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Aaron Gillespie

Disciplines:
music
music/drumming
songwriting
christianity

Summary

American musician who co-founded Underoath as its original vocalist and drummer — and whose later solo acoustic work under his own name addresses spiritual and personal themes more directly than the metalcore format allowed.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the formation and sound of Underoath — providing the Christian post-hardcore genre with its most commercially successful band — and represents the intersection of heavy music and spiritual seeking that characterizes the genre.

Historical Influences

Christian music tradition Post-hardcore bands

Intellectual Lineage

Christian Metalcore Post-Hardcore MusicTampa Music Scene

Contemporaries & Peers

Spencer ChamberlainTim McTague

Minds Influenced

Christian metalcore genre

Intellectual Posterity

Underoath

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