Michael Reese Roper is the lead singer of the third-wave ska band Five Iron Frenzy. After the band disbanded in 2003, Reese released a single album using the moniker Roper. He is also part of the band Brave Saint Saturn, who released their third album, Anti-Meridian, on September 15, 2008. In 2010 he directed, narrated, and edited the feature-length documentary The Rise and Fall of Five Iron Frenzy.