Inhale Exhale

Inhale Exhale
Inhale Exhale performing at the Murray Hill Theater in June 2010
Background information
Origin	Cleveland, Ohio, US
Genres	Metalcore, technical metalcore, mathcore, experimental metal
Years active	2005–2013
Labels	Red Cord, Solid State
Past members	Ryland Raus John LaRussa Ton Saffell Greg Smith Chris Carroll Bobby Poole II Brian Pittman Jeremy Gifford Nick Brewer

Inhale Exhale was an American metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio.

The band was formed in 2005 by Guitarist John LaRussa (former member of the band Narcissus) and bassist Brian Pittman (former member of the band Relient K). In 2006, they added vocalist Ryland Raus and Bobby Poole on drums prior to the recording and release of their Solid State Records debut, The Lost. The Sick. The Sacred. They shot two videos for the release, "A Call to the Faithful" and "Redemption". Both appearing on Fuse countdown, and MTV's headbangers ball, along with other slots on various music shows. The video for "A Call to the Faithful" was featured on the front page of Myspace at the time, and was one of the band's major hits with fans live and online. They were also featured in Revolver magazine and AP magazine.

The band hit the road right out of the gate of the release of their first album, touring with many acts such as August Burns Red, The Chariot, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Oh Sleeper, Project 86 and more. In July 2007 the band announced through a blog on Myspace that Brian Pittman was leaving for personal reasons: "After a lot of thought and consideration, Brian has decided to stay home. He will always have a place in Inhale Exhale, and we love him. But too many factors at home needed his attention. He is excited to be on a permanent break from music. He loves what he has done thus far in his career, but he needed to take care of some personal business."

The band had gone through a number of drummers. Bobby Poole was with the band for the recording of The Lost. The Sick. The Sacred. and a few of the band's early tours. He was replaced on tour by Chris "Tank" Murk throughout their summer touring of 2007.

Before going into the studio to record their second album I Swear..., the band chose Chris Carroll as their new permanent drummer. Jeremy Gifford replaced Brian on bass guitar throughout the rest of 2007 playing on tour dates and recording with the band. He left the band in 2008 and started playing guitar for the band Lovedrug. A new bass player was never officially announced, but Greg Smith was eventually confirmed as bassist. On June 10, 2008 the band released their second album, I Swear... for Solid State Records with the lead single "It's Myself vs Being A Man", which was their most downloaded single, and was featured on MTV, Fuse countdown, Direct TV, MTV2 and many other outlets. They were featured in Alternative Press, Revolver, Decibal, Outburn, and Karrang. In support of I Swear...They toured with such artists as Haste the Day, Emarosa, Dead and Divine, The Showdown, War of Ages, Becoming the Archetype, A Plea for Purging, Sky Eats Airplane and more.