Small Brown Bike - Dead Reckoning

In my opinion, Small Brown Bike were one of the best to come from the mid-to-late 90s post-hardcore lot. If you were lucky enough to witness them live then you most likely would agree. They were undoubtedly one of the few who found a way to translate the energy, aggression, and sincerity of their kinetic live show to the recorded format. For me, this is the record that best represents what they accomplished in an all too brief existence.

When the record was released it was quite the event for a couple of friends and myself. It was the last summer before college. We hopped the train from the suburbs into Chicago towards the Fireside Bowl. We (being what I now recognize as a display of bad form) packed personal bottles of Dr. Pepper mixed with 151 to sneak into the show. At the time, there wasn't a whole bunch of "sneaking" that had to happen in order to get those past "security". Actually, anyone that ever went to the old Fireside Bowl would know that there wasn't much that you couldn't get away with at that place. What happened after we arrived still holds it's spot in my mind as one of the best shows I've ever been to. Maybe it was because every 18 year old kid has the time of his life at something like this. Maybe it's nostalgia. Whatever the case, the record remains one of my favorites.


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