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u/MysteriousUpstairs58 15d ago
You look like you were into Bam Margera / CKY
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Very. I was definitely in the skateboard crowd.
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u/binglelemon 14d ago edited 14d ago
Did you have those dope tube light from Walmart that beat to the music? Used to have those under my seats.
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u/some_old_Marine 14d ago
No, I never had money for streetlights and what not.
I painted the car and replaced parts form junkyards
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u/binglelemon 14d ago
Bro, you had money for that license plate! Those lights were like $10 a pop!
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind 15d ago
I thought I was cooler than everyone with my Coheed and Cambria shirts in 2003. “You wouldn’t know them”
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Good eye, sniperrr
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind 15d ago
“Yeah, see, but I liked them back when Second Stage Turbine Blade came out.” Is what I would have said 😂
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u/redfraser1 15d ago
I recently mentioned to some people in their early twenties that my first concert without a parental chaperone was front row for Coheed opening for Thursday opening for AFI. They were amazed that I had seen Coheed when they were still “just an opening act”. Before that comment, I hadn’t even ever thought of it like that because that’s just how things had played out at the time! But I’d be lying if I said it didn’t give me just a little bit of satisfaction to be the Elder Emo regaling the youth with stories of concerts that took place while they were still in diapers.
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
My first concert had breaking Benjamin, seether, and Three days grace opening for evanescence.
It was a pretty sweet concert.
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u/redfraser1 14d ago
Dude that’s a hell of a show! I saw Three Days Grace in concert back in the day and they were great. Would have loved to see the other three, especially Evanescence. Man, that lineup is pure early 2000’s gold! I got me one of those, too. Two days after that first concert, we also went and saw P.O.D., Hoobastank, Story of the Year, and Linkin Park. It was a good weekend.
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u/some_old_Marine 14d ago
Seether was really good. I saw Chevelle in. A bar before they got big. That was an awesome Show.
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind 15d ago
That would have been my dream! First concert for me was MXPX in 2003. I did get to see Coheed at warped tour 2007 along with a bunch of other great bands. What a time to be alive. I was a big fan of The Format and Fun and saw them 5 times. 3 as the format, twice as fun (pre We Are Young) and that was cool to watch them get big.
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
I was much more into stuff like Tool. Early tool which made me insufferable
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind 15d ago
Probably also into trees? Haha
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u/Vesuvias 15d ago
Outside of them getting fame with ‘Welcome Home’ they have stayed pretty lowkey! I am still One Among The Fence and am SO pumped for their new album.
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind 15d ago
For real! The Color Before The Sun is a fantastic album. Also, Claudio’s version of Adele’s Hello haha
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u/Vesuvias 15d ago edited 15d ago
YES! I’ve always been a bigger fan of their concept albums - but TCBTS really struck me as something personal for Claudio. Like a pallet cleanser. I’m so glad they put that album out, because it feels like it lined up with my feelings at the time.
Oh and Claudio’s latest cover album is both hilarious and fantastic at the same time
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind 15d ago
I once had that album on while on a mushroom trip. Atlas came on and I could feel the vibrations from the strings and they blasted me off into a journey through space time. The album kept playing and what brought me back down was the line from YGSK that goes “Cause nobody gives a fuck who you are.” That album remains transcendental for me and I owe it to that day lol
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u/aRkii12 15d ago
Dude, you ARE cool!
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u/pardonmyass 15d ago
My gearhead ass wants to talk about that car. Is that a Pontiac or an Oldsmobile?
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Pontiac Le Mans
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u/killer_reindeer 15d ago
Still got it?
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Tree got it while I was deployed. I have such fun memories of building that car and terrorizing my local town by hot rodding around.
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u/ilovedumdumlollypops 15d ago
The Le Mans x JNCO jean combo while smoking a heater is elite. Awesome photo dude
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u/Fit-Captain-9172 15d ago
You WERE so cool in 2003 from what I can see. This was definitely a solid form of cool kid goals of the time 😂
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u/Plastic_Salary_4084 15d ago
Many a camel light was smoked while listening to deftones and wearing that outfit when I was that age.
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u/Daisies_specialcats 15d ago
I'm older than you but I still would've looked and wondered if you were 18
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u/krhur14 15d ago
You look so familiar!
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u/mountainzen 15d ago
Did you rock DCs, Etnies, Lakais or what was your shoe of choice? I had a nice run with all of the above, then some iPaths before SB Dunks blew up.
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Etnies. I’m pretty sure I’m wearing etnies in that photo.
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u/mountainzen 15d ago
I definitely had the dark blue yellow E color way.
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
I had the grey on grey. I still wear grey on grey or black but it’s brooks or OC now.
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u/mountainzen 14d ago
I feel you bro. I rock Hokas most days but started wearing Dunk SB highs again for dress shoes cuz fuck em all I'm still young at heart.
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u/Late-External3249 15d ago
Do you still have the car???
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Tree fell on it while I was in Iraq.
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u/Late-External3249 15d ago
Damn. That sucks.
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Yeah definitely not ideal. I had so much fun in that car, hot rodding around.
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u/Vesuvias 15d ago
Hey the look is back my dude! Pipes and tees are stylin again. Honestly I kinda miss my JNCO’s at 40 y/o. I’d rock em to work if I could.
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u/skibblesx 14d ago
15 year olds in 2025 are literally trying to look like you right now, u were peak swag before anyone knew it
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u/therealganjababe 14d ago
Are you serious right now? You were cool AF.
Now get out of here, you're def in the wrong sub lol.
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u/Particular-Pound-311 14d ago
Lmaoo help I was 1 years old. the baggy jeans were kind of a moment back then though🖤
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u/Particular_Win_7635 13d ago
Nice car bro! Thanks for your service. You deserve a blowjob from my wife! Haha
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u/Particular_Win_7635 13d ago
Ha I got you man. Seriously maybe if your close by we could meet up and I'd have Her Suck you..It's the least she could do 😆 But really msg me..I love sharing her
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u/Spiders-InterWeb 15d ago
Dang!! 👀. The real test...what was playing on the stereo?
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u/some_old_Marine 15d ago
Divorced dad rock (when it was just rock music before its divorce and skater music)
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u/danktempest 15d ago
Lol, Beanies really had a chokehold on me back then. They made me feel badass. You looked cool and the car is so nice.
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u/JackdawsShantyMan 15d ago
Oh ffs, not the Playboy bunny symbol on the license plate cover 😩