Cove Reber (born August 28, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and the lead vocalist for American

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band Dead American and best known as the former lead vocalist of the

band

Saosin Saosin is an American rock band formed in Orange County, California in 2003 by Beau Burchell, Justin Shekoski, Zach Kennedy, and Anthony Green. The band released their first EP, ''Translating the Name'', in 2003. That year, vocalist Anthony Gre ...

from 2004 to 2010.

Early life

Cove Reber was born in

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and grew up a member of

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. During an interview with

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of Silverstein on the ''Lead Singer Syndrome'' podcast, Reber cites that he was influenced by the newly "popping off"

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pop-punk band

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specifically taking after the band's vocalist and bassist

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. Reber started out in early life as vocalist for

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high school bands ''Mormon In The Middle'' and ''Stamp Out Detroit'' in the early 2000s before auditioning and joining

as lead vocalist in 2004.

Musical career

Saosin (2004–2010)

In early 2004 Reber auditioned for and integrated in to the

band,

, where he replaced vocalist, Anthony Green. With Saosin, Reber recorded The Grey EP, Saosin EP and notably ''

'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2009) with the inclusion of the live album and DVD

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at The Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2007. Reber was asked to leave Saosin in early 2010. Later reports from the band cited that Reber was asked to leave Saosin due to the deterioration of his stage and vocal performance and he could no longer perform. Reber later addressed his departure by saying the following:

Patriot (2011–2016)

After leaving Saosin in 2010, Reber started a project titled Patriot with Joey Bradford (a guitarist of

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and

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) and Kyle Rosa. In 2011 demo versions of songs ''Float Away With Me'' and ''I Found My Way'' were released on the groups BandCamp page. In 2016, Patriot released an official 4-track ''Dream Weaver'' EP.

Dead American (2016–present)

Then residing in

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in 2016, Reber had met

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guitarist Chad Jordan through a friend. Being inspired by instrumental demos that Jordan had recorded, Reber recorded vocals over them. The recorded demos later surfaced in 2017 and into early 2018 on Rebers

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feed which included promotional shots and compilations of recording progress teasers under the name ''Dead American''. Throughout 2018, Dead American officially released short teasers featuring Reber on their Instagram feed promoting songs from their EP
''The Shape of Punk Is Dumb''
On September 1, 2018, ''Ants and Pawns'' was the first of five successive singles to be released from their EP. ''The Shape of Punk is Dumb'' was released independently on October 5, 2018. On August 23, 2019, the sixth single ''Wandering'' was released shortly after the EPs release as a bonus track. Since 2019, the band went on to sign a record deal with

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and Velocity Records and release two singles ''Choke'' and ''Full of Smok''e from their debut album ''New Nostalgia''.

Collaborations

* In 2006, Reber provided guest vocals on the

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debut album

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and features in the song ''From The Red''. * In 2008, Reber provided guest vocals on the Norma Jean album The Anti Mother he features on tracks, ''Surrender Your Sons, Robots: 3, Humans: 0, Murphy Was an Optimist and And There Will Be a Swarm of Hornets.'' * In 2016, Reber provided vocals on the HOllOWS track ''You're Not the Only One'' from their self-titled EP. *

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enlisted Reber to feature as vocalist for '' The City Sleeps in Flames'' 15 year anniversary tour in 2020 and 2021 respectively. * In February 2022, Reber featured on a track released by

titled ''Knock It All Down'' alongside

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Bands

Discography

Saosin

EPs * ''The Grey EP'' (2008),

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* '' Saosin (EP)'' (2005),

Albums * ''

'' (2006),

* ''

'' (2008),

* ''

'' (2009),

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Singles *''Mookie's Last Christmas'' (Acoustic Audition, 2004), Independent * ''Capitol Demos'' (Demo, 2005), Independent * ''Come Close'' (Demo, 2005), Independent * ''2010 Demos'' (Demo, 2010), Independent

Patriot

EPs * ''Dream Weaver (EP)'' (2016), Independent Singles * ''I Found My Way'' (Demo song, 2011)

Dead American

EPs * ''The Shape of Punk is Dumb'' (2018), Independent Albums * New Nostalgia (2022),

, Velocity Records Singles * ''False Intentions'' (2019), Independent * ''Wandering'' (2019), Independent * Choke (2021),

, Velocity Records * Full of Smoke (2022),

, Velocity Records

References

External links

Saosin's Official Website
* ttp://deadamerican.com Dead American Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Reber, Cove 1985 births Living people American rock singers Musicians from San Diego American Latter Day Saints People from Vista, California Singers from California 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers Saosin members