 Shrout played in obscure bands in the mid-to-late '90s, and had several projects in the early 2000s.He played in Kansas City metal core band "Saved by Grace" (1999–2003), Orange County, California's Eighteen Visions (2003–2004), and Kansas City hardcore punk bands "Nervous Wreck" (2005–2007), and "Black Mark" (2008).He toured with "Love Is Red" in 2002.