Editing Underoath (section)

=== Formation and ''Act of Depression'' (1997–2000) ===
{{Main article|Act of Depression}}
On November 30, 1997,<ref name="Underoath Biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.mp3.com/artist/underoath/summary/ |title=Underoath Biography |publisher=MP3.com |date=February 22, 2009 |access-date=February 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207203958/http://www.mp3.com/artist/underoath/summary/ |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Underoath formed with [[Dallas Taylor (vocalist)|Dallas Taylor]] and guitarist Luke Morton in [[Ocala, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://media.altpress.com/specials/podcasts/AP_Podcast_8_UNDEROATH-1.m4a?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110175950/http://media.altpress.com/specials/podcasts/AP_Podcast_8_UNDEROATH-1.m4a|url-status=dead|title=Alternative Press Podcast – UnderOATH Interview|archive-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> Morton devised the name Underoath "from somewhere in the [[Bible]]."<ref name="Driven"/> Drummer [[Aaron Gillespie]], who attended Morton's church, was then 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]].<ref name="Euro">{{cite interview| subject= Chamberlain, Spencer| subject2= Gillespie, Aaron| title= Interview With Underoath| work= Europunk.net| date= July 17, 2006| url= http://www.europunk.net/interviews/174| access-date= January 28, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090212191636/http://www.europunk.net/interviews/174| archive-date= February 12, 2009}}</ref>

After a year of playing at festivals and touring the area around Florida, Underoath signed to [[Alabama]]'s [[Takehold Records]] in 1999. Around this time Luke Morton had left the band without appearing on any of their formal recordings.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} They released their debut ''[[Act of Depression]]'' that July, and it sold over 2,000 copies.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web| last= J. Downey| first= Ryan| title= Underoath Biography| website= [[AllMusic]]| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p521422|pure_url=yes}}| access-date= January 12, 2008}}</ref>