Small Brown Bike was born years ago in a small garage located in Marshall, Michigan. Four lifelong friends using parts of old and new bikes created one 'frankenstein' bike that would take them further than they imagined.
Today Small Brown Bike has taken on a whole new meaning. Small Brown Bike is composed of brothers, Mike and Ben Reed on guitar and bass, respectively, Travis Dopp on guitar and Jeff Gensterblum on drums.
After two self-released seven-inches, the band was offered a helping hand from No Idea Records (Gainesville, Florida). Nothing short of astounded and flattered, the band immediately went to work on the new songs and recorded their first full-length entitled, "Our Own Wars" (July 1999). From then, they haven't stopped.
In the spring of 2001 they released their second full-length, "Dead Reckoning" on No Idea. The album was recorded at Red House Recordings in Eudora, KS with Ed Rose (The Get Up Kids, Coalesce, The Casket Lottery, Reggie and the Full Effect). It was instantly hailed as a "powerful and enormous" step for the band.
Small Brown Bike have kept a busy schedule touring throughout the US and Canada for the past two years with the likes of Hot Water Music, Leatherface, Cursive, Saves the Day, Piebald, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Cadillac Blindside, Twelve Hour Turn and The Casket Lottery.
