Around the year 2000, Columbia, South Carolina band The Nothing would change their name to Sugardaddy Superstar. The band wrote, recorded and produced their own music as well as manufactured CDs in their home studio named Sugarstar Studios. After the release of Ride in 2001, and Cold in 2002, they eventually attracted the interest of Taxi, and HitPredictor co-founder Doug Ford, which led to them getting signed to Columbia Records. In 2002, they changed their name to Crossfade, and began to re-record their songs from their previous Sugardaddy Superstar release, plus So Far Away and The Unknown for their self-titled album. Before the album was released, original drummer Brian Geiger left the band to focus on his business, and was replaced by James Branham for the time being.