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L.I.F.T. is an American heavy metal band formed in Orlando FL. L.I.F.T. was officially formed in 1999 when longtime friends and guitarist Brian Baughn and Chris August met Drummer Marc Kril, singer Sammy Chazz and bassist Yvonne Leonetti. L.I.F.T. later replaced their singer with Jason Barnette and bassist Mike Lombardo.

The band's guitar driven, aggressive musicianship placed them as one of Orlando Florida’s most well-known bands. L.I.F.T. earned a growing fan base throughout Florida in the underground music community. Their first album entitled “Down” was quickly picked up by the music industry and sold more than 150k copies in the first year under the management of TVT Records. L.I.F.T. first east coast tour with Ozzfest and then Lollapalooza in 2000 quickly gave the band the notoriety the band needed to release their second album. The band released their second album entitled “Whore” based off a song off their first album. When ask by Guitar Magazine editor James Etley about the title of the bands album, the band simply replied “Were now whores to this industry so bend over and f**** take it in the A**.” Just before the band went on stage in front of 30k attendees. L.I.F.T. expanded its musical direction and achieved some commercial success with its song “As I Am” released in 2001 which resulted in an album that appealed to a more mainstream audience and sold over 250k copies. Unfortunately, drugs and alcohol plagued this band from the start. Singer Sammy Chazz and bassist Yvonne both fell victim to heroin and both members had to leave the band for long stays in different rehab facilities. The band had many lawsuits filed against for destruction of property, assault, theft and threating behavior to staff and concert goers. All charges and lawsuits were later dropped and settled out of court for undisclosed amounts.

The band released their third and final album entitled “7:44” under management of RoadRunner Records in 2003 with new band members, singer Jason Barnette and bassist Mike Lombardo. The success of the band was doomed during their recording session when guitarist Brian Baughn and Chris August quit the band over unknown reasons.