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Enemies
Willer joined the group the Enemies at the age of 18, with Mike Pelino, the band's singer, guitarist, and main songwriter and whos sister had given the band it's name. Playing bass for the Enemies was Rick Jacobus, who had been a childhood friend of Pelino and would later team up with Willer again in his band Alaric. Like many punk rockbands in the Bay Area,  Enemies got their start at the Gilman. The band would release their first recordings in 1998 on an album released by S.P.A.M. Records titled Conquered / Concord which was a compilation with another Bay Area band, Second Hand Spit, in which Enemies were represented by two songs, This Mess and Feed Your Greed. Lookout! Records would release their album Seize the Day in 2002 with Dave Edwardson of Neurosis on bass. Critical acclaim for the album resulted in an eighteen months tour which included high profile events for Thrasher magazine and Real Skatebords. The band would remain active until 2004 when they played their final show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. Pelino would go on to play guitar and sing backup vocals for Green Day.