Red

Red was formed by twin brothers, guitarist Anthony and bassist 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 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 which was released in 2006 and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Gospel Album at the 49th Grammy Awards. The album's first single, "Breathe Into Me," peaked at No. 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.

The band's second album, Innocence & Instinct, was released on February 10, 2009 and debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 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 No. 5 in its first week of release on iTunes overall top albums chart. Red made music history as the first band in Christian rock history to have a song debut at No. 1 when the band's single "Fight Inside" was released in November 2008.

Until We Have Faces was released on February 1st. The band released a teaser video on Facebook via YouTube which featured the band name on a sheet of parchment, which burned away, revealing the album title. The album also debuted at No. 2 on the billboard list. "Feed the Machine" started to be added to Active Rock Radio stations in mid-February. Until We Have Faces has sold more than 100,000 copies. "Start Again" won the award for Best Rock Recorded Song of the Year at the 2011 GMA Dove Awards.

Their latest single "Lie To Me" is climbing up the Active Rock charts now.

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