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| - Brave Saint Saturn is a rock band and side project of Five Iron Frenzy. Frontman Reese Roper started the band, very shortly after the creation of FIF, as an outlet for thematically dark songs that would not have fit well with FIF's usual output. The members were:
* Reese Roper: vocals, guitar, keys
* Dennis Culp: vocals, guitar, keys
* Keith Hoerig: bass
* Andy Verdecchio: drums All three of their albums are also rock operas, comprising the Saturn 5 Trilogy: the story of a manned mission to Saturn that goes awry.
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| - Brave Saint Saturn is a rock band and side project of Five Iron Frenzy. Frontman Reese Roper started the band, very shortly after the creation of FIF, as an outlet for thematically dark songs that would not have fit well with FIF's usual output. The members were:
* Reese Roper: vocals, guitar, keys
* Dennis Culp: vocals, guitar, keys
* Keith Hoerig: bass
* Andy Verdecchio: drums Roper referred to the band's genre as "astro-rock", a meaningless label by his own admission. The first album was mostly acoustic rock with some electronic flourishes. The third album was synth-rock. The intervening album was an interesting transition between the two styles. All three of their albums are also rock operas, comprising the Saturn 5 Trilogy: the story of a manned mission to Saturn that goes awry. So Far From Home (2000) tells of the crew of the USS Gloria, on a mission to survey Saturn from orbit, and their struggle against loneliness in the vastness of space. The album ends with mission control losing contact with the ship. The Light of Things Hoped For (2003) elaborates on the ending: Mission control had just given the go-ahead for the Gloria to begin the return trip, then the crew reported a loud noise, loss of control over the ship, and venting gas. The ship is pushed into a geosynchronous orbit over the moon Titan, leaving the crew in darkness and radio silence. After no contact for three years, the world concludes that the ship is lost... Everyone is surprised when the Gloria finally emerges from the dark, and the crew is still alive. Anti-Meridian (2008) skips forward to the Gloria crew re-adjusting to civilian life following their return. The details of their return are related by flashback: They abandoned the Gloria, detonating its engine in order to propel the Escape Pod, the Starling, towards Earth. One man, Lt. Hoerig, remained behind, sacrificing his life to insure the detonation occurred properly. The remaining crew on the Starling were rescued by a Russian ship, the Invictus. On Earth, the examination of the mission data revealed that Antimatter had been created in the explosion of the Gloria--Lt. Hoerig had unknowingly stumbled upon a new method of creating the stuff. Within a few years, this "Starling Method" was perfected, ushering in a new era of space travel and cheap energy. Add-Infinitum (????) An upcoming B-sides and rarities album finally confirmed in a January 2011 interview.
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