They came SO CLOSE! But something strange happened, and none of them really remember that night, but it’s all over. But her band never quite got to that level of fame that all bands strive to be. It gave her a place to be herself, to vent her anger, to be understood. When she was young and angry, she found a guitar, and she found metal, and it healed her. It is genuinely one of the best books I’ve ever read and I’m forcing everyone to read it. Then I read We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix and it was almost like the perfect cherry on top of me evolving into my 30 (almost 31 year old) self. But to me it was like I forgot what music felt like. It made me feel less alone, it made me feel understood.Īnd that’s the power of music right? This isn’t a news flash. Not to say I wasn’t alive before, movies and books gave me everything I needed, but listening to this music again made me feel powerful. I felt myself come alive again in a certain way that I hadn’t in a long time. I started listening to them constantly, and then that led to me remembering other bands from my teen years that meant a lot to me and I started listening to them.

Then last year one of my favorite bands got back together and played a show and my brain exploded. Instead I just watched more movies, and read more books, and found myself there instead. But around my 20th year on this earth I just moved on from music. I lost myself in angsty lyrics and I’d go to shows and make friends and my bangs covered my left eye so much I still can’t see well out of it.

We sold our souls book