The Casket Lottery

The Casket Lottery is a three-piece indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. The band started in 1997 as a side-project of the Kansas City hardcore band Coalesce. The band has toured across the United States numerous times (with Reflector, Small Brown Bike, Rocky Votolato, Proudentall, and Limbeck among others), as well as released a healthy amount of records. The band is currently (mid-2006) on hiatus, as singer Nathan Ellis works on a record and plays shows with his new bands Jackie Carol and Able Baker Fox, and drummer Nathan "Junior" Richardson joined Appleseed Cast, completing several tours as well as recording on their album "Peregrine." He has subsequently quit The Appleseed Cast. Both Nathans are members of the reformed Coalesce. The band's future is unknown, but they refuse to classify The Casket Lottery as "broken up".

Members

*Nathan Ellis (Guitar, Vocals)
*Stacy Hilt (Bass, Vocals)
*Nathan Richardson (Drums)

Discography

EPs and split records

*"Cassette Demo" - 1998
*"Dot Dot Dash Something Or Other Dot" EP - 1999 on Status Records
*"The Casket Lottery/Reflector Split" - 1999 on Undecided Records
*"The Casket Lottery/Waxwing Split" - 2000 on Second Nature Recordings
*"Lost at Sea" 7" - 2000 on Status Records
*"Blessed/Cursed" EP - 2000 on Second Nature Recordings
*"The Casket Lottery/Small Brown Bike Split" - 2002 on Second Nature Recordings
*"The Casket Lottery/Hot Water Music Split" - 2002 on Second Nature Recordings
*"Smoke and Mirrors" EP - 2003 on Second Nature Recordings

Full Albums

*"Chooze Bronze" - 1999 on Second Nature Recordings
*"Moving Mountains" - 2000 on Second Nature Recordings
*"Survival Is For Cowards" - 2002 on Second Nature Recordings
*"Possiblies and Maybes" - 2003 on Second Nature Recordings

External links

* [http://www.secondnaturerecordings.com Second Nature Recordings]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jackiecarol Nathan Ellis' new project, Jackie Carol]
* [http://www.theappleseedcast.com Nathan "Junior" Richardson's new band, The Appleseed Cast]