Life In Your Way
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Josh Kellam, lead vocalist of Life in Your Way, performs at Cornerstone Festival 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Manchester, Connecticut, United States |
| Genres | Christian metal,post-hardcore,melodic hardcore,metalcore |
| Years active | 1999–2008 2011–present |
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| Website | Life in Your Way on Facebook |
| Members | Josh Kellam Jeremy Kellam Todd Mackey James Allen Dave Swanson Andy Nelson |
| Past members | Andrew Bradley Jason DiNitto John Young Casey McCue Mike Saracino John Gaskill Corey Stroffolino |
Life in Your Way (also known as LIYW) is a Christian melodic hardcore band from Connecticut.
The band was formed by three childhood friends Josh Kellam, Todd Mackey and Dave Bullock. Jeremy Kellam joined the band to play bass after the dissolution of his former band, which also included Casey McCue who played second guitar for a short period and was then replaced by Jason DiNitto.
The band played many concerts throughout the Northeastern United States, quickly garnering acclaim and a rapidly multiplying fan-base. Parting ways with Dave Bullock, the band stayed a four piece for some time. At that time they befriended a band called Solace from New York, with whom they released a split CD entitled The Heart and Flesh Cry Out. It should be noted, that the musical style of the band at that time far more influenced by metalcore than their later material. Todd who later played guitar for the band, played drums in this incarnation.
Jay exited the band and after a short hiatus, Todd transitioned to guitar and the band recruited John Young to take his place as drummer. They also added Andrew Bradley as second guitarist. The hiatus and the line-up changes sparked a dramatic stylistic transformation, which was sonically captured on the four song demo entitled 'All These Things Tie Me Down'. Released in 2002 the sharp contrast of the demo with their earlier split CD only further fanned the flames of their popularity. The 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.
After the recording of The Sun Rises and the Sun Sets..., Todd left the band to pursue an opportunity singing for the band With Honor. He was replaced for a short time by the former guitarist of the band Solace, Mike Saracino. Several tours into promoting the record, John Young left the band, and not long after Andrew Bradley left as well.
The band went on a hiatus due to the lack of sufficient band members and started holding auditions for replacements. They chose a drummer, John Gaskill, a resident of Virginia, and also recruited two local guitarists from the defunct rock band October War, Dave Swanson and James Allen.
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