Underoath Drummer Sidelined

The drummer/frontman of Christian Hardcore band Underoath, Aaron Gillespie, has stopped playing for the band due to an infection in his hand, which he is going to let heal for a while. The other members of Underoath went onto explain his absence:

"Aaron went to the hospital with a really bad infection in his finger caused by a blister from playing. Blisters are common for drummers but normally they don't get nasty infections in them."

A doctor performed minor surgery on Gillespie's hand, and has ordered him to not use it for at least a week. The drummer for Pop Punk band The Almost, Kenny Bozich, which be filling in his absence. The vocals will be filled in by band members Timothy McTague (lead guitar) and Spencer Chamberlain (lead singer).

Comments

[SteveHouse]

Frontman? Isn't that supposed to by the guy who does the most vocals? Lol... That's Spencer but whatever

The frontman is the main spokesman for the band. That's what Aaron is.

[HH_Emo_666]

what a shame. i really love Aaron. He seems like a pretty nice guy. I hope he gets better and comes to my area with either Underoath or the Almost

[Serial 177]

SteveHouse wrote:

Frontman? Isn't that supposed to by the guy who does the most vocals? Lol... That's Spencer but whatever

n00b.. Aaron is the only remaining member from the original underoath.. hope he gets well.. he rox

[Comeback Kiddd]

It is going to suck for people who love The Almost and are going to see them this week(hint: mostly for aaron)

[Guitarmeister]

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well

[VaioGeodon]

where is your jesus now?

[YourMessiah666]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

HAHAHAHAA good call man

[LewisMasonx]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

That shouldn't have made me laugh.

Seriously, hope Aaron gets better soon!

(Though I wouldn't call The Almost pop/punk...)

[ordinary_story]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

dude. thats not cool. Don't say shit like that..

[Covin]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

LoL, that's so blind and one-sided that it's hilarious. If it was a serious stab at Christ though, perhaps an infection *forcing* him to take a week off was exactly what he needed, as he's ALWAYS on tour or in the studio. The dude NEVER rests.

[ilovelamptoo]

where is your jesus now?

tho im a believer in him i found that pretty hilarious.

[kirkadolph]

SteveHouse wrote:

Frontman? Isn't that supposed to by the guy who does the most vocals? Lol... That's Spencer but whatever

dude its the MAN at the FRONT hence the name: Frontman

[MATTTHEMOP]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

He's with aaron.

and that wasnt funny at all.

[Jester.Race]

Jesus lovers suck, calm down, its because you get up in arms about things like this that people want to make fun of you. It was a harmless joke poking fun at an openly Christian band, who cares.

[AndyVanHalen]

I'm sorry, I wouldn't pay to see Underoath without Aaron; he's pretty much the band at this point.

[rockownsyou]

Hopefully he will be better before the show I am going to on the 30th. I would really miss him.

[stumaster18]

Without Aaron, there would be no Underoath. Those shows without him are gonna suck.

[drumbum4life]

i might actually pray for once...

[MESAexplorer]

Guitarmeister wrote:

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well

Ever heard of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Jon Bonham, or Danny Carey?

[MetalBassist93]

aaron is probly the biggest influence to UnderOath, but it'd b pretty cool to see Tim and Kenny take his place

[qotsa1998]

^or Brann Dailor or Neil Peart??

There supposed to do a big festival down here (the alomst anyway) pretty soon. but he should be good by then. for others sake, i hope hes better by then.

Checked.

[ApplesforAndrew]

Shouldn't be anything major. Sucks for aaron though. They have to cut those blisters open. Sometimes without anything to kill the pain.

[csn00b]

that sucks, hes a god in terms of drummers

[chrishoulton]

VaioGeodon :
where is your jesus now?

he's with him and will help him through this. you can't blame all the bad stuff in the world on jesus, infact you cant blame jesus at all, you need to blame the devil, he's the one that makes everyones lives a misery. Jesus is real, God is real, the holy spirit is real, and yes, the devil is real, no doubt about it. there is so much evidence to prove it! also christian or not, you have to belive in jesus, cos non-christian scientists have actually found out that there was a man named jesus who claimed to do all the miricles and everything 2000 years ago. underoath are a great band, exactly what the christian faith needs, a good metal/ screamo band with a message behind the lyrics. i've known people who the doctors said they wont survive, theres been at least 2 cases of this, the doctors say they have an incurable illness and that theres no way at all that they will survive. now, those people are alive, healthy and getting on with the rest of thier lives. the doctors were wrong, well they were right, but god amazed them and showed that miracles still happen. So, to the point, where is jesus? well he's looking after him, and will halp him to make a full recovery. god bless.

[Haha, Crackhead]

Calm down, you damn oversensitive pricks. I'm a devoted Christian, myself, and I thought it was funny.
It was a harmless joke. Let it go.

As for the topic, isn't Aaron the only remaining original member? ...uh-oh...

[wakemxbmx89]

this sucks im going to there concert in seattle on the 10th hopefully hes back by then

[gdm09]

^ thank you.

[fender_NiNE]

i saw them on the headlining tour with every time i die(i pretty much just went to see ETID) and i thought their set was pretty boring....and a little too spiritual for my taste. ETID was ten times better. sux that happened to the drummer though hope he gets better...

[ProphetikPsycho]

I mean couldn't Aaron atleast wield a mic instead of drumsticks atleast..I mean he's supposed to not drum for atleast a week...Give him a mic so he can still sing

[ProphetikPsycho]

Guitarmeister wrote:

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well


Ever heard of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Jon Bonham, or Danny Carey?

Have you ever heard of Neil Peart?He's better than all of them..and Phil Collins is pretty amazing also...

[RG_FANMAN]

damn, that sucks. When i saw them at Warped, Aaron was a friggin beast! He nearly knocked over his drums in practically every song, yet still mananged to keep a steady rhythm and sing. Amazing.

[jane_says]

chrishoulton wrote:

VaioGeodon :
where is your jesus now?

he's with him and will help him through this. you can't blame all the bad stuff in the world on jesus, infact you cant blame jesus at all, you need to blame the devil, he's the one that makes everyones lives a misery. Jesus is real, God is real, the holy spirit is real, and yes, the devil is real, no doubt about it. there is so much evidence to prove it! also christian or not, you have to belive in jesus, cos non-christian scientists have actually found out that there was a man named jesus who claimed to do all the miricles and everything 2000 years ago. underoath are a great band, exactly what the christian faith needs, a good metal/ screamo band with a message behind the lyrics. i've known people who the doctors said they wont survive, theres been at least 2 cases of this, the doctors say they have an incurable illness and that theres no way at all that they will survive. now, those people are alive, healthy and getting on with the rest of thier lives. the doctors were wrong, well they were right, but god amazed them and showed that miracles still happen. So, to the point, where is jesus? well he's looking after him, and will halp him to make a full recovery. god bless.

o, ive been waitin for something like this to come along for awhile

*puts on arguing hat*

first off, u make it seem like u HAVE to believe in jesus or u WILL go to hell, i am atheist and i find that very offensive, u are only following the christian stereotype by shoving your religion down our throats, maybe thats y people make comments like that,

second thing, there is just as much evidence to prove that jesus existed as there is he didnt. Me personally? i believe that the bible is based off the star constellations and astrology (watch a little movie called zeitgeist and you'll know wat im talking about)

but, last but certainly absolutely not least, is i would never EVER, try to persuade a christian or any other religion for that matter to become atheist, as i would expect u to, so stop pushing your religion on us

[Anarion614]

Guys, watch it. We have a religion thread.

ha, i feel like a mod.

But that sucks, i had to get my thumb cut open because it was infected/swollen. Mucho uncool.

Anarion614 wrote:

Guys, watch it. We have a religion thread.

ha, i feel like a mod.

But that sucks, i had to get my thumb cut open because it was infected/swollen. Mucho uncool.

Watch it, we have CCs. Anyone who starts arguing about Aaron's skill will get warned.

Checked.

[RachelRC]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

What was the point of even saying that? You're dumb, just cause he's religious doesn't make him any different from anyone else, he just has certain beliefs that make each day easier to handle. I like Underoath, Switchfoot, and This Providence because they're bands with huge religious backgrounds but they don't try to sell it to you when you go see them and they keep it between themselves and God.

and right on Jane_Says, believe what you want to believe and never let anyone try to persuade you differently if you're hearts really in it.

Can't wait until Aaron's back on the road!

[csn00b]

thank you hawka!

[tviscomcastic]

This is the first sign of him leaving underoath...

[violent diamond]

A frontman isn't necisarilly the person who sings...take AC/DC for example, half of the people who know about AC/DC don't even know who Brian Johnson is or who Bon Scott was, but everyone knows Angus because he's the frontman. I'd say Spencer and Aaron both share the title of frontmen in UnderOATH

[screen21]

that sucks... he shouldve at least done the vocals where he wouldnt have used his hand for any dynamic movements but holding a mic with his other hand. Hope he gets well soon though.

[MrDURPEEDURP]

fender_NiNE wrote:

i saw them on the headlining tour with every time i die(i pretty much just went to see ETID) and i thought their set was pretty boring....and a little too spiritual for my taste. ETID was ten times better. sux that happened to the drummer though hope he gets better...

thats because ETID > The Almost and Underoath???
=]

A7Xaddict wrote:

csn00b wrote:

that sucks, hes a god in terms of drummers


What??
A god???
hes good but not the best.
check out As i lay dying and A7X
???

The Rev....as a god drummer?
elle em eff ay oh
man im a big A7X fan, but he is NOT a godlike drummer man....no way.
ill say what you said, "he's good, but not the best".
now the drummer from All That Remains....now that man is a fudgin' godlike drummer =]
but its all opinion anyways.
i find he's a god because his feet move faster then my hands could ever hope to during This Calling.
and he's got extremely overwhelming detatchment

[A7Xaddict]

MrDURPEEDURP wrote:

fender_NiNE wrote:

i saw them on the headlining tour with every time i die(i pretty much just went to see ETID) and i thought their set was pretty boring....and a little too spiritual for my taste. ETID was ten times better. sux that happened to the drummer though hope he gets better...


thats because ETID > The Almost and Underoath???
=]
A7Xaddict wrote:

csn00b wrote:

that sucks, hes a god in terms of drummers


What??
A god???
hes good but not the best.
check out As i lay dying and A7X
???

The Rev....as a god drummer?
elle em eff ay oh
man im a big A7X fan, but he is NOT a godlike drummer man....no way.
ill say what you said, "he's good, but not the best".
now the drummer from All That Remains....now that man is a fudgin' godlike drummer =]
but its all opinion anyways.
i find he's a god because his feet move faster then my hands could ever hope to during This Calling.
and he's got extremely overwhelming detatchment

MrDURPEEDURP wrote:

fender_NiNE wrote:

i saw them on the headlining tour with every time i die(i pretty much just went to see ETID) and i thought their set was pretty boring....and a little too spiritual for my taste. ETID was ten times better. sux that happened to the drummer though hope he gets better...


thats because ETID > The Almost and Underoath???
=]
A7Xaddict wrote:

csn00b wrote:

that sucks, hes a god in terms of drummers


What??
A god???
hes good but not the best.
check out As i lay dying and A7X
???

The Rev....as a god drummer?
elle em eff ay oh
man im a big A7X fan, but he is NOT a godlike drummer man....no way.
ill say what you said, "he's good, but not the best".
now the drummer from All That Remains....now that man is a fudgin' godlike drummer =]
but its all opinion anyways.
i find he's a god because his feet move faster then my hands could ever hope to during This Calling.
and he's got extremely overwhelming detatchment

dude you cant say the rev isnt fast.
yah ATR isnt bad.
u listen to AILD
they are good

[thrilla13w]

UNDEROATH AND THE ALMOST ARE SOOOOO GOOOOOD!

[Godsmack311]

Aaron IS Underoath, hope he gets better, and him and spencer get haircuts. long hair is out. sorry

ricthesic wrote:

i think he was jacking off and cum got in it and it wasnt really infected with puss just cum

that happened to me once

[xXPortSceneXx]

haha tim's gotta sing? nebody know if hes ne good?

[TheReverend724]

MESAexplorer wrote:

Guitarmeister wrote:

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well

Ever heard of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Jon Bonham, or Danny Carey?

[TheReverend724]

ProphetikPsycho wrote:

Guitarmeister wrote:

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well


Ever heard of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Jon Bonham, or Danny Carey?

Have you ever heard of Neil Peart?He's better than all of them..and Phil Collins is pretty amazing also...

[TheReverend724]

im not saying aarons bad im just saying i wouldnt call him a god

[pyritmann]

Godsmack311 :
Aaron IS Underoath, hope he gets better, and him and spencer get haircuts. long hair is out. sorry

ricthesic wrote:

i think he was jacking off and cum got in it and it wasnt really infected with puss just cum


that happened to me once

LOL funniest thing ever,

and holy crap its funny to see how everyone is all like so offended at the little, "Where is your Jesus now" thing. Dudes im a christian too but holy crap easy there, its just a harmless little joke.

Aaron is AMAZING and i hope he gets better, i love aaron and underoath and the almost and with aaron there would be no neither, aaron is underoath and obviously the almost. Hope he gets well soon he is my hero!!!!!

Check.

[deadhead92]

ProphetikPsycho wrote:

Guitarmeister wrote:

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well


Ever heard of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Jon Bonham, or Danny Carry

Have you ever heard of Neil Peart?He's better than all of them..and Phil Collins is pretty amazing also...

[bobby_splax]

Serial 177 wrote:
n00b.. Aaron is the only remaining member from the original underoath.. hope he gets well.. he rox

which the original was much much better....sorry but i still hope he recover, prolly will so...w/e

[whitebluesboy]

I don't see why he can't like sing with them still though? He just doesn't have to drum.

[antiflag125462]

chrishoulton wrote:

VaioGeodon :
where is your jesus now?

he's with him and will help him through this. you can't blame all the bad stuff in the world on jesus, infact you cant blame jesus at all, you need to blame the devil, he's the one that makes everyones lives a misery. Jesus is real, God is real, the holy spirit is real, and yes, the devil is real, no doubt about it. there is so much evidence to prove it! also christian or not, you have to belive in jesus, cos non-christian scientists have actually found out that there was a man named jesus who claimed to do all the miricles and everything 2000 years ago. underoath are a great band, exactly what the christian faith needs, a good metal/ screamo band with a message behind the lyrics. i've known people who the doctors said they wont survive, theres been at least 2 cases of this, the doctors say they have an incurable illness and that theres no way at all that they will survive. now, those people are alive, healthy and getting on with the rest of thier lives. the doctors were wrong, well they were right, but god amazed them and showed that miracles still happen. So, to the point, where is jesus? well he's looking after him, and will halp him to make a full recovery. god bless.

Nobody said Jesus wasn't real, he was. But he might have been crazy. And for arguement about people that are about to die and then they don't, let me ask you about the people that do die when doctors say they don't. Its really annoying when people only look at stuff from one perspective.

[antiflag125462]

And by the way, you don't need science to prove the existence of Jesus, he was a propher not a god, as was Muhammad and Abraham or whoever the Jewish guy was.

[Lunartick]

This is a sign from god that they need to quit associating him with their shitty music. :P

[bjackson369]

VaioGeodon wrote:

where is your jesus now?

That's honestly not funny.

[Unskathed]

Jeez, I hope this doesn't inspire the emo kids to cut even more.

Seriously, UnderOath should've called it quits when Dallas left. Dallas was the shit, and that wimpy faggot Spencer can't even scratch the surface of what Dallas was capable of. Excuse me, I'm gonna go listen to Cries Of The Past and remember how good UnderOath was before they got all of this exposure and gained their new, highly annoying fan-base.

check ..

[devinbryndel]

haha yeah aaron is the only original member of underoath left and its awesome to think he has made it through this many guitar players and singers! haha but he is still rocking in 2 bands! he has to be one of the hardest working men in music today! my opinion anyways

[TehJermie]

poor cyclops, hope he gets better. how ironic that i havent been to one of their shows in over 2 years and the week im going to one piglet gets his hand mangled.

[$Roland$]

I saw them on the 10/1. It was only Kenny's second show with them and it still rocked.

[$Roland$]

Oh and quit saying "underoath are."
underoath=1 band so...you say "underoath IS"

Honestly, you don't say "my family are going on vacation" do you? Family is ONE group of people just like a band.

^Depends where you come from. Brits generally do say 'my family are going on vacation' except we don't say vacation either.
Underoath are a group of people. You use they, not it. So you also use are, not is.

[oscarstegland]

antiflag125462 wrote:

And by the way, you don't need science to prove the existence of Jesus, he was a propher not a god, as was Muhammad and Abraham or whoever the Jewish guy was.

According to science on the topic of Jesus, it was proven that Jesus was born 7 years after the "birth of Christ." It was shown that the star that the star the three wise men were following was an alignment of stars in the year 7 CE. Don't state that science can support the bible. Either you believe it or you dont, thats the way it works.

[oscarstegland]

$Roland$ wrote:

Oh and quit saying "underoath are."
underoath=1 band so...you say "underoath IS"

Honestly, you don't say "my family are going on vacation" do you? Family is ONE group of people just like a band.

You said yourself that you "saw them" which strides against your theory becuase if it was purely like that you'd say "I saw it"

[VaioGeodon]

I love how one comment makes you get so riled up. It really makes you look retarded. Who said I wasn't christian? OMG I guess I'm going to hell now. The devil possessed me and made me make that comment.

[$Roland$]

^Depends where you come from. Brits generally do say 'my family are going on vacation' except we don't say vacation either.
Underoath are a group of people. You use they, not it. So you also use are, not is.

For serious? I didn't know Brits did that. I knew they said holiday instead of vacation.

You said yourself that you "saw them" which strides against your theory becuase if it was purely like that you'd say "I saw it"

Good point. I guess I'll shut up now. haha

[deadhead92]

TheReverend724 wrote:

ProphetikPsycho wrote:

Guitarmeister wrote:

aaron gillespie is a godlike drummer, i hope he gets well


Ever heard of Mike Portnoy, Thomas Lang, Jon Bonham, or Danny Carey?

Have you ever heard of Neil Peart?He's better than all of them..and Phil Collins is pretty amazing also...

no, jon bonham is. but mitch mitchells, keith moon, and ginger baker are pretty amazing too. and underoath sucks. christian hardcore music is pretty much horrible

[Afi_rocker_91]

jane_says wrote:

chrishoulton wrote:

VaioGeodon :
where is your jesus now?

he's with him and will help him through this. you can't blame all the bad stuff in the world on jesus, infact you cant blame jesus at all, you need to blame the devil, he's the one that makes everyones lives a misery. Jesus is real, God is real, the holy spirit is real, and yes, the devil is real, no doubt about it. there is so much evidence to prove it! also christian or not, you have to belive in jesus, cos non-christian scientists have actually found out that there was a man named jesus who claimed to do all the miricles and everything 2000 years ago. underoath are a great band, exactly what the christian faith needs, a good metal/ screamo band with a message behind the lyrics. i've known people who the doctors said they wont survive, theres been at least 2 cases of this, the doctors say they have an incurable illness and that theres no way at all that they will survive. now, those people are alive, healthy and getting on with the rest of thier lives. the doctors were wrong, well they were right, but god amazed them and showed that miracles still happen. So, to the point, where is jesus? well he's looking after him, and will halp him to make a full recovery. god bless.


o, ive been waitin for something like this to come along for awhile

*puts on arguing hat*

first off, u make it seem like u HAVE to believe in jesus or u WILL go to hell, i am atheist and i find that very offensive, u are only following the christian stereotype by shoving your religion down our throats, maybe thats y people make comments like that,

second thing, there is just as much evidence to prove that jesus existed as there is he didnt. Me personally? i believe that the bible is based off the star constellations and astrology (watch a little movie called zeitgeist and you'll know wat im talking about)

but, last but certainly absolutely not least, is i would never EVER, try to persuade a christian or any other religion for that matter to become atheist, as i would expect u to, so stop pushing your religion on us

umm if you dont believe in Jesus You DO goto hell..theres two ways...Heaven...and hell. one or the other no in between...he isnt forcing anybody to be a christian or to believe in God. Hes just saying His beliefs..