- Roper (band)
Infobox musical artist |
Name = Roper
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Genre =Christian rock
Years_active = 2004 - 2005
Label =Five Minute Walk
Associated_acts =Five Iron Frenzy ,Guerilla Rodeo ,Brave Saint Saturn
Past_members =Reese Roper
Jonathan Byrnside
Matt "Emo" Emmett
Jonathan Till
Nick White Stephen TillRoper was a Christian
pop-punk band formed inDenver, Colorado . The band consisted ofReese Roper (former lead singer ofFive Iron Frenzy ) on lead vocals, Jonathan Byrnside on lead guitar, Jonathan Till on bass, Matt Emmett on rhythm guitar, and Nick White on drums.Background
Roper's
debut album , "Brace Yourself for the Mediocre ", was produced before the band was officially together and released onFive Minute Walk Records . All songs on the album with the exception of "Day of Pigs" and "You're Still The One" were written by Reese Roper,Masaki Liu , andEthan Luck . Because of the incomplete state of the band at the time of the album's release, the only official member appearing on the CD is Reese Roper. As a result, the album features many additional musicians such asFrank Lenz (drums),Elijah Thomson (bass), Phil Bennett (organ), Bob Schiveley (guitar), Masaki Liu (guitar), Jason White (additional drums), Ethan Luck (guitar), and many additional vocalists. Some of the songs on the album were originally written for Reese's short-lived band with Sonnie Johnson fromFive Iron Frenzy and Ethan Luck fromThe O.C. Supertones calledGuerilla Rodeo . [cite web|last = McDonald|first = David|title = Exclusive Interview with Roper|publisher = Music Refuge| date = 2004-10-25|url = http://www.musicrefuge.com/index.php?go=interviews&i_id=29|accessdate = 2004-10-21] One of the online forums spawned by this group is the Roper Board in which many fans of both Roper and Reese's previous band Five Iron Frenzy congregate.Roper has issued a statement regarding the status of the band:
Members
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Reese Roper –vocals andsynthesizer
*Jonathan Byrnside –guitar
*Matt "Emo" Emmett – guitar
*Johnathan Till –bass guitar
*Nick White –drum sFormer
*Stephen Till – guitar
Discography
References
External links
* [http://www.roperisdumb.com/ Official website] (Shut Down)
* [http://www.myspace.com/roper Official MySpace]
* [http://www.purevolume.com/roper Official Purevolume]
* [http://www.5minutewalk.com/ 5 Minute Walk]
* [http://www.freakmusic.com/roper.html Concert review] from 2004
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