- Reese Roper
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Name = Reese Roper
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Michael Reese Roper
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Born = birth date and age|1973|6|30Steamboat Springs Colorado cite web |title=Five Iron Frenzy - Putter Mayhem! |publisher= [http://www.freakmusic.com Freak Music] |date=2001-11-02 |url=http://www.freakmusic.com/fif.html |accessdate=2007-02-16]
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Instrument =Keyboards ,Guitar
Genre =Ska
Pop punk
Occupation =Singer ,songwriter
Years_active = 1995–present
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Associated_acts =Five Iron Frenzy
Brave Saint Saturn
RoperGuerilla Rodeo
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Notable_instruments =Michael Reese Roper is the lead singer and chief song writer of the
third-wave ska bandFive Iron Frenzy . After Five Iron Frenzy disbanded in 2003, Reese formed another band, Roper. He is currently workingBrave Saint Saturn 's third album, entitled Anti-Meridian, which has an official release date of September 15, 2008, according to the band's website.Personal Info
Reese Roper is known for his quirky and satirical sense of humor, but his work is also marked with a deep interest in history, politics, and self-awareness. He has been the primary lyricist and vocalist, as well as a key musical contributor, in several bands. He is a graduate of East High School, and the University of Colorado at Denver with a degree in Biology. He is a licensed pastor from the Alliance for Renewal Churches, Mansfield, OH., and the co-founder of the Scum of the Earth Church, in Denver, CO.
Career
Before his ska and rock projects, Reese Roper was in the short-lived, Colorado industrial-metal group Exhumator. Members of that band joined with a larger cast of musicians to form the ska ensemble
Five Iron Frenzy , who in 1996 signed with5 Minute Walk recording studio. During this time Roper became known for his "vocal finesse" and, following the departure of Scott Kerr, the ability to write lyrics with both a "tradition of rediculousness" and to dig into serious issues.cite journal |name=(Unsigned) |year=2000 |month=April / May / June |title=Getting Beyond the Hype |journal=CCM New Music Guide |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=22 |pages=6-8 ] The band was together untilNovember 22 ,2003 , when they played their final show at the Fillmore Auditorium inDenver, Colorado . Roper was both the lead vocalist and primary lyricist.Though the concept of
brave Saint Saturn began in1995 , it was only during the final years of Five Iron Frenzy that Reese formalized the band with bandmates Dennis Culp and Keith Hoerig. bS2 is primarily a studio project, and has been described by Roper as an outlet for songs that didn't fit Five Iron Frenzy's musical style. The band and some fans put forth a new term, "astro-rock", to describe the music of brave Saint Saturn, which is fundamentally rooted in synthesizer-bathed post-punk and haunting ballads.The band also describes themselves as being the "supersonic-philharmonic", in reference to their blending of rock music with classical instruments and synthesizer sounds and beat loops. Their third and final album is set to be released in September, 2008.After Five Iron Frenzy broke up, he was initially slated to lend his vocals and synthesizer skills to a band named,
Guerilla Rodeo which had been engineered by Roper; another FIF alum, Sonnie Johnston; Ethan Luck, from the OC Supertones; and John Warne and Josh Abbott, both from the band Ace Troubleshooter. However, after recording three songs and releasing a self-titled EP with the band, he decided not to join for organizational reasons. Roper instead formed another band of his own. He searched for a "good name" for his band, but eventually settled on "Roper" in an attempt to gain favor with the band's record label, who encouraged the moniker in an attempt to lessen advertising costs. The band Roper released their first album in late 2004, with a team of studio musicians working with Roper to create a high energy blend of post-pop-punk closer in sound to Five Iron Frenzy than brave Saint Saturn.Reese Roper has also published various poetry volumes in small circulation and participated in a poetry tour initiated by Skeleton Key Publishing.
Additionally, Roper has lent his vocals to two tracks of Showbread's 2004 release "
No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical ", and one of their most recent albums "Nervosa" on the song The "Begining", and he has also worked with the band " [http://www.myspace.com/trashoven Trash Oven] ", mastering their EP.Roper is known not only for a bold, Biblically-rooted, faith communicated in his lyrics, but for a generally social-justice approach to Christianity that remains true to key facets of
Reformed /conservative Christianity - in essence, conservative theology with non-partisan politics. He has never publicly affirmed a political viewpoint, but has said in a "HM Magazine"issue editorial that Christians need to abandon blind nationalism and pursue Christ instead. Additionally, the historical abuses of the United States of America and the Christian Church appear frequently in Roper's lyrical work, as well as self-searching for topics of personal depravity. He has also composed many songs that present scathing critiques of unbridled capitalism.cite journal |last=McCreary |first=David |year=2001 |month=December |title=Reviews / |journal=CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=62-63 ]oulFest Show
Reese just recently announced on his
MySpace page that he will be playing at least two acoustic sets at SoulFest this summer inNew Hampshire .Discography
With Five Iron Frenzy
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It's Funny, but Not Very Creative (1996)
*Upbeats and Beatdowns (1996)
*Our Newest Album Ever (1997)
*Miniature Golf Courses of America presents Five Iron Frenzy (1998)
*Brad Is Dead (1998)
*Quantity Is Job 1 (1998)
*Proof That the Youth Are Revolting (1999)
*The Phantom Mullet (2000)
*All the Hype That Money Can Buy (2000)
* (2001)
*Cheeses...(of Nazareth) (2003)
*The End Is Near (2003)
*The End Is Here (2004)With Brave Saint Saturn
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So Far from Home (2000)
*The Light of Things Hoped For... (2003)
*Anti-Meridian (September 2008)With Guerilla Rodeo
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Ride, Rope and Destroy (2004)With Roper
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Brace Yourself for the Mediocre (2004)With Showbread
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No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical on "Matthias Replaces Judas"
*Nervosa on "The Beginning"References
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/fiveironsucks Reese's MySpace]
* [http://www.bravesaintsaturn.com Brave Saint Saturn]
* [http://www.fiveironfrenzy.com Five Iron Frenzy]Persondata
NAME=Roper, Michael Reese
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=singer ,lyricist
DATE OF BIRTH=June 30 ,1973
PLACE OF BIRTH=Steamboat Springs,Colorado
DATE OF DEATH=
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