The Casket Lottery is an American

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band from

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signed to

Second Nature Recordings Second Nature Recordings is an independent record label based in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri. It specializes in indie rock and co-releases vinyl pressings for other labels. The label has released material by Coalesce (band), Coale ...

and

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History

1997

The band started in 1997 after Nathan Ellis spent time on the road with Coalesce. He and Stacy Hilt struck up an instant friendship and love for music beyond the hardcore and metal roots of Coalesce. After leaving Coalesce in the fall of 1997, Ellis assumed bass duties, filling the hole left by Stacy's departure. A chance meeting at a local benefit show reunited Nathan and Stacy once again, at which time he presented Stacy with the basement tracks that would end up on the Diver cassette and Dot, Dot. They found a perfect complement to their musical background in a then 15-year-old drumming phenom Nathan (Jr.) Richardson. The band has toured across the United States numerous times (with Reflector,

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, Proudentall, and

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among others), and has released a healthy number of records.

2006–present

In mid-2006, the band went on hiatus. Singer Nathan Ellis works on a record and plays shows with his new bands Jackie Carol and

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, and drummer Nathan "Junior" Richardson joined

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, completing several tours as well as recording on their album "Peregrine." He has subsequently quit The Appleseed Cast. Both Nathans are members of the reformed

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. In 2010 the band re-united as special guest at Coalesce show in their hometown. They also reformed in early 2011 to play shows with recently re-united friends in

. In late August 2011 they announced via their Facebook page that they were to enter the studio with

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to record a new album. On August 30, 2011, The Casket Lottery announced that they were recording new material with Ed Rose at Black Lodge, which was followed by an announcement on January 9, 2012, that the new material will be released via No Sleep Records in the Spring and Summer of 2012. In 2017

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approached the band about re-releasing their first three LP's on vinyl. Nathan Ellis and Stacy Hilt were instantly interested, but Nathan Richardson was busy pursuing a career in the medical field. Ellis and Hilt with Richardson's blessing approached longtime friend Jason Trabue (

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) to fill the seat left by Richardson's departure. The band practiced throughout 2017 to prepare for their first US tours since 2004. In January 2020 the band started recording their 5th full length album at B-24 Studios in Kansas City, MO with Producer Ed Rose and Engineer Josh Barber. The album is scheduled to be released in late summer / early fall of 2020.

Members

*Nathan Ellis (guitar, vocals) *Stacy Hilt (bass, vocals) *Jason Trabue (drums) * Terrence Vitali (guitar, vocals)

Past members

* Nathan Richardson * Brent Windler * Nick Siegel

Discography

EPs and split records

*''The Diver: Cassette Demo'' – 1998 *''Dot Dot Dash Something or Other Dot'' EP – 1999 on Status Records *''The Casket Lottery/Reflector Split'' – 1999 on

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*''Lost at Sea'' 7" – 2000 on Status Records *''Blessed/Cursed'' EP – 2000 on

*''The Casket Lottery/

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Split'' – 2002 on

*''Smoke and Mirrors'' EP – 2003 on

*''The Door'' 7" – 2012 on

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Full albums

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*'' Moving Mountains'' – 2000 on

*'' Survival Is For Cowards'' – 2002 on

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*Short Songs For End times - 2020 on Wiretap Records, Second Nature Recordings and Big Scary Monsters (EU/UK)

Compilations

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External links

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