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The following year they released the EP Pass the Poison and toured the East Coast, drawing the attention of Go-Kart Records. \nIn late 2007 and early 2008 the band recorded their Go-Kart Records debut full length, Resignation Day. Mike left the band to return to school and Corey was recruited as a replacement for their summer West Coast tour. \nIn April, 2009 Banner Pilot was signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Their first album for the label, titled Collapser was released on September 1, 2009. Shortly after they embarked on an East Coast tour in support of the album with labelmates Dead to Me and Teenage Bottlerocket that included an appearance at The Fest in Gainesville, Florida. \nFat Wreck Chords also released a remixed version of the band's first album, Resignation Day in 2010. \nIn April, 2010, the band did a European tour, which included a stop at Groezrock, an annual music festival in Belgium. \n Other projects\nNate is a guitarist in the punk band The Gateway District and occasionally plays with Off With Their Heads. He is also a writer, having recently released a book that is a compilation of his zines entitled You Idiot . Corey is the guitarist/vocalist for Minneapolis punk band The Manix.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Banner+Pilot","playStationPath":"/stations/284905373/play","stationId":284905373,"bioPath":"/music/Banner+Pilot/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/The+Ataris","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/36b/36b6c9cf848d29f1769215d8654fb0b0_md.jpg","artistName":"The Ataris","artistId":7273,"station_id":113261944},{"musicPath":"/music/Satanic+Surfers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4b4/4b415c900d680f605aa7bcfe7bbc93a0_md.jpg","artistName":"Satanic Surfers","artistId":111194,"station_id":282283237},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Suicide+Machines","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2e2/2e2591cd7fb872ef98251fc54b100c06_md.jpg","artistName":"The Suicide Machines","artistId":2339,"station_id":113352682},{"musicPath":"/music/Kid+Dynamite","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/980/9803ba58ee7ebe2b38200b32af7bd485_md.jpg","artistName":"Kid Dynamite","artistId":113458,"station_id":282569336},{"musicPath":"/music/Swingin+Utters","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0f8/0f827aa1938dbd3107e53885e171fb7d_md.jpg","artistName":"Swingin' Utters","artistId":444492,"station_id":401011186},{"musicPath":"/music/Toys+That+Kill","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/05f/05f442b1ffa8dde1d1ddef16de583dc7_md.jpg","artistName":"Toys That Kill","artistId":103317,"station_id":280764398},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Draft","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c99/c99f7b30198abd2156b016f6dd643f2c_md.jpg","artistName":"The Draft","artistId":111352,"station_id":282283367},{"musicPath":"/music/Propagandhi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/94b/94be3eb792bb9e40c630f64ca9dc5d3e_md.jpg","artistName":"Propagandhi","artistId":11692,"station_id":113801228},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Decline","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac1/ac13c5e1d3600e7f5f47bf00ca3d8e15_md.jpg","artistName":"The Decline","artistId":413897,"station_id":399484759},{"musicPath":"/music/Lifetime","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d52/d52aa2f4a377a2c4fe5026f9383ce519_md.jpg","artistName":"Lifetime","artistId":114659,"station_id":283945620},{"musicPath":"/music/Saves+the+Day","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e03/e03a6b1d03134568f557360efccc5ffb_md.jpg","artistName":"Saves the Day","artistId":2252,"station_id":113286304},{"musicPath":"/music/Samiam","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/554/554c3368d653b84d9053c76342700365_md.jpg","artistName":"Samiam","artistId":6434,"station_id":115066940},{"musicPath":"/music/Beach+Slang","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/27b/27b3d7a4af9e0a48f2777976c21c7b18_md.jpg","artistName":"Beach Slang","artistId":286123,"station_id":374944558},{"musicPath":"/music/Leatherface","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/39f/39f8d39e8a148bf5f2f96d2b9231dc3c_md.jpg","artistName":"Leatherface","artistId":108402,"station_id":281862946},{"musicPath":"/music/No+Fun+At+All","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/78f/78f20aaa9f01c06c969cc788a7e14812_md.jpg","artistName":"No Fun At All","artistId":13759,"station_id":117262775},{"musicPath":"/music/Matt+Skiba+And+The+Sekrets","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/48d/48d757839af73188267a096efef0c3cc_md.jpg","artistName":"Matt Skiba And The Sekrets","artistId":145063,"station_id":292816327},{"musicPath":"/music/I+Am+The+Avalanche","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/95f/95f90dc7c71a9dac832bf7a0247e707c_md.jpg","artistName":"I Am The Avalanche","artistId":98130,"station_id":276674723},{"musicPath":"/music/PEARS","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/081/08110d440178993684191cd83c92d07f_md.jpg","artistName":"PEARS","artistId":434278,"station_id":400743000}]}