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==History==

Following the disbanding of her old band, Sarge, Elmore enrolled in law school at [[Northwestern University]].<ref name=AversionSchild>[http://www.aversion.com/bands/interviews.cfm?f_id=152 Aversion.com]: Making a New Reputation, by Matt Schild, accessed 19 June 2006</ref>. (Elmore was quoted as saying "I enrolled in law school in the fall of 1999. Sarge ended in Dec. 99, after I'd already begun law school, and NOT by my choice, despite numerous reports to the contrary."<ref name=RepOffBio>[http://www.reputationmusic.com/reputation.html Reputationmusic.com]: Band bio, Elizabeth Elmore. Accessed 20 June 2006</ref>) She embarked on a series of solo tours between classes, with later tours taking on the help of friend Sean Hulet, a Chicago guitarist formerly with [[Moreno (band)|Moreno]], Scott Rosenquist, a drummer in Hulet's band, and Joel Root, formerly the bassist for the Chicago jazz band [[Andiamo (band)|Andiamo]]. This group of musicians would tour as The Elizabeth Elmore 4, and they completed a short, not-too-serious East Coast tour.<ref name=AversionSchild/><ref name=RepOffBio/> The group continued to record some demos and complete smaller regional tours under Elmore's name, and, learning that Hulet and Root matched up with her well musically, she began working more seriously on the band as a permanent project.<ref name=RepOffBio/>

Elmore ended up requesting a leave of absence from Northwestern Law School in 2001 to focus on the band. The group signed to [[Initial Records]], and completed a fall west coast tour with former Sarge drummer Chad Romanski before recording their debut album.<ref name=RepOffBio/> The band took on the name The Reputation at this time (although Hulet and Root were content to continue as the Elizabeth Elmore 4<ref name=RepOffBio/>), a reference, according to Elmore, intended to be a "personal little 'fuck you'" aimed at certain members within the indie music scene who promoted "endless speculation" about Elmore's sex life.<ref>[http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:sIxwPsYW4wsJ:www.sfbg.com/36/24/art_music_elmore.html+%22Elizabeth+Elmore%22+%22Jimmy+Draper%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2 San Francisco Bay Guardian]: Elmore's World, Jimmy Draper. Google cache acceessed 20 June 2006</ref>