The Almost
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The Almost performing in Sydney, Australia in 2011. From left to right, Dusty Redmon, Joe Musten, and Aaron Gillespie.
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| Origin | Clearwater, Florida, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2005–2015 |
| Labels | Virgin, Tooth & Nail |
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| Website | thealmost |
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The Almost was an American Christian rock band from Clearwater, Florida, best known for being fronted by Underoath drummer and vocalist Aaron Gillespie. Formed in 2005, the band's current lineup consists of Gillespie on vocals, lead guitarist Dusty Redmon, rhythm guitarist Jay Vilardi, bassist Jon Thompson, and drummer Joe Musten. The band has released three albums and two EPs on Tooth & Nail Records, with 2009's Monster Monster peaking at No. 67 on the Billboard 200 and the most recent Fear Inside Our Bones released June 2013.
There is no definitive date as to when Aaron Gillespie started the Almost. He made a Myspace for the Almost on October 1, 2005 before he had released any of the songs to the public.
On October 4, 2005, he released two of his songs which were the demos for "I Mostly Like to Copy Other People" and "They Say You Can Never Write I Told You So in a Song But Here I Go".
Aaron worked with Kenny Vasoli to record a song called "Yule Be Sorry" for Happy Christmas Volume 4 on Tooth & Nail Records. It was in stores on October 25, 2005.
Gillespie wrote all of the songs himself while recording Define the Great Line with Underoath.
In 2007, the band embarked on Paramore's headlining tour, RIOT!, alongside The Starting Line and Set Your Goals (who played for the first half of the tour.)
In addition, according to their MySpace, the Almost went on tour with Emery, Envy On The Coast, Army of Me for all of June and parts of July. In May they also released the B-side song 'Hold On', which was originally only available as a bonus track on iTunes.
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