[6][7] Destroy the Runner was formed under the name "Die Like Me"[8] in 2004 by members Kyle Setter (vocals), Duane Reed and Nick Maldonado (guitar), Jeremiah Crespo (bass), and Marc Kohlbry (drums).
[9] That same year, the band self-released an EP titled Welcome to Eternity[citation needed] before going on to sign with Solid State Records in June 2006.
[10] In a 2010 interview with Metal Underground, vocalist Chad Ackerman (who would replace Setter in 2007), explained that the band took its name from the 1967 film Logan's Run.
[14] Both Kyle Setter and Jeremiah Crespo would leave the band in 2007, and were replaced by Chad Ackerman and Tanner Sparks, who were then part of Chapter 14.
[15] In October 2007, the band began recording their second LP with Brian McTernan at Salad Days Studios in Baltimore, MD.
[20] On October 23, 2009, Ackerman announced the band was in the studio recording an upcoming album but that a release date was not yet set.
[21] On March 22, 2010, the band announced Living Sacrifice frontman Bruce Fitzhugh would be tracking guest vocals for the album, which was expected out later in the year.