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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (also known as Red Jumpsuit Apparatus or RJA) is a band that formed in 2003 in Jacksonville, Florida. The band consists of lead vocalist Ronnie Winter, lead guitarist Elias Reidy, bassist Joey Westwood, guitarist Duke Kitchens, and drummer Jon Wilkes; Elias, Joey, Duke and John all perform back-up vocals. Their debut major label album Don't You Fake It was released on July 18, 2006, and has since been certified platinum.
History
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus started out as a local band in Middleburg, Florida, which is south of Jacksonville, according to The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' official website. The name, "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. Shortly after the formation, the band finally broke ties with a fan who claimed to be their manager. The individual in question was blamed for attempting to steal credit and money from the band's early performances at small venues around Florida. Despite the difficulties, the early performances met with widespread acclaim, and the band's potential for success became apparent to music moguls.
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.[2]As of 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.[3] 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 game MX vs. ATV: Untamed
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Don't You Fake It Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD) was released on April 3, 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".
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 the Take Action! Tour which sponsors awareness against teen suicide and against animal cruelty.
As of June 2007, according to Billboard.com, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have begun work on a second album that should be released in the summer of 2008.[4] The band was pulled out of their confirmed appearances at the Australian Soundwave Festival Tour 2008 by Label president Jason Flom who promised to have the band in the studio by February 1st, but didn't pull through citing the current faltering position of EMI's financial problems.
As of April 2008, the band began an acoustic tour 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."
Members
- Ronnie Winter (born 4 December) is the lead vocalist for the group and also plays guitar. [citation needed].
- Duke Kitchens is the guitarist and pianist for the group.
- Elias Reidy (born 23 August 1986, Orange Park, FL) is the guitarist and backing vocalist for the group. [citation needed].
- Joey Westwood (born 26 February, San Diego, CA) is the bassist for the group. [citation needed].
- Jon Wilkes is the percussionist for the group.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | U.S. Certification | U.S. Sales | Worldwide Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus | None | None | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Ass Shaker/Justify/Face Down EP | None | None | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Don't You Fake It[5] | #25 U.S. | Platinum | 1,112,182 | |
| 2007 | AOL Sessions Undercover-EP[6] | None | None | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | Your Guardian Angel EP[6] | None | None | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | Untitled 2nd studio album | None | None | N/A | N/A |
Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. Pop 100 |
U.S. Mod. Rock |
U.S. Main. Rock |
New Zealand | |||
| 2006 | "Face Down"[5] | Don't You Fake It | |||||
| 2007 | "False Pretense" | ||||||
| "Your Guardian Angel" | |||||||
| 2008 | "Damn Regret" | ||||||
Trivia
 | This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (October 2007) |
- "In Fate's Hands" is 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".
- The band has been seen on an episode of the MTV reality show The Hills. The band did a photoshoot at Teen Vogue with main characters Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port supervising.
- Ronnie Winter married long time girlfriend, Staci, in August of 2006 in Vegas. They had been together over 5 years at the time of their marriage.
- Joey Westwood and girlfriend, Laura, had a daughter August 2007.
- Elias Reidy is engaged to Kirsten Storms.
References
- ^ "The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Biography". MTV.com. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ 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 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus discography, AOL music
- ^ a b The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Google Music
- ^ Billboard, allmusic.com
- ^ RIANZ