After leaving the New Jersey band Deadguy in 1996, vocalist Tim Singer and guitarist Keith Huckins moved on to form Kiss it Goodbye with bassist Thom Rusnack and drummer Andrew Gormley.
[2] Huckins, Rusnack and Gormley were already familiar musically as they had all previously performed together in the New Jersey band Rorschach.
A demo tape titled Be Afraid was quickly recorded and heavily circulated around the New York City area which responded with high praise.
Produced by Billy Anderson, the album had the same familiar sound that fans of Deadguy and Rorschach had come to know along with Singer's melodramatic screams and ramblings.
He was replaced by Seattle hardcore veteran and Kiss It Goodbye illustrator Demian "Headboy" Johnston.