Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.

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He is the executive producer of the band LostAlone's second album I'm a UFO in This City and the writer of the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.