When Five Iron Frenzy decided to call it quits at the end of 2003, that wasn't the last we'd see of lead singer and sometimes goofball Reese Roper. In 2004 he returned with a new band, dubbed Roper, which released its debut album, Brace Yourself for the Mediocre, in the fall. Joined by lead guitarist Jonathan Byrnside, bassist Johnathan Till, rhythm guitarist Stephen Till, and drummer Nick White, Roper has been crisscrossing the country spreading the word about his new band's pop-punk melodies"and with a nod to the late, great Five Iron with a cover of "Handbook for the Sellout" on the set list.