Born in Oregon and based in California, Cigar is a punk rock outfit composed of Rami Krayem, Jason Torbert and Jon Sortland. With a blend of melodic hardcore and skate punk, the band quickly captured the attention of Theologian Records, who signed the group in 1997. Cigar dropped its debut album, Speed is Relative, in 1999, during the insurgence of pop punk in Southern California.
