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Aaron's Biography




The Basics


Name:
Aaron Lewis...
I read that Aaron means enlightened; to sing...
just thought that was cool...

Occupation:
Lead Singer of Staind

Age:
32

Birth Date:
April 13, 1972

Birth Place:
Springfield, Vermont

Parents:
Ted and Sondra



Siblings:
2 sisters named Evyette & Rachel and a brother named Jesse

Marital Status:
Married to Vanessa.
 

  • "She's an amazing person...I can tell anything to.  
I've told her everything that's happened to me, and
she hasn't felt any differently about me."    

  • "I never wanted [a family] until I met my wife
and wanted her to be the mother of my kids."

Children:

2 daughters. Zoe Jane Lewis was born on April 5th, 2002.
Nayla Rae Lewis was born on June 9th, 2005 at around 4 am. 
She was 7lbs 14 oz. 


Tattoo's:

One on left arm (tribal design),
Two on right arm,
one on his right wrist which is an insignia of Staind, 
one on the back of his neck that says Zoe,
and one that I don't know about...altogether 6

Equipment:
"Shure Bros. Microphones w/Sensophonic in ear Monitors, 
and plays Yairi/Gibson Acoustic Guitars through Rivera Amps and Cabs, 
w/ Elixir Gore Strings" - dysfunction

Message to Fans:
"I hope you realize that just because I tend to hide from you sometimes, 
you don't mean any less to me.  
You are everything to me, you're the reason we're here.  
I just have a hard time dealing with adoration.  
It's not something I've dealt with in my life."



Some Facts




  • Likes fishing, golfing, riding his mini-dirt bike and hunting


  • Moved to new hampshire in 1980 and eventually returned to Springfield

  • When he was very young, Lewis' parents played in a folk band, and 
he quickly became a fan of artists such as James Taylor, Harry Chapin, 
and Crosby, Stills and Nash. 

  • His parents divorced when he was 13 years old

  • Lewis had moved to Atlanta to attend goldsmith school, 
figuring that if music didn't work out he'd go into the jewelry business 
run by his mother's family. 

  • Worked as a part time chef in Atlanta

  • Describes himself as laid back and somewhat of a procrastinator






Some Quotes




  • "Never in my music have I pretended that things were all right. 
I might have done that in life, just to get through. But in my songs, I've 
always been very candid and straightforward with what I had to say." 

  • "I'm not a very good conversationalist" 

  • "The hardest thing in life to do is to figure out who you are and if you...
ever accomplish figuring out exactly who you are, 
you can't take it for granted, I went through a lot of therapy 
to get to where I am now and to how I think about things and how 
I perceive things and a lot of it is talking about it."

  • "I was the kid who, if he got picked on, would run home crying. 
Even my friends - I would be the brunt of their jokes. 
People liked the reactions they got out of me. 
And I always gave them a reaction." 

  • "There wasn't the feeling of a tight-knit family. My grandfather died, 
and his whole side of the family may as well have died with him, 
because we were basically disowned. To have half of my family 
disappear left me with a lot of abandonment issues." 

  • "I was in chorus throughout high school and it helped a lot. 
I really learned how to use my voice to its full potential..."

  • Performing: "It's an undescribable feeling thats just the most amazing 
feeling in the world.  It makes you want to smile, it makes you want to cry.  
I don't know.  It's just like.  It's unexplainable."





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