History Music / RedBand

Red was formed in 2006 by twin brothers Randy and Anthony Armstrong, bassist and guitarist respectively, drummer Andrew Hendrix, guitarist Jasen Rauch, and lead singer Michael Barnes, choosing their band name to symbolize the "blood of Christ". Before the band released an album, Hendrix left and was replaced with Hayden Lamb (cousin of ex-Paramore guitarist Hunter Lamb). After signing with big name record label Sony BMG after creating a handful of demo tracks, they released their first full-length album ''End of Silence'' that same year.

Their fourth album ''Release the Panic'' was subject to no small amount of derision. It was criticized for its less inspired sound, short length, and commercial songwriting, and began a brief DorkAge for them. Michael Barnes openly stated in an interview that the album was written to have more commercial appeal, but doesn't regret making it.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness:
** Their ballads get quite low on the scale, ranging from 1 to 3, while most of their songs are a 6 or a 7.
** Their heaviest song is the Music/{{Pantera}}-esque "Damage", which is around 8.

* IHateSong: Their most recent album includes "The Evening Hate", which they’ve said "dives into the deep-seeded hatred that everyone has felt at some point or another." Unlike other songs, this one even portrays the ''consequences'' of holding on to that level of anger, like the implications that the singer is literally losing his mind due to the immense hatred.

!!Red Tropes:

* SelfBackingVocalist: Michael Barnes sings with himself a lot. Some songs, such as "Fight To Forget" and "Cauterize," overdub [[SopranoAndGravel his screaming and his clean vocals]]. The bridge of "Death of Me" overdubs his screaming and whispering.

* PsychoStrings: Hysterical strings notes are part of Red's SignatureStyle.

* SelfBackingVocalist: Michael Barnes sings with himself a lot. Some songs, such as "Fight To Forget" and "Cauterize," overdub [[SopranoAndGravel his screaming and his clean vocals]].

* IncrediblyLongNote: [[CarefulWithThatAxe The bloodcurdling scream]] during the bridge of "From The Ashes" goes on for over 10 seconds.

* SelfBackingVocalist: Michael Barnes sings with himself a lot. Some songs, like "Cauterize," overdub his screaming and clean vocals.

* DespairEventHorizon: Many songs depict the narrator on the brink of it. "Buried Beneath", for example.
-->I'm finally breaking so where are you now\\

** "The Evening Hate" inverts this in one of the choruses:

* SplashOfColor: ''Of Beauty and Rage'' cover is [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white]] exept for bright red leaves.

* BaldOfAwesome: Michael.

* CallBack: ''The Ever'' contains a call back to ''Innocence & Instinct

Unfortunately, the band began to focus too much on their success, and their fourth album ''Release the Panic'' was subject to no small amount of derision. It was criticized for its less inspired sound, short length, and commercial songwriting, and began a brief DorkAge for them. Michael Barnes openly stated in an interview that the album was written to have more commercial appeal, but doesn't regret making it.

* ColorMotif: Most of their album covers have something red (duh) on them.