How Underoath Got Signed To Alabama's Takehold Records in 1999
In 1998, Underoath formed with vocalist Dallas Taylor and guitarist Luke Morton in Taylor’s bedroom in Ocala, Florida. Morton devised the name Underoath from somewhere in the Bible. Drummer Aaron Gillespie, who attended Morton’s church, was asked to play with them. Gillespie agreed, and the group recruited guitarist Corey Steger and bassist Octavio Fernandez; the band members were all in high school.