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Red

Red [2] is a Christian Hard rock band from Nashville, Tennessee that was established in 2004. They have released two studio albums - End of Silence (2006) and Innocence & Instinct (2009). To date, both albums sold over 600,000 copies.

History

Red was officially formed by guitarist Anthony Armstrong, his bassist identical twin brother Randy Armstrong, lead vocalist Michael Barnes, and guitarist Jasen Rauch. According to the End of Silence album booklet, Rauch is the band's primary composer. Enlisting the talents of Grammy-nominated and Dove award-winning rock producer, Rob Graves, Red signed a development contract with Graves' independent production company. After recording several demo songs, the band was quickly signed by Sony BMG imprint, Essential Records. Andrew Hendrix parted ways with the band and after an extended search, the band chose Hayden Lamb (twin brother of former Paramore guitarist, Hunter Lamb) as his replacement on drums. As a result of his successful early work with Red, Graves was chosen to produce the band's debut album End of Silence.

When asked if they are a "Christian band," Anthony Armstrong states, "We always like to call ourselves a Christian band because that’s what we are. If they ask us if we’re a Christian band, we tell them yes. And if they ask us why, we tell them why."[3]

The band is well known for their fiery live shows, performing an impressive 1000+ concerts since End of Silence was released. They played alongside bands such as Flyleaf, Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, Kutless, and Pillar, as well as mainstream rockers Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether, Papa Roach, and many more.

End of Silence

The band's debut album End of Silence was released in 2006, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.[4]

The album's first single, "Breathe Into Me," peaked at #15 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and won the "Rock Recorded Song of the Year" award at the 38th annual GMA Dove Awards in 2007.[5] The music video is set to photographs in a film lab, where the band plays, while a faceless antagonist tried to destroy a young woman, Avital Ash. She fights for her life while Simon Le Bon acts as a guardian angel of sorts.[6] "Breathe Into Me" also broke the top ten on Active Rock charts.

On November 27, 2007, Red's van and trailer crashed on Interstate 24. There was major damage to the vehicles involved, and former drummer Hayden Lamb suffered injuries to his shoulder that forced him to sit out on their headlining tour.[7]

Red was voted for the best rock recorded song “Lost” at the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards.[8]

The song "Let Go" was featured in the Activision video game Baja 1000. The song "Pieces" was featured in the trailer for The Blind Side.

Innocence & Instinct

The band's newest album, Innocence & Instinct, was released on February 10, 2009 and debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at #15 selling 39,000 copies in its first week. The album peaked higher on the charts than the band's previous album and has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. The album also peaked at #5 in its first week of release on iTunes overall top albums chart. The album features 10 songs, including the first rock radio single, "Death Of Me". The Deluxe Edition was released the same day, featuring 4 additional tracks: Including "Forever", the "Death of Me" music video, photo gallery and a behind-the-scenes "Making of Innocence & Instinct" video documentary. The track "Shadows" was co-written by Breaking Benjamin guitarist/vocalist Ben Burnley.

Red made Radio & Records history as the first band in Christian rock history to have a song debut at #1 when the band's single "Fight Inside" was released in November 2008.[9]

The album was inspired by a car crash involving the band where their van and trailer of gear were rolled over on a highway. Lamb was injured in the crash, leading to his departure from the band. Lamb was replaced with Joe Rickard; a friend and drum tech of Lamb's who was looking for another band to play in after leaving his previous group The Wedding. Rickard was only a touring and studio drummer up to this point in his career with Red, but was recently made an official member of the band.

The meaning behind Red's video, "Death of Me", is explained by Randy in an interview with NewReleaseTuesday.com: "We used (the) twins (and a double of vocalist Michael Barnes) to symbolize two opposing forces in the video, 'Death of Me.' In it, we see the positive side of things being chased by the negative side of things, and in the end there’s a battle. The battle doesn’t seem to resolve itself in the video. That’s because we will face struggles in our lives, even though we do find resolve in certain situations."[10]

Red unveiled their new site on September 24 which they will now use as their main hub in connecting with the fans. Coinciding with the release of their new site, Red released the music video for their new single, "Forever", which was made using clips from their tour much like the video for "Let Go." Soon after the band announced in a podcast on Kyte.com that Joe is a member of Red and Hayden will not be returning due to the injuries sustained from the car crash. Red also announced soon after that Jasen Rauch will not be a touring member of the band anymore due to needing to spend more time with his family. Rauch will still be part of Red and will continue to write for Red as well. There will be no replacement.

The band embarked on tour with Saving Abel, Pop Evil, and Taddy Porter on the Class of 2009 Tour.[11] On their website the band announced that they will be touring with Pillar and The Wedding on their new tour "Nothing and Everything" Tour which started in January 2010. In March the band toured with Breaking Benjamin, Thousand Foot Krutch and Chevelle.[12]

The band has announced an April and May tour with Skillet and The Letter Black which will be called the Awake and Alive Tour part two; a continuation of Skillet's headlining 2009 tour.[13][14]

Red won "Rock Album Of The Year" for Innocence & Instinct at the 2010 Dove Awards. They are scheduled to open up a few dates of Creed's 2010 summer tour.[15] They are also scheduled to headline a few dates with 12 Stones starting July 13. Red just announced their second leg part of their Nothing and Everything Tour featuring Disciple, Brian HEAD Welch, Silverline, and The Wedding. The tour is mainly going to be in the west coast, starting October 28h. Their music video for Ordinary World came out on July 6, 2010 on iTunes.

New album

Red is currently working on their third studio album, currently untitled, According to the band's official site, the album will be produced by Rob Graves[16], and that they will enter the studio after the Summer Festivals. The band went into the studio for the first time on August 5, 2010. On September 23, they announced a photoshoot alongside with the message "R3D nears.." on their Facebook page.[citation needed]

Band members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Label Chart peaks[17]
US US Indie US Christ US Heat
2006 End of Silence Essential 194 17 7 6
2009 Innocence & Instinct Sony Music Entertainment 15 1 1 —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Year Title Chart peaks[18] Album
US
Main 		US
Alt. 		US
Rock 		US
Active 		US Christian Rock
2006 "Breathe Into Me" 15 — — 10 1 End of Silence
"Break Me Down" — — — — 1
2007 "Let Go" 21 — — 17 1
"Lost" — — — — 1
2008 "Already Over" 18 26 — 15 1
"Fight Inside" — — — — 1 Innocence & Instinct
"Never Be the Same" — — — — 1
2009 "Death of Me" 9 37 40 7 1
"Forever" 23 — — 19 1
"Mystery of You"[19] — — — — 1
"Start Again"[20] — — — — 27
2010 "Ordinary World" — — — 39 10
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ http://www.titletrakk.com/music-interviews/red-anthony-armstrong-interview.htm
  2. ^ Keker, Aaron (April 6, 2008). "Interview with Red". Europunk. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
  3. ^ http://www.titletrakk.com/music-interviews/red-anthony-armstrong-interview.htm
  4. ^ Grammy Awards "GRAMMY.com - 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners List", Retrieved May 18, 2007.
  5. ^ HM MAGAZINE [1] RETRIEVED JANUARY 09
  6. ^ "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  7. ^ TitleTrakk.com Music News: Update on: Red involved in serious car accident
  8. ^ (c) 2004 Design by Visual Inventor Ltd. Co. http://www.visualinventor.com - Permission must be given for the use of this code. "GMA : Press Room". Gospelmusic.org. Retrieved 2010-03-02. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Red Makes R&R History As It Debuts 'Fight Inside' At No.1". Breathecast.com. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  10. ^ newreleasetuesday.com Interview with Red
  11. ^ "CLASS OF 2009: NEW SAVING ABEL HEADLINE TOUR! - MySpace-blog | van Saving Abel". Blogs.myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  12. ^ [2][dead link]
  13. ^ "Awake and Alive Tour". Itickets.com. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  14. ^ "TOUR". Ardent Records. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
  15. ^ http://www.ilike.com/artist/Red/events
  16. ^ http://www.redmusiconline.com
  17. ^ "Red - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums" allmusic. Retrieved on December 28, 2008.
  18. ^ [3][dead link]
  19. ^ "Red's "Mystery Of You" Secures Third No. 1 Single Off Innocence & Instinct". Your Music Zone. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2010-03-02. [dead link]
  20. ^ "Red Select Next Single "Start Again" - TuneLab Music – Everything Rock". Tunelab.com. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
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