Even after he started rocking with A Life Once Lost, screamer, Robert Meadows, says he was still lost. But recently he reevaluated his priorities and rediscovered why he started screaming into a mike in the first place. And he wants to share with all the bands he feels are as adrift as he once was:
There's something that's really been bothering me recently about a lot of the bands I have booked, seen or played with. I feel like people are turning into products. Instead of playing shows for the spirit and love of music, they are performing without souls and basically existing to sell merchandise. And I feel like the infection is spreading.
To all of these lost musicians, I say step aside and reinvent the feeling that brought you here in the first place. Let the kids see, feel and hear it all through the music and lyrics. We are the influences and the idols and the heroes and the study hall daydreams for the same kinds of kids that we once were. What you do, wear and say influences them the same way your favorite bands once inspired you. In past, I have been just as guilty as those I chastise, but I learned the error of my ways and decided to make the change. I will take my role as an influence on these kids.
I’m not sure what else to say to everyone, and, at times, it still seems like I am wasting away into the routine of “normal life.” But even when these moments arrive, I still know that I have seen and traveled all of North America, written and recorded five records, played hundreds of shows, and met and befriended countless people. And I'm not about to stop.
Here's evidence of Meadows' dedication -- the video for A Life Once Lost's "Firewater Joyride":
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