Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the first show as Halestorm. August 9th, 1997. It was just lil bro @arejayhale and I at the time. We entered ourselves in the Schuylkill County talent show at the fair grounds. We named the band Halestorm on the way to the gig, and stepped nervously on stage...well, I was nervous, I don’t think Arejay has ever been nervous in his life! Armed with a Casio keyboard and a Frankensteined kit Arj had put together, half Sunlite kit, half vintage Ludwig, we played our original 5 min opus “Love Is Power”, it was the first song we’d ever written together, in lieu of a bridge to the song we put a drum solo in the middle. We were shaking with excitement after our performance, and to our surprise we even took home the 3rd place trophy! On the ride home and all throughout our family dinner that night. Lil bro and I planned our mission. 8/9/97 changed our lives forever. And so began our now 25 year journey. Happy Anniversary lil bro!