Listening over the thirteen tracks that make up lifer's self-titled debut is
like going on a serious headtrip into the darker side of reality. songs like
ugly, swallow and disbelief , take you into overlooked far corners of
the mind that are sometimes better left to the imagination. lead singer nick
coyle's unrelenting lyrics are laid over a thick bed of growling guitars, pounding
rhythms, and turntable wizardry that walks the line between angry melodicism
and monster riffs.

it 's been a strange journey for the pennsylvania fivesome now known as lifer.
the band you hear today only began a little more than two years ago at the
start of 1999, originally as a foursome. by halloween of that year they had
added tony kruszka and the quintet was complete. though they were quietly
amassing a wealth of original material, they were limited to playing mostly
cover tunes under the name strangers with candy. so, when mtv came looking
for talent for their ultimate cover band contest, the band signed up and soon
found themselves sweeping the competition under the rug and snatching away
the grand prize with a raucous cover of limp bizkit's nookie. our lives changed
overnight, coyle remembers. our email boxes started blowing up and people
from all over the states were writing us and saying 'we saw you on mtv and we
love you.' it was kind of funny, a lot of young girls were in love with us for playing
45 seconds of another band's song. we were just like 'what are you talking about?
to capitalize on the momentum, the band released a 7-song ep of their own
compositions entitled no need to sate fan demand and reverse anyone's thoughts
that they were nothing more than a glorified karaoke machine. though labels had
already been calling, when the ep debuted at #4 in pennsylvania, republic came to
do serious business. after signing on the dotted line, the band changed their name
to lifer to avoid confusion with the sketch comedy show strangers with candy. we
would always make reference to people in the area where we grew up who got a job
at a factory and stayed there forever. that's what a lifer is, explains coyle.
with a new name and more than ready to get into the studio to show the world their
own atypical take on new metal, the band moved to begin recording their debut asap.
they chose rush guitarist alex lifeson to helm the project after meeting him and being
impressed with his down-to-earth demeanor and genuine eagerness. it was lifeson's
first production gig outside of rush, but neither he nor the band was intimidated by
the task that lay before them. after a quick week of pre-production fleshing out the
songs with lifeson' s input, the band holed themselves up at longview farms in rural
massachusetts where creed, aerosmith, the rolling stones, and limp bizkit had all
tracked albums. it's nice, because it's out in the middle of nowhere so you don't have
any distractions, fink said. you get up in the morning and go downstairs and you're
in the studio.
the band was comfortable with lifeson behind the board, trusting his knowledge and
intuition. alex was more of a musical mentor, whereas a lot of producers are
babysitters fink states. the band laid down 13 tracks that take their cues from across
the metal spectrum, paying tribute to the influences of tool, godsmack, deftones, and
faith no more. i think our influences come from everything. not just music, but tv,
movies, there's music in everything, coyle states. whether you know it or not, you're
head's always picking stuff up.
if you're looking for that voice in the darkness to lead the way, you've found it in lifer.
the trip might leave you battered and bruised, but you'll find that enlightenment you've
been so desperately seeking.

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