Brace Yourself for the Mediocre is the only album of the band Roper

Roper (band)

Roper was a Christian pop-punk band formed in Denver, Colorado. The band consisted of Reese Roper on lead vocals, Jonathan Byrnside on lead guitar, Jonathan Till on bass, Matt Emmett on rhythm guitar, and Nick White on drums.-Background :Guerilla RodeoGuerilla Rodeo was a short-lived project...

, released October 19, 2004. It was put together by lead singer Reese Roper

Reese Roper

Michael Reese Roper is an independent filmmaker and the former lead singer and chief song writer of the third-wave ska band Five Iron Frenzy. After Five Iron Frenzy disbanded in 2003, Reese released a single album using the moniker Roper. He is also part of the band Brave Saint Saturn, who released...

 before he had put the rest of the band together. The album has a pop punk

Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 sound, although HM comments that it "has much more in common with the raw side than... with Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...

 or Relient K

Relient K

Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...

.

The albums contains lyrics that avoid the clichés of pop punk and deliver scathing wit alongside representations of faith, typical of Reese Roper

Reese Roper

Michael Reese Roper is an independent filmmaker and the former lead singer and chief song writer of the third-wave ska band Five Iron Frenzy. After Five Iron Frenzy disbanded in 2003, Reese released a single album using the moniker Roper. He is also part of the band Brave Saint Saturn, who released...

.

Track listing

1. "Hello Lamewads" – 3:16
2. "You're With Stupid" – 2:27
3. "Amplify" – 3:59
4. "Vendetta" – 3:47
5. "Red Eye to Miami" – 2:56
6. "Quicksilver" – 3:21
7. "1985" – 3:20
8. "Say Sayonara" – 3:32
9. "How Your Halo Fell" – 3:30
10. "Day of Pigs" – 2:37
11. "Fireflies" – 3:28
12. "You're Still The One
    You're Still the One
    "You're Still the One" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the third country single from Shania Twain's 1997 album, Come on Over, while it was the first to be released to pop and international markets. Released in 1998, the single peaked at number two becoming Twain's first top ten...
    
    " (Shania Twain
    Shania Twain
    Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
    
     cover) – 2:57
13. "In Excelsis Deo
    Gloria in Excelsis Deo
    "Gloria in excelsis Deo" is the title and beginning of a hymn known also as the Greater Doxology and the Angelic Hymn. The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.It is an example of the psalmi idiotici "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest")...
    
    " – 3:42

Personnel

Additional Music:

• Drums: Frank Lenz
  Frank Lenz
  Frank Lenz is a drummer from Southern California who has done work for many bands and artists, including but not limited to Starflyer 59, Daniel Amos, Crystal Lewis, Duraluxe, Map, Charity Empressa, Kevin Max, Cush and The Dingees.-Biography:Frank Lenz started taking drum lessons when he was eight...
  
  , Jason White
• Bass: Elijah Thomson
• Organ: Phil Bennett
• Guitar: Bob Schiveley, Ethan Luck
  Ethan Luck
  Ethan John Luck is a guitarist, photographer, and drummer who has played in many bands, most prominently, the ska band The O.C. Supertones....
  
  

Additional Vocals:

• Adam Davis
• Sam Hernandez
• Mick Leonardi
• Justin McRoberts
  Justin McRoberts
  Justin McRoberts is an independent singer-songwriter from the San Francisco Bay area. McRoberts released two albums with 5 Minute Walk before the label disbanded in 2001. Since then he has independently released four studio albums, a live album, and five EP's...
  
  
• Eli Salazar
• Dennis Simmons
• Jason White
• Dan Romero

• Illustrations: Barak Hardley

Touring Band Lineup:

• Reese Roper
  Reese Roper
  Michael Reese Roper is an independent filmmaker and the former lead singer and chief song writer of the third-wave ska band Five Iron Frenzy. After Five Iron Frenzy disbanded in 2003, Reese released a single album using the moniker Roper. He is also part of the band Brave Saint Saturn, who released...
  
  : Vocals, Nord
• Jonathan Till: Bass Guitar
• Jonathan Byrnside: Lead Guitar
• Matt "emo" Emmett: Rhythm Guitar, Backup Vocals
• Nick White: Drums

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2004	Top Heatseekers	46