Aaron Roderick Gillespie, born on July 18, 1983 in Clearwater, Florida has been keeping himself busy. He grew up in a devout Christian family, attended private schools and went to church regularly. 

Gillespie is the Drummer and backing vocals for Underoath. Gillespie has performed on every Underoath release and first began to add clean vocals on Underoath’s third album The Changing of Times, which shifted Underoath’s general music style into a more straightforward metalcore sound and was released in 2002. Most of the album They’re Only Chasing Safety is solely written by Gillespie and is about him ending a four year relationship. He stated to Alternative Press “I think I would’ve died if we didn’t write those songs. I thought I had ruined someone’s life. It’s hard to explain, but you can’t just pretend that things are great and go on and get married,”. The follow-up to They’re Only Chasing Safety, Define the Great Line was released on June 20, 2006, it was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 11, 2006, representing 500,000 shipped units of the album.

Gillespie also works on his side project, christian alternative The Almost. The band’s debut album Southern Weather was released on April 3, 2007 along with their first single, “Say This Sooner”. The single reached a peak of #7 on the Billboard’s US Modern Rock Charts. Gillespie recorded every instrument on the Southern Weather album except for bass on a couple of tracks, with which Kenny Vasoli from The Starting Line helped. Gillespie continues to tour with both Underoath and The Almost. On November 24, 2008, The Almost released an EP entitled No Gift to Bring.  On November 3, 2009 The Almost released their sophomore record Monster Monster, in which the rest of the band mates were more incorporated in the recording process.

As you can see Aaron Gillespie has been keeping himself very busy. While touring the world one of the biggest names in the music industry these days Underoath, it’s a wonder how he can find any downtime in his life to do other things. Alongside the Underoath touring he has also found the time to front his side project The Almost. It’s a wonder he can get anything else done.

Well i have some news for you. If you are a fan of both Underoath and The Almost, Aaron has a treat for you. It has recently come to my attention through the wonderful tool of TWITTER that Aaron Gillespie is now offering drum lessons. If you are a drummer and a fan, I thuroughly suggest you jump on this opportunity while it lasts.