hysteria
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Last published Thu, Jun 6, 2019
/həˈstirēə, həˈsterēə/
noun
exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.
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Cadence Ballard's parents wanted her to go see a psychiatrist, but she argued that her drumming was cheaper than therapy.
Josh Morrison wanted to belt out vocals like James Hetfield and Bruce Dickenson, but his father slash traditionalist vocal coach made him sing like Josh Groban and Frank Sinatra.
Harley Whitaker knew he was going to be rich and famous, but the way to do it was to switch his major to music theory after three years of studying business and project management.
Ali Chambers studied at Harvard Law for a year before deciding to study what she loved, despite her attorney parents' desire for her to follow in their footsteps.
Conrad Larson desperately wanted to play in a band rather than perform a solo on a grand piano, but with his parents against anything 'unsophisticated', he had to suffer alone on center stage.
When all five adults get forced to work on a school project together, they decide to create something that would join them together as friends. Something that would show their families the true meaning of hard rock and metal. Something that would allow them to showcase their hysteria.
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