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Die by Day is a Seattle-based heavy metal band.

Biography
Die By Day was a band formed in the Seattle area, by Anthony Bender and Nick Brown who both lived in the Queen Anne neighborhood at the time. Shortly after meeting other like minded musicians, the band began to write material in the vein of 80's metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, and Accept. Other founding members include Chris Jaech (son of the wealthy software mogul Jeremy Jaech), and Lane Storli (currently bass player in Phlageron) who was the original vocalist for the band. Lane Storli left the band around the end of 2004 at which point Bison Longshot, stepped in to take over the vocal duties.

Bison also brought with him his guitar playing skills making the band a two guitarist band with a more complex sound, although Chris Jaech's playing was more featured in the early songs. Early songs written by the band include: Russian Roulette, Battlefield, Black Crow, Antirexia, Thunderfall, Midnight, and Satan's having a barbecue. After a slough of shows at smaller venues, Die By Day won a local battle of the bands at El Corazon which is when they really began to pick up steam in the local music scene. Shortly after this period around late 2005, Will Mathiasen replaced Nick Brown on drums giving the band a tighter sound. It is important to note that Will was a good friend of Bison's and was brought into the band only after Will's old project Slightly Faded came to an end. After several years of dedicated rehearsals and club gigging with that lineup, Die By Day parted ways with Chris Jaech and became a three piece with Bison Longshot handling all of the guitar duties. Several other musicians were associated with the band at this time, including Josh "Thunderboot" Deyoe, Ryan Mason, and Alex Gerde, although these musicians did not stay in the band for long for various reasons.

Die By Day never recorded a full length album, with most recorded material available being recorded during live performances at Studio Seven in Seattle Washington, however the band did record some demos which never reached widespread circulation. In early 2008 Bison Longshot left the band to move to Spokane, and was replaced by Jason Contes from the Seattle Band Skelator. At this point, Johnny Haynes and Alex Gerde also joined the band to replace Bison on guitar. The band broke up some months later and there has been no talk of a reunion because virtually all of the old members are involved in other projects. It is interesting to note that the rights of the songs written while Chris Jaech was in the band belong solely to him, even though parts of the songs were written by virtually all members of the band. Die By Day was managed by Robert Peters and had a practice studio at Studio Seven Seattle for several years where they made connections with many other local musicians who are friends of the members to this day. Some of the former members of the band are still currently active in the Seattle music scene: Anthony Bender is a guitar tech for the band Queensryche as well as a member of the band Deathmocracy, Will Mathiasen is the drummer for the nationally touring band 2 Cents, Chris Jaech is a solo artist, Bison Longshot is a solo artist, and Lane Storli is the bass player in Phlageron.

Lineups
First lineup
 * Lane Storli - Vocals
 * Chris Jaech - Guitar
 * Anthony "Kenny" Bender - Bass
 * Nick Brown - Drums

Second lineup
 * Bison - Guitar, Vocals
 * Chris Jaech - Guitar
 * Kenny Bender - Bass
 * Nick Brown - Drums

Third lineup
 * Bison - Guitar, Vocals
 * Chris Jaech - Guitar
 * Kenny Bender - Bass
 * Will Mathiasen- Drums

Fourth lineup
 * Bison - Guitar, Vocals
 * Kenny Bender - Bass
 * Will Mathiasen - Drums

Fifth lineup
 * Bison - Guitar, Vocals
 * Kenny Bender - Bass
 * Josh Deyoe - Guitar
 * Will Mathiasen - Drums

Sixth lineup
 * Jason Contes - Vocals
 * Alex Gerde - Guitars
 * Johny Haynes - Guitars
 * Kenny Bender - Bass
 * Will Mathiasen - Drums

Former members
Die By Day is currently broken up for the foreseeable future.