Hit the Lights formed

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Hit the Lights formed in 2003. During the band’s documentary “Vultures Don’t Eat Vans,” the band dispelled rumors that their name was taken from a Metallica song. Band members Colin Ross and Omar Zehery first played in a local band The Goodbye Session. Nick Thompson originally was in a group called The Summer Departure and Nate Van Damme had worked for Hawthorne Heights as a drum tech and played for Glasseater . The band released their first EP, Leaving Town Tonight, in 2004. In March 2005, Hit the Lights recorded and released the EP Until We Get Caught on Silent Movie Records. The band signed to Triple Crown Records which reissued Until We Get Caught in November 2005.