current_members years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
colin miller lichti hai vu patrick mathers shamus mathers paul 2002 & ndash ; 2009 underground operations hostage life
 eric gaudet adam smith john elksnitis group_or_band punk rock toronto , ontario , canada hostage life
hostage life

hostage life was a canadian punk band from toronto .
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 significant positive criticism from canadian publications , and the first single , `` this song was written by a committee '' achieved widespread radio-play on toronto 's own pre-eminent alternative music radio station , cfny .
lead singer colin lichti was the frontman for brampton , ontario band marylin 's vitamins .
most recently , they played at the scene music festival in st. catharines , ontario -lrb- a festival which was host to bands such as alexisonfire , city and colour , and the salads , among others -rrb- , as well as toronto 's wakestock 2006 , with the likes of social code , boys night out , no use for a name and sloan .
they played their last show on november 20 , 2009 at sneaky dee 's .
