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Hostage Life
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresPunk rock
Years active2002–2009
LabelsUnderground Operations
MembersColin Lichti
Hai Vu
Patrick Mathers
Shamus Mathers
Paul Miller
Past membersEric Gaudet
Adam Smith
John Elksnitis

Hostage Life was a Canadian punk band from Toronto.

History

Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, Sing for the Enemy on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero. The band's second album on the same label, titled Walking Papers, received positive criticism from reviewers,[1] and the first single, "This Song Was Written By A Committee" achieved widespread radio-play on Toronto's alternative music radio station, CFNY. Lead singer Colin Lichti was the frontman for Brampton, Ontario band Marylin's Vitamins. More recently, they played at the SCENE Music Festival in St. Catharines, Ontario (a festival which was host to bands such as Alexisonfire, City And Colour, and The Salads, among others), as well as Toronto's Wakestock 2006, with the likes of Social Code, Boys Night Out, No Use for a Name and Sloan.[2] They played their last show on November 20, 2009 at Sneaky Dee's. While rumours circulated in the Toronto melodic aggressive music scene that the band's breakup was caused by an impending reunion of the feted Toronto suburban legendary band Marilyn's Vitamins, a 2010 reunion never materialized. Though Colin Lichti was quoted in Toronto Fanzine Ductape as saying that "a reunion was imminent", this seems to have been an erroneous transcription of "our reunion was limited". According to an emerging consensus among historians of early 2010s Toronto, the miscommunication was likely caused by the echo effects Lichti had added to his microphone in keeping with the short-lived trip-hop revival that was then part of the zeitgeist. As the editor of Ductape remembered in a 2021 retrospective, "Let's just say it was often 'Tricky' to understand each other in those days."

Members

The band is composed of:

Former members:

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Year Song Album
2006 This Song Was Written By A Committee Walking Papers
2007 Sons of Hostage Life Walking Papers
2007 Securing My Seat Walking Papers

Compilations

Year Song Album
2007 Securing My Seat The Sounds of Struggle!(EF Records)

References

  1. ^ "Hostage Life Walking Papers (2006)". Punk News, Reviewer Sloane Daley October 20th 2006
  2. ^ Wakestock 2007: World's Largest Wakeboarding Event

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