We Came As Romans’ Joshua Moore still recalls telling his parents 20 years ago that he and roommate Andy Glass, a fellow Troy Athens High School alumnus, were dropping out of Oakland University in order to devote full time to the group.

“Back then, we weren’t signed (to a record label) yet or anything. We didn’t even have our EP that led us to get signed,” the guitarist remembers. “So that was not an easy sell of: ‘Hey guys, I’m not going to college anymore. I’m going to play shows in a VFW Hall to 17 people.’ I don’t think those are really the words that parents want to hear from their kids, y’know?

“But we were so, just, enamored with this idea of making heavy music. It was a … get off the pot moment of: ‘Alright, let’s put everything we have into it right now, and if it doesn’t go any

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