Kyle saw the classified ad in the back of a free weekly in the fall of 1997: guitar and case, forty dollars, the case has a name on it, it stays on. He mailed a money order and a drawing of a closed door. The case arrived in Lancaster eleven days later.
He had the attic bedroom, where the ceiling sloped to three feet at the wall. He played sitting on the floor because standing was not possible on that side of the room.
He was the first member on file to put the band on a computer. He did not know who the previous lineups were, apart from the addresses written inside the lid.
Now. Lineman for a utility company outside Harrisburg. Climbs poles for a living. Has never hung a sign.