Brendan Kelly is the bassist/co-vocalist of several Chigago punk bands, most notably the Lawrence Arms. Other projects through the years have included Slapstick, The Broadways, The Falcon, and Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds. Kelly is also a prolific blogger and writer for The Onion.
Joe McMahon is the frontman of Boston punk veterans Smoke or Fire.
In 2010, Kelly and McMahon released the acoustic split Wasted Potential as a joint project between Red Scare Industries and Anchorless Records.
