Biography
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence was the name of a punk rock band from Milwaukee, WI circa 1988. They disbanded. Aaron Cometbus was from Berkeley and liked the name. He wanted to use the name, and at some point he asked Scott Schoenbeck if he could use the name, and Scott gave him permission, in trade for a beer, so Aaron took the name for a band he formed in the early 1990’s. (Scott went on to play in Dashboard Confessional.)
The name was taken from an acronym using the first letter of the original members’ names - Casey, Brad, Dave (Loomis, Sandbox), Scott (Alligator Gun, Promise Ring, then Dashboard Confessional). Before this 1988 tape, they had added a B (Brendan) a second guitarist (John - hard to squeeze a J-word into that name), and they were a suburban hardcore machine.
Members
- Aaron Cometbus
- Brian Bush
- Emily Clausen
- Paddy Costello (vocals)
- John “Spitball” Pierson (guitar)
Past Members
- Brad Stezala (1988, vocals)
- John Kucera (1988, guitar)
- Scott Schoenbeck (1988, guitar)
- Casey O’Brien (1988, bass)
- Brendan O’Brien (1988, drums)