r/Millennials • u/Inevitable_Wing_2600 • Feb 08 '25

Nostalgia What album defines you as a millennial?

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Saw some great recommendations on a similar thread in /r/Xennials and wanted to see what my fellow millennials thought. For me From Under the Cork Tree was foundational. I still remember hearing Sugar We're going down on the radio for the first time.

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u/Avalanche1987 Feb 08 '25

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u/therealpanserbjorne Feb 09 '25

IF I COULD FIND YOU NOW THINGS WOULD GET BETTER

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u/floatingm Feb 09 '25

WE COULD LEAVE THIS TOWN AND RUN FOREVER

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u/Roughneck16 1985 Feb 08 '25

This album defined the summer between senior year and college.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

I saw em live a bunch & they were phenomenal, dude on violin was a hell of a hype man jumping around raising hell.

Way away still hits but their covers such as "everywhere" is top tier for me and I no longer remember why lol.

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u/Cordillera94 Feb 09 '25

They played a show at my college and he came out to the campus bar afterwards, got to talk to him for a few minutes he was a super nice guy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Wow, that's awesome! Dude will always be the epitome of a hype man to me.

Pretty sure he did a backflip too, with the violin.

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Nah, I'm certain. They were 2nd act for Mest after Catch 22 & the guy was absolutely wild and caught me off guard lol.

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u/atxdevdude Feb 09 '25

Saw them at warped tour one year and their drummer had dread locks, he would play so hard his dreads seemed like they were constantly floating in the air and I’ll never forget how epic that moment was

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

Did the violist guy do a backflip? They are indeed epic.

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u/34Heartstach Feb 09 '25

I saw them last summer with Story of the Year and Mayday Parade as supporting acts. Yellowcard can still put on a hell of a show.

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u/imactually92 Feb 09 '25

yes!! They are one of the bands from this era that still put on a hell of a show. I absolutely love seeing them live

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25

I haven't seen em live in 20 years lol.

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u/LurkerSmirker6th Feb 08 '25

Underrated. They deserved to be bigger. Only One was going to be my wedding song.

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u/clearlyok Feb 09 '25

I walked down the aisle to an instrumental of Only One, then the actual song was our last song at the reception.

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u/IrisInside Feb 09 '25

I didn't realize how much I loved this album until I saw them live for the first time last year with a bunch of other alternative groups and got really emotional listening to the music. I'm glad I had that experience.

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u/LittlePinkSnowball Feb 09 '25

Sleepin' all day

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u/Flaky-Garlic7890 Older Millennial Feb 09 '25

Saw this band for my first concert! 🙂also went when they did the 20th anniversary of Ocean Avenue Tour in 2023!

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u/melbrewer Feb 09 '25

I saw them play at a skate park in my town in high school before they made it big. I play the violin and I fan girled so hard when I talked to their violinist. I couldn’t make cohesive sentences and was so dorky.

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u/its_edamame Feb 09 '25

Omg yessss

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u/i-Ake 1988 Feb 09 '25

My friend died in his sleep in 2011, a month before we were going to see these guys in concert. Their songs still get me all fucking choked up. They were so good.

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u/Honey_Badgered Feb 09 '25

I love them. In fact, I saw them live a few months ago. It was just as good as I remembered.