Small Brown Bike at Grog Shop

1996 - 2004 / 2009 - Present Small Brown Bike are a band from Marshall, Michigan that existed between 1996 and 2004 and reunited in 2009. The trademark of this four-piece is "double vocals" backed by melodies. Their sound is often identified as being similar to other post-hardcore bands such as Avail and Hot Water Music. The band name is derived from their working experience as bike mechanics. Their last show was in 2004 at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago, after already agreeing to split up. Former members Mike Reed and Dan Jaquint later created the band LaSalle, with Reed's wife playing bass guitar. Jeff, Mike and Ben started a new band with Nathan Ellis from The Casket Lottery called Able Baker Fox. In 2009 the band got back together again and played a couple of reunion shows and released a 7inch with new songs. A new full length record "Fell & Found" was released in spring 2011 via No Idea Records. Ben and Mike Reed currently play in the band 84 Tigers. Bandmembers: Ben Reed Mike Reed Dan Jaquint Travis Dopp Discography: 1997 - No Place Like You EP 1998 - Small Brown Bike / Keleton DMD Split 1998 - ...And Don't Forget Me EP 1999 - Our Own Wars 2001 - Dead Reckoning 2001 - Small Brown Bike / Cursive Split 2002 - Small Brown Bike / The Casket Lottery Split 2003 - The River Bed 2003 - Nail Yourself To The Ground EP 2009 - Composite 7inch 2011 - Fell & Found 2013 - Recollected compilation

The Casket Lottery are a midwest emo band from Kansas City, USA. Coalesce's Nathan Ellis (guitar/vocals) and Stacy Hilt (bass) founded the Casket Lottery in the year 1997 and composed a sound around crashing emo-tailored lyrics and heavy guitar work. They picked up drummer Nathan Richardson just in time for tours with Rainer Maria, Small Brown Bike, Sweep the Leg Johnny, and Waxwing. Several EPs and homemade releases were issued prior to the band's proper debut, Choose Bronze, on Second Nature Recordings in 1999. A year later, Moving Mountains was released, showcasing the Casket Lottery's growing sound. A third record, Survival Is for Cowards, coincided with a Coalesce reunion in spring 2002. A year later, the band collected a handful of oddities and rarities for Possiblies and Maybes, beginning a long hiatus. The reactivated band released a new EP, a new split with hardcore band Touché Amoré in October 2012, and a new album entitled Real Fear on the No Sleep label in November 2012.