -chris;;;1170;;;23|||Mar 03, 2006 @ 3:47 PM;;;TOUR!;;;Randy;;;I hear the first song may already be mixed!! Make sure you visit the news section of the site for all the details on the upcoming tour which goes onsale Monday at 10:00 AM.;;;90;;;22|||Mar 02, 2006 @ 12:58 PM;;;Mix!!!;;;Chris;;;Hey all you boys and girls out there on the world-wide-super-highway...Just wanted to let you all know that we are flying out tonight to go to LA to mix our record...FINALLY!  Thats about all, i am actually about to leave my house right now, so until next time....                                                           -chris;;;131;;;20|||Feb 21, 2006 @ 10:36 AM;;;Video Update At Last!!!!!!!;;;Timmy!!!!!;;;Hello members of the free world! It has been far to long since we last communicated, via an online text based device known as our studio journal. A lot of things have been going down in camp UO since we last made contact. The record is officially finished! We all sat down in Glow In The Dark's Control room last night and approved/listened to every transition and every keyboard effect. I can't wait for you guys to hear this junk! We fly out to L.A. to mix with Chris Lord Alge at the beginning of next month and we'll have the master done by the end of March. We're looking to have the record out sometime in June so get ready! I also haven't been the most efficient at posting video updates so we posted an extra long one for you guys today. Note that Adam D poopied in his panties more than once this session....just thought you might like to know. We've been hanging in Atlanta with the Norma Jean and Chariot dudes all week. It's been a great time. Speaking of, me and old Josh Riot are gonna hit some grub and then start work on a little video project we've been conjuring up....stay tuned and enjoy the video update!!!!! Timmyyyyyy;;;494;;;19|||Feb 21, 2006 @ 10:00 AM;;;FINALLY!;;;chris;;;Heres the update duders.... we were actually planning on having once a week, but we havent been able to upload them, so we just put them all together and here ya go!!!!                                                    -chris;;;363;;;18|||Feb 15, 2006 @ 9:04 AM;;;At the home stretch!;;;chris;;;howdy all!!! just wanted to say hey and keep you guys in the loop here... im currently in atlanta finishing up my tracks and hopefully ill be done in a few days, then we head to california to mix. We are also in the process of getting a solid release date for the record as we speak and as soon as we know, well let you guys know! Thanks again for all the great comments you guys have been leaving and for staying interested in what were doing here! gotta run, but until next time......                                        God bless you guys,    ChrisPS- the video update is coming.... for real.... seriously this time... :-);;;197;;;17|||Jan 26, 2006 @ 11:41 AM;;;Savory rock and roll goodness with a hint of lime;;;chris;;;Hey all you boys and girls out there! i think were around the 3rd week in all of our studio time, and i just wanted to keep you guys in the loop as far as whats going on here... well, first and foremost the most important thing to mention is that tonight is a very important night in the recording process..... ITS CHICKEN WING NIGHT!!!!!  Heck yes. Thursday nights are sacred here in mass!  On the studio front, things have been going awesome. We are starting to see things take shape and we are getting really anxious to hear what the finished product is going to sound like. We have 4 songs really close to being done and we are looking forward to the day that we get to let you guys hear all this stuff! Thank you guys so much for being patient with us as we are here and i promise we are going to have this done and released as soon as we can... stay tuned!!!!!    P.S- we are going to have another video update up for you guys as soon as we can!                           Have blessed days,                                              -chris;;;922;;;16|||Jan 23, 2006 @ 2:38 PM;;;Flash!;;;Timmy F.;;;Hello fellow humans. I hope everyone has een doing well and has been blessed in life. I have been doing well and have been having a fun time up here in snowy Westfield, MA. I have been reading the book of James lately. I've been taking it a verse at a time and really trying to let God open my eyes to the truths inside. I have also been reading a book by John Piper called "Taste and See". It's an inspiring collection of short thoughts that John Piper has collected and I've been truly inspired by his outlook on life and desire to serve people with all he has. Be encouraged to read along..it will change you if you let it. I've seen a lot of comments on the site regarding our video update and not being able to see/watch it. We changed the player to flash so you can watch it now! Until next time...be loved. We'll have some more video updates soon.Timmy McT!;;;2122;;;15|||Jan 21, 2006 @ 4:19 PM;;;Song;;;chris;;;Hey guys! i just wanted to write a quick note because we have seen quite a few people on here commenting about the song thats on our video update. We want you to know that its not our song! It is a song by our friends in Killswitch Engage. We just thought it would be a good song to put in the update, sorry for the confusion everyone! However if you like what you heard, you can pick up the album that song is on its called Alive or Just Breathing. It is a little too early for us to be posting our stuff just because of the fact that we are in such an early stage of the recording, but we will post some things in time! Thank you all again for your ongoing support and interest in what were doing here and know we are working our tails off to get this record to you guys!!!!!  God bless you all!!!                                                     -chris      ;;;128;;;14|||Jan 20, 2006 @ 7:22 PM;;;Heres the update!!!;;;chris;;;Finally after much hassle with the website and trying for about a week to get this thing to work, heres the first video update for you guys! A little glimpse into what were doing here.....;;;300;;;12|||Jan 13, 2006 @ 9:20 AM;;;Video update soon!!!!;;;Timmy;;;Hey everyone! We just got finished recording drums in Atlanta with Matt Goldman and Adam D. @ Glow In The Dark Studios. The record is coming out better than expected thus far. Matt and Adam have been tag teaming things like crazy and we've been making a lot of creative progress on this record. We spent the last two days driving up to Westfield, MA to start recording the guitars, bass and vocals. We got a lot of great footage of the drum session and I'll be chopping it all up and posting a video update soon! Thanks for your patience and interest in our recording process. We hope to see you guys soon!!!!Timmy;;;493;;;11|||Jan 05, 2006 @ 11:10 AM;;;pig squeals and the Pig squeals;;;spencer;;;So yeah this is a first for me, i dont make my way to a computer too often but anyways i thought id let you dudes know whats goin on here in the atl.  we have about a week left here before drums are finished and we head up to boston where the high has been 6 this week.  not too excited about the cold but i cant wait till its my turn to record.  so yesterday was my birthday, we went out to some japanese steak house last night with some of them norma jean boys and had a good ole time, but what made my night complete was on the way home to the hotel aaron crapped his pants in the van.  so i think my birthday was an overall success.  all i asked for my birthday was for chris to let us give him a chelsey, but that didnt happen so we arent on speaking terms at the moment.  alright friends video journals should be up soon                                                     -Spee;;;718;;;10|||Jan 04, 2006 @ 7:38 PM;;;In The Studio Updates;;;Chris;;;Hey guys, chris here, just wanting to let all of you know that we are now finally officially in the studio!! We just got started yesterday so we are in the very early stages, but we are already really excited with how things are going. Also we have good news, starting sometime soon we are going to be starting to put video clips right here for you guys to see how things are coming along here with us. So everyone keep us in your prayers and keep an eye out here for our first video update! God bless you all                                                               -chris;;;135;;;9|||Oct 22, 2005 @ 9:38 PM;;;knees weak, moms spaghetti;;;Timmy;;;So here we are in Detroit hanging with Kanye West down the street and Eminem's video premier in the same club we just played after hours. I have seen more limos and hummers in the past two hours, than I have in my whole life. This tour has been insane so far. Every show has been bad as crap. I have been meeting a lot of different people, and have been learning a lot from them. God's been showing me his beauty and love for us in places I've never really thought to look for it...a homeless man on the street, some kid standing out in the cold all morning just to talk, a group of kids my age flying to Africa to make a movie about a country. It's a blessing and a curse being on tour all year. I meet hundreds of amazing people that i never would have met if I was sitting behind a desk in Florida, but i only get 5 hours a night at a show, twice a year to spend with them. We just started working with a charity called "Invisible Children". It's an organization that spawned off of a documentary that three kids from California made about 2 years ago. They flew to Uganda and just turned some cameras they got off of ebay on and started shooting. They ended up revealing a culture that is plagued by murder, hunger and disease. They ended up setting up an organization and have been saving lives since their trip. Back in May, my friend Mark made me watch the film and it blew my mind. Mark is now with us on the road setting up a booth every night selling the dvd and talking to kids. It's been amazing to see kids at shows actually taking the time to look past our comfortable U.S. borders, and see what's going on around the world. We're also playing a string of benefit shows...one of them benefitting Invisible Children (12.16 Nashville, TN @ Rockettown), and I'm really excited to see what we can do to help some people that are in need. I'm sure we'll be posting a lot more a bout this organization as things keep happening. I hope you all are well and we'll be seeing some of you soon!Tim;;;958;;;8|||Oct 21, 2005 @ 5:01 PM;;;How Far did you go to get to Fargo?;;;James;;;Hello all once again I have found a rare amount of time to update the journal.  Lets see...  Things a re going great on this current tour with Thrice, Bled and Veda.  Everyone is amazing and our friendships are all growing stronger which is always a good sign.  Everyday a select few of us on the tour find time to play poker which has been going quite well for myself and soundboy who ususally take the win.  We have seen some of you at the instores we have been doing as well which has been great.  Thank you for coming out and saying hi.  I'll never understand how a signature on a peace of paper from someone will stoke a person out so I like to think of it as just coming to say hello and introducing yourself to us.  God has been continuing to bless us as a band and as individuals which never ceases to amaze me.  Its crazy to me and I feel so undeserving some times of the love he has poured on us and this band.  Its incredibly humbling and awesome that he is using us like we have asked to be used but its also challenging and hard at times as well.  It causes so many emotions some times and its nothing like I have ever felt in my life.  I asked for your continued prayers and support because you guys are also so important in keeping this thing alive we can't do it alone but we can do it together.  Till we see each other again happy trails.;;;203;;;7|||Oct 12, 2005 @ 2:21 AM;;;and stay out of the woolsworth!;;;james;;;Hey ya'll greetings and salutations from the pirate mob that is Underoath.  Tour has been going great so thank you for your amazing support still.  Special thanks to all those who bought the cd/dvd special edition we put out this week.  Its funny to hear our nicknames out of your mouths and not just our own.  If your coming to the upcoming shows please make time to stop by the Invisible Children booth that will be setup.  Inform yourselves on a situation that has been on the hearts of Underoath for some time now.  There is a website you can visit as well at invisiblechildren.com. Please if this touches you as it has us do all that you can to help these kids grow up and be granted all the same opurtinities that we have taken for granted.  Finally Grant aka Glen aka Glenis is in training 4 a real Halo tournament .  If you are amazing at halo our boy is looking for a challenge to sharpen his skills before the competition. Please, Please, Please legit challenges only because he will crush you if you don't know your stuff.  I cant wait to see the rest of ya'll in this great nation and in case I don't see ya good afternoon, good evening, and good night.;;;160;;;6|||Oct 09, 2005 @ 3:22 PM;;;Portland!....The Show Me State!;;;admin;;;Hello friends. We're a little less than a week into our last tour of the year with Thrice, The Bled and Veda, and it has been insane! I just want to say thank you to everyone who has come out and made California and Vegas a great place to be for UO. There hasn't been much time to really do much besides playing and driving at this point. our bus was broken down for the first 3 days of tour so we were working fairly hard to get the tour started during the first 72 hours. Then L.A. was crazy as always...interviews, interviews, interviews. we've been doing a lot of in-stores as well, surrounding our re-release. We've met a lot of really cool people doing those. We got to spend a few days with a guy named Will from brazil who flew over to southern California just to come see us play in San Diego...that dude ruled the house. So that's basically what I've been doing for the past week...playing shows...and hanging with Brazilian bros. Not a bad week if I do say so myself. Be well and until next time...keep it in a public sector America!Timmy;;;29;;;5|||Oct 03, 2005 @ 5:53 PM;;;Vegas brings out the best in em'!;;;admin;;;So here I am in a Las Vegas hotel room, about to start our final tour for They're Only Chasing Safety. I've been sitting in this small congested room all day getting some pre-tour work done, and I've just been thinking how insane this last year has been. The "ups" seem to have completely dismantled the "downs", which is odd in itself. I've met so many new people and bands, I've been to Europe twice in one year (I've never been before '06), I've spent the entire year in a gigantic tour bus the size of my apartment (who'da thunk it), but more than that, I feel like I've been seeing life for what it is and not what we're brought up to think it is. Up until this year I've had a mindset of make your way to the top and help as many people as you can on the way...but to keep the top of the mountain in sight at all times. I think that we've got our balance all wrong. I read a book called "Blue Like Jazz" recently, and it has shown me some practical concepts of living that are foreign to my daily life, but when dwelled upon, sit right at home inside my heart. It's about loving people, and points out so many things in our daily lives that don't reflect love for people, that honestly i never really paid much attention to. I feel like God's been wearing me down this year and really opening my eyes to what I'm supposed to be concerning myself with as a son of God. With the fear of rambling tapping on my shoulder as each of these sentences are being typed, I will finish my tangent with an invitation to look around you, at your friends, family and others  and really see what we should be doing with our short lives helping and loving as many people as we can, and if you make some money or become fortunately blessed in other areas of life, then give thanks and don't let it become your focus. Be blessed friends.Timmy from left Florida".....Picture them before Christ at the great day of judgement: "Look at my sea shells Lord! Look at my great big boat!" ...that is a tragedy....I put my protest: Don't buy it. Don't waste your life."-John Piper;;;53;;;4|||Aug 29, 2005 @ 5:39 PM;;;Like Wille, were on the road again!;;;james;;;Hey ya'll its been a while since I let all you wonderful people from wonderful places know whats been happenin' in the world of underoath. So we did warped tour and saw a lot of you out west for 30 mins which was hot, sweaty, dehydrating, sunburnin' good ole time. Thanks for seeing us it was the most memroable warped year yet. Then we came home and took a much needed break. We started jan 16th of this year playing europe, canada, and the US up till july 17th. It was a good time and tons of fun but it was sure great to go home and be a normal person for a change. My day consist of me waking up and eatting a nice homemade breakfast, tinkering around the apartmenent, making a nice homemade lunch, enjoying some quality reality tv time like Dog the Bountyhunter, and eatting a nice homemade dinner. I have enjoyed it a lot. Tim took the time off to get back with his manly beard growing side by joing a pack of wild rapid panthers and roaming the woods of florida. I have not heard from him in forever being that panthers don't use cell phones. Grant decided that jogging or " yogging" im not sure how its pronounced it might be a soft j, was his calling and went 3 miles in one day. Aaron decided he wasn't for the jogging but for biking. So he bikes across florida like forrest gump across america going from coast to coast. Chris is gettin' married. He proposed to his longtime girlfriend and to all our surprise she said yes. I mean who would of thought they be gettin' married like a bunch of old people. Surely not me. Last but not least there is Spencer. Spee decided he wanted to own the biggest frickin vehicle in florida so he put a ridiculously huge lift on his k10 blazer. It is a site of pure awe and I'm extremly jealous. Think the biggest truck you have seen and add another 3 inches to the height. Thats spees truck. So as you can read we have been acomplishing a lot with our free time but like all things it has come time for an end. We start in canada with the used and finish in the US with thrice and that will be our year. So if were coming to a town near you come out and say hi we wont be back till spring time because we will be recording this winter. This time around when you come to get a shirt from us you wont see our favorite merch guy dolla dolla Will laser Davis. He has left us for a pursuit of knowledge or something dumb like that. This time around we got Taylor "tater" Calm. He has a broken finger right now so when you see him give it a little kiss so it will heal faster and he will be able to sling merch better. Finally keep an eye out for the rerelease of they are only chasing safety. It has new artwork by jacob bannon that looks amazing and a dvd that is like a year in the life of underoath. It makes us look like funny cool dudes when I know that we aren't funny and or cool, its alright. So happy trails to you and yours untill we meet again. ;;;1380;;;3|||Apr 03, 2005 @ 8:35 PM;;;How Now Brown Cow;;;james;;;Hey everyone were in San Diego tonight at the world famous Soma Theater. We love this place so much and its always a great show. The Taste of Chaos ended a little over a week and a half ago with us and them both shedding tears that the time had come to an end. All the shows were so awsome and were so thankful and blessed for being a part of that tour. The headliner started on easter Sunday with a awesome get together of good friends The Chariot, Fear Before, and Hopesfall. The first show was in Dallas and was absolutely nuts. So many kids showed up trying to get in and most were turned away. There were definetly a troop of police officers and a helicopter surronding the show at one point. What a crazy start to a tour and its so overwhelming and flattering. The show was a great and memroable time. Then it was on to Houston for another sold out show. It was extremely hot in the engine room and sorry to all who came it took everything in out own powers to prevent us from passing out while playing that night. It was so hot my guitar was sweating. San Antonio was next and also another overwhelming packed show. Its so crazy that all of you are coming to these places to see us in such large numbers. You guys are the best and hats off to the state of texas for kicking butt for Underoath. Arizona was great at the Marquee Theater. We never thought we would see the day where we would see that place full of kids and sure enough it was. Spencer said he couldn't help but smile as we were playing due to the sight of all you beautiful faces. Vegas was april fool's day and by far the craziest day I had in a while. Sorry to all the kids first off. We had no ideal that the club was not a club but an arcade. Sorry for the security being unnecessarly focrefull with you all. To anyone who was kicked out and hurt wrongly I personally apoligize on the behalf of Underoath and I hope something like that never happens again . We tryed our best to deliver the best show we could with the circumstances we were given so I hope you all still had fun. LA was great to us again. You kids were out of control and we had a great time in a pretty awesome venue to say the least. That brings us back to tonight. Thank you for all your undying and continued support of us on this tour. We love you all and are so thankful for each and everyone of you. Thanks to the bands on tour for being some of the best dudes we have ever been on tour with ever. This has been the greatest experience for us and we are so thankful for it. On that high note here is a sad one. Our merch man Will aka $ $ Will aka Bill Davis aka Laser aka Billiam will be leaving us in the not so distant future to pursue his goal of being smarter and better than everyone by going back to college. We will miss him greatly as I'm sure you all will too. So be sure to give him a hug and a big ole sloppy kiss goodbye and drop a dollar in his back to school fund at our merch table. Alright folks we are looking forward to seeing you all real soon. Till then keep awesome. ;;;4771;;;2|||Feb 22, 2005 @ 11:12 PM;;;Proud to be an American!;;;james;;;Hey yall its that time of the year where i bring you up to date on whats going on in the world of Underoath. Sorry for the lack of updating our journal as always but here whats new. We went to the continent of Europe not so long ago. The shows over there were absolutely amazing and your responces were overwhelming. Thank you so much for the support its so amazing that you all even care a whole ocean away. Sorry to say it though but the stores close to early and the food sucks. Plus its to cold for us Florida boys over there. Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen in my life. We were there for about 3 1/2 weeks total and we all got the death. We were never as sick as when we were in europe. On the plus side German Chocolate and Gummy Bears rule. On the down side beans and toast is not suitable for breakfast sorry England. We came home and rested for 4 days and then started this Taste of Chaos tour. Its a dude among dudes tour for sure. Everyone staff/bands are some of the coolest dude we have ever toured with. You kids have been crazy and in large numbers. Thank you so much for the support like always its been so great. Its our first time playing to crowds this size so hopefully were not disappointing. Were having a great time and hope it doesn't end too soon. But when it does its time to go out on our first headling tour since our record has come out. The dudes in Chariot who are the best dudes around will be joining us along with Fear before the March of Flames who are also the best dudes around. There happens to be a lot of good dudes around weird. Our friend Bender is on tour he is a good dude too. He is our AV tech. You know like the dorky kid in high school who kept track of the tvs and projectors. Bender doesn't do that but he takes pretty good pictures. Oh yeah the headlining tour will be badical for sure. These Arms are Snakes and Hopesfall our spliting it so it will be a good show. So here are the personal updates. Grant has once again accomplished ruling in another xbox game kicking my butt 22-2 in MLB slugfest. I hate him so much why is he so good? He wipes the floor with our sound boy in Halo 2 daily. There is no end to it. Tim got left in Germany while we were there. So we came home and built an exact replica of him only with a beard. He looks and acts just like the original but hes not. Tim decided to just give up and start a family and farm carrots in Germany for the rest of his life. Spencer is flying his truck to Europe when we go back in June and he is going to crush every smart car he finds with it. Then he is going to spit on them and set them on fire. I hate thoose dumb cars too. Aaron got the coolest hoodie from some kid today the poor sucker. All I'm going to say is Teenage Mutant Nijia Turtles. It frickin rules, lucky. His girlfriend has been with us for a while and has become the bands personal hairstylist or just Ronnie's. Chris learned this cool trick where he can drink a whole 20 oz. bottle of water in one gulp. It has taken him years to perfect it but he has finally succeded. Its quite imppressive in a fat kid kinda way. As for myself I decided to start living my life like a retired old man. I purchased a fine pair of loafers that I wear with no socks and I have the 70 year old man slouch down to the T. I also listen to Johhny Cash a lot. I don't know if that is such an old man thing but hey whatever. Our friend Bearded John is doing guitar teching for us these days. He pretty much rules at the job. His girlfriend made us cookies and scarfs cause she is awesome. Bill Davis continues to do the merch. He is amazing too. Don't take offenese if he offends you our won't sell you a shirt. He really does like you probally he just doesn't feel like it. If he is smoking he is stressed so don't mind him and be patient with him and he will try to be paitent with you. Ronnie is doing sound still. He is a good kid and he likes to wear the most ridiculios sound guy outfits I have ever seen. He says he doesn't care but I think he wants to just blend in with the other sound guys. Well thats all for now. Hope to see all your smiling faces here over the next few months. Take care and God Bless America! ;;;2051;;;1