“My earliest memory of my first introduction to music was my father blasting The Beatles’ Rubber Soul in our living room. My brother and I would dance around and sing along to “Drive My Car.” My father’s love for The Beatles, The Doors, The Dave Clark Five, and Herman’s Hermits would be passed on to my brother and me in the form of punk rock, hardcore, and hip-hop.”
“Growing up, my father used to frequent a record store called Wow! Music in the Hudson Mall, in Jersey City, NJ. He would always randomly browse and pick up any record that MIGHT seem like he would enjoy. I wouldn’t understand until later in life the satisfaction he would get watching his collection grow every week. It’s something that to this day, my brother and I would bond over with him.
Having an older brother who started DJing in the pre-Serato era made a huge impression on me when it came to hunting, purchasing, and collecting music. Browsing the used vinyl section and the $1–$5 crates of old records at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ, and Jack’s Music Shoppe in Red Bank, NJ not only became a hobby, but an obsession.
Finding, what possibly could have been an original vinyl pressing of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Michael Jackson’s Thriller for $1 was a feeling like no other. My weekly trips to these record stores for CDs became weekly trips for vinyl records, of all genres. Re-purchasing my favorite albums growing up, like Rancid’s …And Out Come the Wolves, The Beatles’ Abbey Road, and Nas’ Illmatic on vinyl takes me back to the excitement I had when I first purchased it.
While on the road, I always try to make time for myself and head over to a record store and pick a few records up. It’s really cool to be able to visit a world-renowned record store like Amoeba Records in LA, or a local favorite like Bill’s Records in Dallas, TX.
When the opportunity came for us to release our first EP on 7”, it was something we hopped on immediately. The thought that the excitement I have every time I purchase, open, and listen to a vinyl record for the first time can possibly be experienced by someone else with our own music is something that I will always keep close to me.”
—Julian Dimagiba
Young Rising Sons’ latest single “Whiskey” is in stores now.
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