Allen Neuendorf:  

Tell my story it says.. humm well wouldn¿t my story be yours? Well first off I never graduated from Orange park High school but I did attend here as well as OP Middle from 1983-86 (ish). Foggy memory excuse me it¿s been awhile. =o) Anyways here is my recount: Back then you had 3 schools of kids. You had the stoners and these cats hung out at the wall, smoked cigs and talked about the upcoming bands. Then you had the Hicks, these fellas drove the big trucks worked in shop class and were big on drinking and football games and finally there were the jocks. Also big into the football games and where they were going for college. Somewhere in between a lot of other people fell like the new wave flock of Seagull fans and the Duran Duran crews but for the most part they were not really the main stock of kids at Op. As I recount this please don¿t get offend by the remarks as I¿m not trying to offend but recount only. I remember Mr.Jennings class and all the ¿bad¿ kids like Mike Sheehan, Mike Douglas, myself and a few others I hardly recall sitting in class looking up at the Van Halen posters and wishing all our classes could be like this one. In this time period Judas Priest, Ozzy, Grim Reaper, Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Dio, and many other sounds came from the kids that hung out at the wall as we recounted how last night we smoked some and fell into a bliss listening to the sounds of our favorite heavy metal bands.. (devil sign to the crew) but those days also had there own inherent problems like any other ones. Dealing with parents, isolation from the norms and a lack of true caring that set the wall headbangers apart from the majority. Doug Norlander was great on guitar and joined forces with Al and then several others I hardly r...Expand for more