Brave Saint Saturn
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| Brave Saint Saturn | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | |
| Genre(s) | CCM, Christian rock | |
| Years active | 2000-Present | |
| Label(s) | Five Minute Walk Tooth & Nail Records |
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| Associated acts |
Five Iron Frenzy Roper |
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| Members | ||
| Dennis Culp Keith Hoerig Reese Roper Andrew Verdecchio |
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Brave Saint Saturn is a Christian rock band formed in Denver, Colorado. The band is a side-project of former members of Five Iron Frenzy (FIF) started by Reese Roper. The band calls their music style "astro-rock."[1] The band also coined and encourages the use of "BS2" as a short nickname for the band.
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[edit] Background
Before the band was signed, they were called Astronaut. As a result "Astronaut Versions" of several early BS2 songs exist. The "Astronaut Version" of "Two-Twenty-Nine" is available on the compilation Manna 2 Go (fifty280 records). An otherwise unreleased Astronaut song, "Albatross," is also available on Green Manna (fifty280 records).
Brave Saint Saturn is generally more serious than the light-hearted FIF. As the former leader of FIF, Roper found FIF too straightforward fun for expressing feelings of loneliness and abandonment. BS2 is the platform for the more depressed and sad lyrics which Roper has written.[1] He wants to show people they are not the only ones with feelings like these, and that there is hope in following Jesus. BS2 often uses the vastness of "space" as a metaphor for loneliness. With this in mind, the band uses NASA-recordings and electronic samples on their first two albums.
[edit] 3rd Album
Their third album has been believed to be cancelled but this 2006 article of an interview with Reese Roper may shed some light on that.
Reese also stated in his "Frequently Asked Questions" section of his personal MySpace account that "IS there still going to be a new Brave Saint Saturn album? - Yes. It is still in the works, but not with the backing of any record labels. Dennis and I are slowly making it happen and we want it to be the best ever, so we are taking our time. Please be patient."
On April 3 2006, Roper said in a post on the Five Iron Frenzy message board "Dennis and I are trying to finish writing it by mailing hard-drives back and forth between Denver and New Jersey. Our goal is to finish it by this summer, but we are busy right now, so we'll see..."
As of now, on Roper's myspace, he says that the band Roper is on hiatus so that Reese can work on the third Brave Saint Saturn album.
[edit] Members
- Reese Roper: vocals, guitar
- Keith Hoerig: bass
- Andrew Verdecchio: drums
- Dennis Culp: background vocals, bass, guitar
Originally Verdecchio was not part of brave Saint Saturn, however he joined them just before they made their second album.
[edit] Discography
[edit] References
- ^ a b Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 107. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
