Roper (band)

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Roper
Origin United States of America Denver, Colorado, USA
Genre(s) Pop-punk
Years active 2004 - 2005
Label(s) Five Minute Walk
Associated acts Five Iron Frenzy, Guerilla Rodeo, Brave Saint Saturn
Former members
Reese Roper
Jonathan Byrnside
Matt "Emo" Emmett
Jonathan Till
Nick White
Stephen Till

Roper was a Christian pop-punk band formed in Denver, Colorado. The band consisted of Reese Roper (former lead singer of Five Iron Frenzy) on lead vocals, Jonathan Byrnside on lead guitar, Jonathan Till on bass, Matt Emmett on rhythm guitar, and Nick White on drums.

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[edit] Background

Roper's debut album, Brace Yourself for the Mediocre, was produced before the band was officially together and released on Five 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, and Ethan 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 as Frank 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 from Five Iron Frenzy and Ethan Luck from The O.C. Supertones called Guerilla Rodeo.[1] 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:

“ What happened to Roper? Is it dead? - Yes. Roper was a project put together by 5minutewalk records. We had a falling out with them, and are too lazy to start over again. Everyone has real jobs now, and although we miss seeing you all, we are just going to let it die. Unless you are a record company executive that wants to give us an enormous signing bonus and not make us tour.[2] ”

[edit] Members

[edit] Former

  • Stephen Till – guitar

[edit] Discography

Year Album Billboard Charts [1] Position Reviews
2004 Brace Yourself for the Mediocre Top Heatseekers 46 [3]
Top Christian Albums 27

[edit] References

  1. ^ McDonald, David (2004-10-25). Exclusive Interview with Roper. Music Refuge. Retrieved on 2004-10-21.
  2. ^ Roper, Reese (2006-10-10). Five Iron Sucks. MySpace.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-21.
  3. ^ Europunk review (Europe, 8 October 2005)

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