About Red
Hometown
Nashville, TN, United States
Formed
2002
Genre
Rock
For more than a decade, Nashville hard rock outfit Red has combined angsty riffs with a message of faith, topping the charts while expanding the boundaries of Christian music.
∙ Formed in 2002 by a trio of childhood friends, the band wanted a name that was “short, meaningful, and easy to remember,” selecting Red as a reference to the blood of Christ.
∙ Their 2006 debut LP, End of Silence, hit No. 7 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart, went Gold, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album.
∙ “Breathe Into Me,” the lead single from End of Silence, earned Red their first Dove Award—and they’ve since won five more.
∙ Mainstream success came with 2009’s Innocence & Instinct, which hit No. 15 on the Billboard 200, while 2011’s C.S. Lewis-inspired Until We Have Faces peaked at No. 2.
∙ The band teamed up with Benjamin Burnley (frontman of fellow heavy rock outfit Breaking Benjamin) to write “Shadows,” a nu-metal romp from the 2009 LP Innocence & Instinct.
∙ Red has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart five times, and their most recent LP, 2020’s Declaration, landed at No. 2.
Members of Red include, or have included, Anthony Armstrong, Michael Barnes, and Brian Medeiros.
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