Soon after forming in 2003 in Seattle, OtLD started touring the local club scene, with the likes of Aiden, Atreyu, and Deftones. With the help of Wil Francis of Aiden, the band was set up with talent scouts from many labels. As fate would have it, Victory Records (Aiden's label) signed the band in 2006. Prior to the release of the 2006 album Meaning In The Static, OtLD released War Like Whispers, an EP featuring Francis.

On the Last Day's first North American tour was in the summer of 2006 (10 August – 12 September) with New Jersey's pop-punk band Crash Romeo. The tour lasted for 33 days with 22 venues.

Frank Gross and Aiden's Nick Wiggins were in a band together when they were younger called Bent Katus

Geoff Walker has recently departed the band (May 24, 2007) due to an attempt to take complete control over creative and artistic input, as shown in one of OTLD's bulletins. As a result, the remaining band members asked him to leave.