Life in Your Way

Life In Your Way
Josh Kellam, lead vocalist of Life In Your Way, performs at Cornerstone Festival 2007.
Background information
Origin	Manchester, Connecticut, USA
Genres	Post-hardcore Melodic hardcore Metalcore
Years active	1999–2008
Labels	Solid State Records Indianola Records Floodgate Records
Members
Josh Kellam Jeremy Kellam Todd Mackey John Gaskill Corey Stroffolino
Former members
James Allen Andrew Bradley Dave Bullock Jason DiNitto John Young Dave Swanson Casey McCue

Life In Your Way was a melodic hardcore band from Connecticut. In keeping with the lyrical content of their records, all the members of the band were proponents of the Christian faith, which was demonstrated by their demeanor toward other bands, promoters, and fans.

As an early incarnation of the band, they released a split record entitled The Heart and Flesh Cry Out, with a band from New York called Solace. However, the musical style of the band at that time was more influenced by metalcore than their later material. Todd Mackey who later played guitar for the band, played drums on this split record.

After a dramatic stylistic transformation, the band self-released a four song demo entitled All These Things Tie Me Down in 2002. This demo attracted Indianola Records, who signed the band, and released their first two full-length records. The first, The Sun Rises and the Sun Sets... and Still Our Time is Endless, which was released in 2003, and their second, Ignite and Rebuild, which was released in 2005. The latter was also released in the Christian Market by Floodgate Records, and in Europe by Guideline Records.

Once their contract with Indianola Records expired, the band signed with Solid State Records in June 2006. Their first, and only full-length record for Solid State Records entitled Waking Giants, was produced by Garth Richardson, and released on March 6, 2007. The intended single from Waking Giants was Threads of Sincerity, which originally appeared on their second record Ignite and Rebuild, but was re-recorded for Waking Giants. Shortly after the release of Waking Giants, guitarist Dave Swanson left the band to play guitar for Texas based electro-pop-rock band PlayRadioPlay!, and not long after, was followed by James Allen. To replace the two departed guitarists, the band recruited former Life In Your Way guitarist, and With Honor singer, Todd Mackey, as well as Corey Stroffolino of fellow Connecticut band, The Risk Taken.

The band played its final concert at the Heirloom Arts Theatre in Danbury, Connecticut on July 12, 2008, to a sold-out crowd, reuniting with several former members who played with the band in a revolving line-up at the concert. Ironically, the band reunited for a concert not long after on December 20, 2008. At this concert the band performed alongside Wrench in the Works, The Risk Taken, Our Final Say, and With Honor, who had also reunited for the concert.

Current musical projects involving members of the band are: The Frozen Ocean (Dave Swanson), Barricades (James Allen), and The Attending (Corey Stroffolino).

There have been murmurs of several other members of the band forming a new musical project together, but nothing about this has been confirmed.

Discography

• Demos (2000) (Self Released)
• The Heart and Flesh Cry Out (Split with Solace) (2001) (Salad Dressing Records)
• All These Things Tie Me Down (2002)
• The Sun Rises and the Sun Sets... and Still Our Time is Endless (2003) (Indianola Records)
• Ignite and Rebuild (2005) (Indianola Records/Guideline Records)
• Waking Giants (2007) (Solid State Records)

Further reading

• Fisher, Mark (March/April 2007). "Life in Your Way". HM Magazine (124): 22. ISSN 1066-6923. 

External links

• PureVolume page
• MySpace page
• Interview on Punk76.com