Baxter (sometimes typeset .baxter.) was an American, Chicago-based post-hardcore band. The band consisted of Tim McIlrath (later of Rise Against and The Killing Tree), Neil Hennessy (later of The Lawrence Arms, The Killing Tree, The Falcon and Colossal), Anthony Fiore later replaced by Timothy Remis (later of The Killing Tree, Sweet Cobra, Hill Dunes, Cloakroom), and a bassist only referred to as J. Wood.