Life of Agony or LoA is a crossover thrash/hard rock band from Brooklyn, New York.HistoryThe band was formed in the summer of 1989 by singer Keith Caputo, bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z. After playing with several drummers, they enlisted Type O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato before recording the debut album River Runs Red (1993) after they signed to Roadrunner Records.River Runs Red was followed by the more emotional Ugly (1995), but drummer Abruscato left Life of Agony after