Will921

When I first listened to MTM, it was indeed "different", I was still a teen around that time, so I didn't really "gather" what LP was trying to go for. But, as an adult now in his late 20's, I have to say the album makes A LOT more sense to me than it ever did. From the very first song, Wake to TLTGYA, I feel it tells a story of a person transforming themselves from their "older" self, into a newer version, "seeing the light" so to speak. Wake = Awoken Given Up = Gave Up on the old ways, sick of it. LOATR = Saying goodbye to the old self Bleed It Out = Talks about death a lot and being buried Shadow = Leaving, avoiding the doom. The sun will set for you, if you want... What I've Done = Remembering all the bad done and fixing it No More Sorrow = Politics, how hypocritical they are (And continue to be) Valentine's Day = Someone being laid to rest, don't know what to do with oneself. In Between = Sorry for what you are hearing hurts you. In Pieces = You told me to move on. TLTGYA = No one wants to help. The album, is completely about change of oneself. At least the way I see it. ATS is a whole different monster, and growing up, has become my favorite album to how deep it is. After HT and Meteora, i feel LP were trying to get a message forward. That went into a complete 360 with OML though.

I can say the tape has at least a $1k value at most. I don't see the numbers being more than 20~ in circulation if that's the case. I (woco21) had my tape up for $1.5k signed a few years back, but no bites. When Chester passed, I was getting $2k offers because its the only signed copy that I know of. The one on top is me lol. It was at the 6th LPU Summit, that I met the band and went berzerk with getting items signed. I got the following signed: Baby Xero Tape Signed by the rest of the band members (Mike, Joe, Rob, Brad, Phoenix), sold it to a collector in the UK. Tasty Snax Tape (Was Sealed, opened for the occasion) Phoenix was pretty excited to see the tape, he called Mark Fiore to sign it also lol. This tape now belongs to BPERCY. Sean Dowdell & His Friends Tape: Chester was so chill when he saw me, then I pulled the cassette out and he was like "WOAH! where'd you find this dude?!" xD. Due to the circumstances, I decided to keep the SD&HF Tape as a memento to that day. I met one of my biggest inspirations in music and hope to keep it with me for a LONG time. It was a nice moment overall for me, as I traveled about 6 hours to see the guys.