The former style of song often featured vocalist Jamie Lenman switching between shouting and whispering, a technique often used in heavy metal and post-hardcore music.

Fans were emailed by the band manager, making them aware of the hiatus, assuring them that this was not the end for Reuben.

In March 2000, they parted ways with Wilson, and Mark Lawton joined as drummer, with whom they wrote and recorded the Pilot EP, which was released in January 2001 on the Badmusic label after they changed their name to Reuben.

The group decided to go ahead with recording the EP after they had won a battle of the bands in Bookham, Surrey, in front of a panel of 12-year-olds.

Following the release of Pilot EP, Lawton left and was replaced by their final drummer, Guy Davis.

The new line-up toured around the UK,[4] and were the subject of a two-hour special on Zane Lowe's XFM Radio Show, despite not yet releasing an album.

It spawned the chart singles "Freddy Kreuger"[5] and "Moving To Blackwater", and led to their nomination for a Kerrang!

2005 saw the release of the band's second album, Very Fast Very Dangerous on Xtra Mile Recordings, spawning a further three singles, including the download-only "Blamethrower".

In September 2005, the band played a three-song live set on the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1 in support of the then-upcoming album.

The album featured three guest vocalists, Frank Turner, Hannah Clark (the singer from the Hampshire-based band, Arthur) and Paul Townsend (formerly of Hundred Reasons).

On 13 January 2007, Reuben announced that they would be running their own label, Hideous Records in order to have more control over future releases.

[10] However, after years of receiving letters from fans he was encouraged to get back into music which led to him releasing his debut solo album "Muscle Memory" in late 2013.