Cove Reber


Cove Reber is an American singer-songwriter and the lead vocalist for American rock bands Dead American and Scary Kids Scaring Kids and best known as the former lead vocalist of the post-hardcore band Saosin from 2004 to 2010.

Early life

Was born in Provo, Utah and grew up a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
During an interview with Shane Told of Silverstein on the Lead Singer Syndrome podcast, Reber cites that he was influenced by the newly "popping off" San Diego pop-punk band Blink-182 specifically taking after the band's vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus.
Reber started out in early life as vocalist for Vista, California high school bands Mormon In The Middle and Stamp Out Detroit in the early 2000s before auditioning and joining Saosin as lead vocalist in 2004.

Musical career

Saosin (2004-2010)

In early 2004 Reber auditioned for and integrated in to the post-hardcore band, Saosin, where he replaced vocalist, Anthony Green. With Saosin, Reber recorded The Grey EP, Saosin EP and notably Saosin and In Search of Solid Ground with the inclusion of the live album and DVD Come Close at The Theater 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 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 (2017-Present)

Throughout 2017 and into early 2018, Reber shared a series of Instagram posts which included promotional shots and compilations of recording progress teasers under the name Dead American. On August 31, 2018, Dead American officially released two short teasers featuring Reber via their Instagram promoting the songs Gravity and Grown So Cold from their upcoming EP . On September 1, 2018, Ants and Pawns was released as a single which followed an announcement from Reber, he revealed that the EP would be released in October 2018.
Dead American's debut 5-track EP The Shape of Punk is Dumb was released on October 5, 2018. On August 23, 2019 "Wandering" was released as a single.

Collaborations

;Saosin
;Patriot
;Dead American