i ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁popular ▁Hollywood ▁Records ▁rock ▁act ▁Bre aking ▁Benjamin . ▁All Music ▁claims ▁they ▁are ▁" far ▁from ▁a ▁carbon ▁copy ▁of ▁L ifer ▁– ▁instead , ▁they ▁fav ored ▁a ▁radio - friend ly ▁post - gr unge ▁approach ▁that ▁was ▁ag gress ive ▁and ▁force ful ▁yet ▁mel od ic ." ▁DJ ▁Tony ▁Kr usz ka , ▁who ▁had ▁joined ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁also ▁depart ed ▁the ▁band ▁for ▁unknown ▁reasons . ▁ ▁IV ▁and ▁break - up ▁( 2 0 0 2 ) ▁L ifer ▁continued ▁into ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁with ▁D erek ▁Sp encer ▁and ▁Ian ▁Wis eman ▁handling ▁guitar ▁and ▁bass ▁duties . ▁This ▁line up ▁recorded ▁an ▁independent ▁EP ▁that ▁year ▁titled ▁IV . ▁Nick ▁Co yle ▁subsequently ▁decided ▁to ▁rename ▁L ifer ▁under ▁the ▁mon iker ▁my Down fall , ▁as ▁the ▁recent ▁material ▁the ▁new ▁line up ▁had ▁been ▁writing ▁featured ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁mel od ic ▁rock ▁sound . ▁my Down fall ▁would ▁eventually ▁split ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁Co yle ▁subsequently ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁play ▁in ▁several ▁bands ▁as ▁both ▁a ▁vocal ist ▁and ▁guitar ist , ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁D rama ▁Club , ▁St ard og ▁Champion ▁and , ▁most ▁recently , ▁Cold . ▁ ▁Re union ▁shows , ▁re formation ▁and ▁new ▁music ▁( 2 0 1 0 – present ) ▁L ifer ▁performed ▁an ▁ac oust ic ▁re union ▁show ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁