caption current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre image origin name
make believe live in 2006 tim kinsella sam zurick bobby burg nate kinsella joan of arc the promise ring owls cap'n jazz 2003-2008 flameshovel records make believe -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band indie rock make believe.jpg chicago , illinois , united states make believe
make believe -lrb- band -rrb-

make believe was an indie rock band , initially formed as a touring version of joan of arc .
the band was initially composed of eccentric voiced singer tim kinsella , guitarist sam zurick , bassist bobby burg , and drummer/keyboardist nate kinsella .
after 3 months of touring as joan of arc the quartet returned home and decided to begin writing new songs with a more aggressive approach .
following a self-titled 5 track ep , their first full-length `` shock of being '' was released on october 4 , 2005 , followed by `` of course '' in 2006 .
on june 20 , 2007 , tim kinsella announced on the joan of arc website that he was no longer a member of make believe .
he credited his departure to feeling a lessening connection to the `` rock band lifestyle '' , and to a desire for spending more time with his wife .
the same announcement stated that kinsella had `` a pile of new songs to pull from for a new joan of arc record . ''
this entry implied that the band would continue without kinsella , but kinsella has since returned to the band at the outset of their spring 2008 tour .
the band then disbanded on the same year .
