How Kerrang and Wil Francis ruined my life
I can't quite remember the first time I saw Wil Francis and Aiden in Kerrang Magazine. It was a few years back. I know it was round about the time I first started buying it regularly. It was actually Green Day that hooked me in to reading the mag regularly when they graced the cover in January 2005. I had recently re-discovered my love of that band and wanted to reconnect with that world I guess.
Still, I was reading regularly and this moody, grainy, black and white image of Wil Francis appeared in the pages. I don't even know who the photographer was, but the moodiness of the shot was amazing. Everything, from the cigarette to his clothes, his hair and his tattoos just drew my eye. I had already got into Aiden for their music, but for some reason this shot just drew me in even further. I can't really explain the way I felt looking at that picture.
Well a couple of years down the line and we get to the way Kerrang ruined my life. Already an avid reader I turned the pages only to discover The Dead Lay Waiting in the 'Introducing' section. They looked amazing so I immediately looked them up and never looked back. Of course it took a little while for me to be able to become involved with them as they always seemed to be playing when I couldn't make their shows for whatever reason so it wasn't until I saw them with Fearless Vampire Killers some years later that I met Luke (more of which - FVK - later). Luke was immediately so nice to me and made me feel like I belonged, like I was part of a family. More to the point he had seen my tumblr blog and loved it. That made me feel good. Time went on and I got to know him better and now I run his street team. It is a full time job in itself sometimes and yet I find it incredibly rewarding.
Going to Wil Francis, he became William Control. This happened just when I needed it to. His music got me out of a terrible relationship and for a couple of years I had to owe that to him. I saw him live in 2010 and again in 2012 when I first got to see FVK live. That is when he ruined my life. It was love at first sound I suppose and that band occupied a lot of my waking time. I have always loved them from that moment and when I found out they were playing with TDLW I couldn't be happier.
Both bands have occupied too much of my time though and that is why I say they ruined my life.
Still, I was reading regularly and this moody, grainy, black and white image of Wil Francis appeared in the pages. I don't even know who the photographer was, but the moodiness of the shot was amazing. Everything, from the cigarette to his clothes, his hair and his tattoos just drew my eye. I had already got into Aiden for their music, but for some reason this shot just drew me in even further. I can't really explain the way I felt looking at that picture.
Well a couple of years down the line and we get to the way Kerrang ruined my life. Already an avid reader I turned the pages only to discover The Dead Lay Waiting in the 'Introducing' section. They looked amazing so I immediately looked them up and never looked back. Of course it took a little while for me to be able to become involved with them as they always seemed to be playing when I couldn't make their shows for whatever reason so it wasn't until I saw them with Fearless Vampire Killers some years later that I met Luke (more of which - FVK - later). Luke was immediately so nice to me and made me feel like I belonged, like I was part of a family. More to the point he had seen my tumblr blog and loved it. That made me feel good. Time went on and I got to know him better and now I run his street team. It is a full time job in itself sometimes and yet I find it incredibly rewarding.
Going to Wil Francis, he became William Control. This happened just when I needed it to. His music got me out of a terrible relationship and for a couple of years I had to owe that to him. I saw him live in 2010 and again in 2012 when I first got to see FVK live. That is when he ruined my life. It was love at first sound I suppose and that band occupied a lot of my waking time. I have always loved them from that moment and when I found out they were playing with TDLW I couldn't be happier.
Both bands have occupied too much of my time though and that is why I say they ruined my life.
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