Carl Schissler

Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Production

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Thomas Price	Bass
David Ruiz	Guitar, Bass
Brian Welsh	Drums
Cameron Monie	Keyboards
Greg Taylor	Keyboards

Expire was first conceived in 2006 as a collaboration between Carl Schissler and classmate Thomas Price who aimed to write and record a short EP as part of a school project. Carl handled most of the songwriting, guitar, and drums; Thomas contributed bass guitar and additional songwriting ideas. The EP was completed and was distributed in a limited run of 50 copies to fellow students.

Upon graduating from high school and attending UNC-CH, Carl enlisted the help of guitarist David Ruiz and drummer Brian Welsh. This lineup played a few local shows over the next year, adding keyboardist Greg Taylor for a short time in the summer of 2007. The band's goal was to rerecord the original self-titled EP with revised songwriting and a new lineup. However, lack of interest and time caused delays for the next year.

In the fall of 2007, Thomas left the band, stating that he was no longer into playing music anymore. In order to accomodate this change, David switched to bass guitar and keyboardist Cameron Monie was picked up. The band continued to play a handful of shows through 2008, but no progress was made on any new recordings.

In the fall of 2008, there was a mutual falling-out among the members as they left to pursue other musical interests. Carl continued on under the name Expire, now providing all instrumental and vocal needs. In the winter of 2009, the original Expire EP was re-recorded. Much of the next few months were spent preparing the album for release and doing artwork for the album.

In July of 2009, the Expire EP was released.