The Artist Life was a Canadian pop punk band from Burlington, Ontario, signed to Underground Operations.
They added Andy Crawford (formerly of Beaumont) on bass and Chris Danner (formerly of Grade and To The Lions) on drums and played their first show April 17, 2006, at Toronto's Bovine Sex Club with The Video Dead.
Blackwood and Richards decided to enter the studio and record an EP with their friend David Palmer (formerly of The Stickup).
Following an article in Alternative Press, the band was approached by Canadian record label Underground Operations, which signed them in September 2008.
The Artist Life toured Canada with Stereos and The Midway State,[15] played the Cutting Edge Music Festival[16][17] and a stretch of dates with The Snips and Brights to coincide with the digital release of Let’s Start A Campfire, the acoustic counterpart to Let's Start A Riot.