Fordirelifesake
Breathing In Is Only Half The Funct
CD is back in print, this time in a digipak with original art elements, remastered in 2024 by Carl Saff. Detroit's FORDIRELIFESAKE was conceived on Halloween night, 1999, as a side project of MYCOMPLEX, BOTTOMED OUT, and RESOUND. Playing a highly progressive combination of melodic hardcore, punk, and technical metal, FORDIRELIFESAKE surged in poplarity locally in and around Michigan and quickly took over as the main project for members Brian Southall (guitar/vocals), Justin Malek (drums/vocals), Matthew Wedge (vocals), Eric Kempa (guitar/vocals) and Dave Wisbiski (bass/vocals). Their self-released debut EP came out in the summer of 2000 and they soon began working with Forge Again Records for a split EP with Detroit's WAFFLEHOUSE* and a re-issue of their debut EP in 2001 and 2002. 2002 saw the release of their debut album, Breathing In Is Only Half The Function on Cloud Over Head Records, with a European pressing from Skipworth Records. FORDIRELIFESAKE toured extensively in support of the album with BOYS NIGHT OUT and in 2003 the album was remixed, partially re-recorded, and remastered for release via Forge Again Records with a Japanese pressing by Alliance Trax.