A blue-collar punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Comeback Kid (otherwise known as
CBK) combine declamatory vocals with a hyper-speed rhythm section and two riff-happy guitarists. The Canadian band formed in 2002, with lead singer
Scott Wade joining forces with lead guitarist
Andrew Neufeld (also the lead singer in the Winnipeg-based Christian hardcore act
Figure Four) and adding rhythm guitarist
Jeremy Hiebert (also a member of
Figure Four), bassist
Cliff Heide, and drummer
Kyle Profetta. While
Neufeld and
Hiebert continued touring and recording with
Figure Four,
Comeback Kid managed to put together a self-released six-song demo that earned the band a deal with California's hardcore label Face Down Records, which released the band's debut album,
Turn It Around, in the spring of 2003. By now,
Comeback Kid (having already gone through several transient bassists) had settled down with new bass player
Kevin Call. After extensive touring throughout Canada, Europe, and the United States in support of the record,
Comeback Kid signed with the influential punk and emo label Victory Records in 2004.
Victory released the band's second album (produced by pop-punk legend
Bill Stevenson of
Black Flag and
Descendents fame),
Wake the Dead, in February 2005. Following another bout of extensive touring, including dates supporting
Madball,
Sick of It All, and
Gorilla Biscuits,
Wade announced his resignation from the band in early 2006. His last show with
Comeback Kid was that summer, after which the band continued onward as a quartet with
Neufeld taking over lead vocal duties. The slimmed-down band then issued
Broadcasting... in February 2007 and returned to the road. Released the following year, the concert recording
Through the Noise captured the band's live show in CD/DVD format. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide