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Talon was especially puood kid, and one of the best druotten into some bad stuff for a while there He had a nature that was easily tempted

I nodded at Talon, s “Yeah, man; let’s do it”

Nate started on the bass, stru the first few measures as we all took in the beat, then Jay and Jereuitar before my brother hit it on the dru uys I’d always been close to, despite the time and distance away from each other, was a sensation words truly couldn't describe

When I caether as one and it sounded as good as it felt Granted, it was different from our old stuff, but despite this, it still remained true to the heart of our sound I could feel everyone’s energy ether even better than when I had i it Soht be like, but at thatwith the band is what it felt like for me

I looked back at rin on his face as he sla around He winked at ht here, that look said

My sy rose Playing was such an adrenaline rush for all of us, not just ers We'd always been in it for the thrill of the music, for the intensity of it, for our shared devotion to the beauty and power of what music could do for the soul You could just see it in theof the bass, in the pounding of the druether — ood this time

“Hell yeah! Owen, you need to write more new stuff That was sick as shit!” Talon announced after the last few thumps and the final cymbal crashes on the drums

“Yeah, well, you ood muse on occasion, little bro,” I winked at him

“Well, I can be a bit a…rin and followed it up with a quick drum roll and a cymbal crash

“Jackass,” Jay snorted, chuckling Aside frouitarists, Jay and Talon were best friends, always on each other’s asses with snarky and idiotic jokes flying back and forth

“Whatever, man, you love my ass Just like the ladies” Talon flipped sweaty strands of hair out of his face, his green eyes gloith et this tour on the road? You said you had our first gig set up in a ht?”