Only frontman
Chris Higdon remains from the original lineup of Elliott, a Louisville emo band known for its intense stage presence, replete with piano and percussion samples.
Higdon, bassist
Jonathan Mobley, and drummer
Ben Lord formed Elliott after the breakup of their previous band,
Falling Forward. After releasing the In Transit EP with Initial Records in 1996,
Kevin Rattermanreplaced
Lord and
Empathy's
Jay Palumbo came aboard. Elliott made its full-length debut with U.S. Songs on Revelation Records two years later. The band then recorded another EP with each label, with each cover showing a band member jumping off a cliff. After touring tirelessly around the U.S. and releasing
False Cathedral in the summer of 2000,
Mobley and
Palumbo took their leave.
Benny Clark (
the Loved) took over lead guitar and
Jason Skaggs (
Eleven Eleven) became the new bassist.