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From: Park Ridge, NJ

Favorite album: I love the fact that Green Day’s “Revolution Radio,” Thrice’s “To Be Everywhere is To Be Nowhere,” and Strung Out’s “Transmission.Alpha.Delta” are all recent albums that show the versatility and adaptability of punk rock music to continue to evolve and stay relevant in the music culture.

Favorite childhood movie: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Something not many people know about you: I know the full dance to N’Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye.” (And no I don’t want to show you or talk about it).

Favorite book: There’s not a lot of down time around here to read, but I did have to opportunity recently to get through King of an Empire to the Shoes of a Misfit, by Myke Hideous and I would recommend it to anyone trying to make it in the music business.

Favorite quote: “Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die”.  ~Paul Simon

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From: Pearl River, NY

Favorite album: It would be really hard to pick a favorite, but my first ever cd (I’m dating myself here) was “Smash” by The Offspring. I got it in 5th grade and since it was the only cd I owned, it got a lot of airplay. I know every second of that album by heart.

Favorite childhood movie: When I was a child, I mostly remember reading or being outside in the dirt. So no real favorite movie comes to mind, but my middle name, Anne, was chosen by my sisters from the movie “Annie” (their favorite at the time I was born).

Something not many people know about you: I can’t do a cartwheel for my life. I couldn’t do one as a kid, and it hasn’t gotten much better with time. (Probably because I can barely walk in a straight line.)

Favorite book: I am a crazy book nerd, spending most of my “free time” reading. I especially love Sci-Fi and Famtasy. I’m not sure if I could pick just one book, but I am in complete awe of the author Sarah J. Maas. To have written and accomplished so much, so quickly, and at such a young age, is mind-blowing to me. (And I love her books!)

Favorite quote: “The ranger could cross a rope bridge without handrails, could fire her bow with deadly accuracy atop a charging steed, could scramble up a tree in full chain armor, sword and shield in hand. But she could not, for all of her experience and agility, manage the fancy shoes that [she] had squeezed her feet into.” -R.A. Salvatore

From:  Sterling, VA

Favorite Album:  Continuum by John Mayer

Favorite Childhood Movie:  School of Rock

Something not many people know about you:  My introduction to music was from my parents being in a band together from the time I was a toddler!

Favorite Book:  Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton & James Patterson

Favorite Quote:  “Pretty is as pretty does.”

From:  New York, NY

Favorite Album:  Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

Favorite Childhood Movie:  The Royal Tenenbaums

Something not many people know about you:  I’ve never lost an arm wrestle.

Favorite Book:  Just Kids by Patti Smith

Favorite Quote:  “One who knows, does not speak. One who speaks, does not know.” – Lao Tzu

From: Garnerville, NY

Favorite Album: Define The Great Line – Underoath

Favorite Childhood Movie: Space Jam

What’s something not many people know about you: I’m the epitome of an adrenaline junkie.

Favorite book: Professional Idiot – Steve O’s Autobiography

Favorite quote: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

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From: Potsdam, NY

Favorite album: Wiped Out! by The Neighbourhood

Favorite childhood movie: School of Rock

Something not many people know about you: I was a competitive dancer for 7 years!

Favorite book: Her Name In The Sky by Kelly Quindlen

Favorite quote:  “I don’t appreciate your lack of sarcasm.”  – Louise Belcher

From:Yorktown Heights, NY

Favorite album: No Good Left To Give by Movements

Favorite childhood movie: Rise of the Guardians. And yes, it was because I had a crush on Jack Frost.

Something not many people know about you: I can only snap with my pinkies!

Favorite book: Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Favorite quote: “If life ain’t just a joke, then why are we laughing?” – My Chemical Romance, Dead!

From: Asbury Park, NJ

Favorite Album: A Flair for the Dramatic – Pierce the Veil

Favorite Childhood Movie: Over the Hedge

What’s something not many people know about you: I played ice hockey in high school.

Favorite Book: Pictures of Hollis Woods – Patricia Reilly Giff

Favorite Quote: “If I’m sure of only one thing, it’s that I shouldn’t be” – Anthony Green

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From: Bergen County, NJ

Favorite Album: Dream Theatre “Awake”

Favorite Childhood Movie: Point Break (original)

What’s something not many people know about you: I ride BMX park…adrenaline junky.

Favorite Book: Cat in the Hat

Favorite Quote: “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

From: Montgomery, NY

Favorite album: Songs in the Attic by Billy Joel

Favorite childhood movie: The Goonies

Something not many people know about you: No one knows I love coin collecting/vintage BMX bikes/metal detecting.

Favorite book: I’ve read two books in my life.  Huckleberry Finn and 20,000 Leagues Und the Sea.  Out of those two I liked Huckleberry Finn.  Lol.

Favorite quote: “My liiiiiiiiiifffffeee”

From: Garwood, NJ

Favorite album: The Alchemy Index by Thrice

Favorite childhood movie: The Lion King / Monsters Inc.

Something not many people know about you: I play bass, guitar, and scream.

Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling.

Favorite quote: “I think, therefore I am.” Rene Descartes

From: New City, NY

Favorite album: One By One by Foo Fighters

Favorite childhood movie: Monsters, Inc.

Something not many people know about you: I have a playlist made up of soundtracks and songs from movies, which is currently 35 hours long and I can tell you what movie each song is from.

Favorite book: Ms. Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

Favorite quote: “I decided the only thing better than being me, was getting paid to be me.” – Wallace Wells

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From: North Carolina

Favorite album: Frank by Amy Winehouse

Favorite childhood movie: Wall-E

Something not many people know about you: My favorite season is Winter… ironically.

Favorite book: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Favorite quote: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

From: Richmond, VA

Favorite album: Rumors – Fleetwood Mac

Favorite childhood movie: The Emperor’s New Groove

Something not many people know about you: I have been trained in all styles of dance since I was 9 years old and now teach dance for a competitive dance team.

Favorite book: Lord of the Flies

Favorite quote: “Spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before” – Lady Gaga

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From: New Windsor NY

Favorite childhood movie: Transformers 

Something not many know about you: I collect vintage concert tees !

Favorite book: The Great Gatsby

Favorite quote: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”- Eleanor Roosevelt

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From: Jamestown, NY

Favorite Album: It’s way too hard to chose, but I think my top 3 most listened to are Forward Motion Godyssey by Post Animal, This One’s For The Losers by Metaphor, and When I Think of You in a Castle by Post Animal.

Favorite Childhood Movie: I loved Shark Boy and Lava Girl

What’s something not many people know about you: As a baby my dad claims that I would not stop screaming and crying in the car unless he put on Led Zeppelin. I feel like that’s gotta be some type of foreshadowing.

Favorite book: I loved Percy Jackson as a kid!

Favorite quote: “All limitations are self-imposed.”

From: New Orleans, Louisiana

Favorite Album: Hard to pick just one, so top 3 would be Channel Orange by Frank Ocean, Toxicity by System Of A Down, and In Utero by Nirvana

Favorite Childhood Movie: The Cat in the Hat

What’s something not many people know about you: I collect the wristbands for every music festival I go to. I probably have about 9.

Favorite Book: Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

Favorite Quote: “I’d rather be hated for who I am, then loved for who I am not.” – Kurt Cobain

From: Westchester, NY

Favorite Album: Currents, Tame Impala

Favorite Childhood Movie: Real Steele

What’s something not many people know about you: I have 50+ cousins

Favorite Book: The Outsiders

Favorite Quote: “No pressure no diamonds.”

From:  San Diego, CA

Favorite Album:  ‘O My Heart by Mother Mother

Favorite Childhood Movie:  Robots

Something not many people know about you:  I have an absurd obsession with the most recent Planet of the Apes franchise, I have seen each movie more times than I can count.

Favorite Book:  You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston

Favorite Quote:  “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

From:  Perkasie, PA

Favorite album:  Frank, Amy Winehouse

Favorite childhood movie:  Alice in Wonderland

Something not many people know about you:  I was a theatre kid and studied classical piano.

Favorite book:  The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Favorite quote: “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer

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From:  Portland, OR

Favorite album:  Death of a Bachelor from Panic! at the Disco or Pink Season from Pink Guy

Favorite childhood movie:  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Something not many people know about you:  I’m a professional cup stacker.

Favorite book:  Francis of the Filth by George “Joji” Miller

Favorite quote:  “No matter how many people you may lose, you have no choice but to go on living, no matter how devastating, the blows maybe” – Tanjiro Kamado