"Even though they knew that their old band SOLID GROUND was about to break up soon, Roman and Martin kept writing new songs. However they wanted to go into a different direction than they took with SOLID GROUND! The two wanted to have a more 80s crossover sound than their other new band ANIMAL INSTINCT has. That's why they wrote five new songs that will eventually become the self-titled LIFERIDE debut 12".

LIFERIDE started out as an idea between Roman and Martin with absolutely no clue who could complete the band's line up. While they were on SOLID GROUND's farewell tour in the fall of 2008, the two kept arguing who could take over LIFERIDE's vocal duties. The last show of the tour was in Belgium together with their friends of STATE OF MIND. And suddenly it was all very clear, and it took them only about two minutes to convince Emile of STATE OF MIND to join LIFERIDE! Mission accomplished.

Back in Switzerland, Martin and Roman started to finish up writing and recording the songs they had started. They sent music files back and forth with Emile until they exactly had what they wanted: five songs with a different sound than their previous/other bands, and with a different approach on hardcore."

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