Independent artist Justin Arman once played drums in Society 1. He joined Crisis as a session drummer for their show on the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) and Japan's Independence-D Festival in 2005. Due to immigration problems, Crisis' new drummer, Ryan Ball, was not be able to play these dates. Soon after Arman joined Crisis as a full-time member.
After the Los Angeles-based act went on hiatus in 2006, Arman showed up in Son of the Soil.