Early years and Don't You Fake It (2003-2007)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus started out as a local band in Middleburg, Florida, which is south west of Jacksonville, according to The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' official website.
The name, "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus", was chosen by placing random words on a wall, and then blindfolding one of the members and choosing a few words. Some other names the band thought about using were "Umbrella Ninjas", and "Evil Slamina". (Evil Slamina being 'Live Animals' spelled backwards.) The band was unofficially started by Ronnie Winter and Duke Kitchens in 2001 after they had played together doing Blink-182 cover songs in AP music theory. It wasn't started officially until 2003.
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus released an untitled demo with three songs in mid 2004. Immediately after they followed that up with their first EP the "Kins and Carroll" also in mid 2004. By the end of 2004, they added songs to their EP to complete a 12 song LP also untitled. In 2005, they signed to Jason Flom at Virgin records. Later in 2006, they released their first LP, Don't You Fake It with the singles "Face Down", "False Pretense", "Your Guardian Angel", and "Damn Regret", which was certified gold on November 27, 2006 by the RIAA for sales shipments exceeding 500,000 copies.[4] In February 2007, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus headlined the US Take Action Tour organized for the prevention of youth suicide, along with bands such as My Chemical Romance and Rise Against.[5] Their song "In Fate's Hands" (which was the name of Joey and Elias's previous project) is featured in the video game Madden NFL 07, their song "Face Down" is featured in the video games Saints Row 2 and MX vs. ATV: Untamed, and their song "False Pretense" is featured in the movie Never Back Down (2008)
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD) was released on February 23, 2007. The CD features the album and two exclusive songs, an acoustic version of "Face Down" and a never released out of Australia bonus track "Disconnected".
On May 3, 2007, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus performed on Fort Rucker, Alabama to help benefit the rebuilding of Enterprise High School after it was destroyed by a tornado on March 1, 2007.
Also, in May 2007, the band's single, "Face Down", was featured in the movie Georgia Rule.
In a 2007 interview with the Florida Entertainment Scene, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus teamed up with Virgin Records to raise funds for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. They also headlined theTake Action! Tour which sponsors awareness against teen suicide and against animal cruelty.
"In Fate's Hands" was used in Madden NFL 07 as well as the 2007 EVER OSL Starleague (Ongamenet). Additional songs used during that OSL season were "Waiting" and "Atrophy".]
Lonely Road (2008-Present)
In June 2007, according to Billboard.com, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus began to work on their second album, Lonely Road, that had "a tentative release date being summer 2008."[6] The band was then pulled out of their confirmed appearances at the Australian Soundwave festival tour 2008, after their label president promised to pay money that was owed and have the band in the studio, but instead didn't pull through.[citation needed]
In April 2008, the band began an acoustic tour on the east coast in various locations with the group Amaru, who is from the same home town. Ronnie said that the tour felt like they were "Getting back where we all started."
After pulling out of the 2008 Soundwave festival, the band took part in the line-up for 2009.
On September 30, 2008, the band announced in a MySpace blog that on October 3, they would be premiering a demo version of a song from the upcoming album. The song was to be available a day earlier for members of the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Alliance" fan group. However, the studio of the song "Pen and Paper" was released to members of the "Alliance" fan group on October 9, and was released on the band's MySpace the following day. Another song, "You Better Pray," the first single off of "Lonely Road", was premiered worldwide on PlanetRadio1073.com[1] for free listening beginning on October 21 and began streaming the next day on the band's MySpace page.
The band posted a MySpace blog on December 16, 2008 announcing that their guitarist, Elias Reidy, was no longer with the band, and that he "has not been since late October."[7] The band was sure to reassure their fans that "regardless have no fear - the core of RJA remains intact."[7] The band has said that Reidy left to pursue a solo career.[8], however, many have speculated the truth behind this due to the timing of his departure.
Their second studio album, titled Lonely Road,[9] was released on February 3, debuting in the fourteenth spot in The Billboard 200..
Beginning in October 2008, Matt Carter had replaced the guitar player Elias Reidy, Carter was seen working as a tech for the band in the winter and spring of 2008. He had previously jammed with the band before Elias joined, but decided to pursue something else. However, when Elias left the band, Matt was asked to take his spot and has agreed to play with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. In an interview with a Jacksonville newspaper, Ronnie was asked whether or not Matt was officially in the band, to which he responded, "I don't know. I guess he's in the band. We're taking it slow."[8] Matt has had very little time to learn all of their songs before heading out on tour with them.
On March 20, 2009, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus released an EP titled Shock Session, featuring acoustic versions of "Pen & Paper", "You Better Pray", and "Face Down"
Members
Current:
- Ronnie Winter - Lead Vocals (2001-Present)
- Duke Kitchens - Lead Guitar, piano, backing vocals (2001-Present)
- Matt Carter- Rhythm Guitar (2009-Present)
- Joey Westwood - Bass, backing vocals (2005-Present)
- Jon Wilkes - Drums, backing vocals (2005-Present)
Former:
- Elias Reidy - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2005-2008)
- Thomas Amason - Rhythm guitar and backing vocals (2002-2005)
- Edmund Lowman - Rhythm guitar and backing vocals (2005)
- Thomas Wurth - Bass (2003-2004)
- Dan Wagler - Drums (2003-2004)
- James Gumbs - Bass (2003)
- Brent Kumba - Drums (2003)
[Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] | AUS [11] | NZ [12] | |||
| 2004 | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
| — | — | — | |
| 2006 | Don't You Fake It
| 25 | — | 23 | US: Gold[13] |
| 2009 | Lonely Road
| 14 | 41 | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||
[edit]Extended plays
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Ass Shaker/Justify/Face Down EP |
| 2007 | AOL Sessions Undercover-EP |
| 2009 | Shock Session-EP |
[edit]Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. [14] | U.S. Pop [14] | U.S. Digital [14] | U.S. Mod. Rock [14] | U.S. Main. Rock [14] | NZ [15] | ||||
| 2006 | "Face Down" | 24 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 4 | Don't You Fake It | |
| 2007 | "False Pretense" | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | ||
| "Your Guardian Angel" | 122 | — | — | — | — | 19 | |||
| 2008 | "Damn Regret" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Better Pray" | — | — | — | 17 | 31 | — | Lonely Road | ||
| 2009 | "Pen & Paper" | 75 | — | 46 | — | — | — | ||
| "Represent" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||
[edit]References
- ^ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. BMI.com. Accessed April 18, 2007.
- ^ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Biography
- ^ Don't You Fake It review. X-Press Online. Accessed April 18, 2007.
- ^ THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS Turns Gold: 'DON'T YOU FAKE IT' Is Certified Gold, PR Newswire
- ^ TICKETS: Dave Matthews Band to play MGM Grand on March 23-24, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- ^ Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Hoarding New Songs, Billboard.com
- ^ a b [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=4654367&blogID=456854129/ Myspace Blog: "Happy Holidays and a bunch of updates "], Myspace.com
- ^ a b Red Jumpsuit Apparatus releases new CD today, performs tonight, Jacksonville.com
- ^ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus To Release Lonely Road In February, Komodo Rock.com
- ^ "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums" allmusic. Retrieved on November 10, 2008.
- ^ "Discography The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus". Australian-charts. Retrieved on 2009-03-28.
- ^ "New Zealand Album Charts - Search for The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus" Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on November 10, 2008.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - Search Results: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2009-03-28.
- ^ a b c d e American singles chart
- ^ New Zealand singles chart
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