Love is Red
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Love is Red was a melodic hardcoreMelodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on vocal melody. The genre is commonly defined with fast hardcore drum beats, complex guitar riffs and melodic singing with occasional screaming and shouting.-History:...
band hailing from Nashville, Tennessee. The band formed in 2000 In Florence, Alabama
Florence, Alabama
Florence is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....
with the original line up of Rob Mcfeters (vocals), Dane Taylor (drums), Adam Riser (guitar), Roger Kilburn (guitar), and Kinsman Mackay (bass). After their first demo, the band released their debut full length record, All Thats Ahead Points to Forever,on the Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
based indie record label Recorse Records. After a few southeastern tours, Rob Mcfeters had to quit the band because he could not control his bowels. The band recruited Hunter Weeks on vocals who could control his bowels with utmost efficiency. The band then re-recorded some demo tracks and released a split EP on Recorse Records with Nashville Band, Olivers Army in 2002.
The band toured the east coast for a while until Dane Taylor and Kinsman Mackay quit the band because they could not control their bladders. New members Kyle Mims (drums), and Jeff Yancey (Bass), joined the band to form their final line up. The band toured the United States extensively for a few years and finally caught the attention of Jamey Jasta
Jamey Jasta
Jamey Jasta is an American musician from New Haven, Connecticut, best known as the lead vocalist of the hardcore band Hatebreed and sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow...
from the band Hatebreed
Hatebreed
- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...
and the founder of record label Stillborn Records
Stillborn Records
Stillborn Records is an American-based independent record label, founded by Jamey Jasta of the band Hatebreed. Stillborn Records has released a variety of bands, mainly focused in the genres of metal and hardcore....
. The band recorded a full length album on Stillborn called "The Hardest Fight" in 2004. The band toured on this record with such bands as Hatebreed
Hatebreed
- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...
, Saosin
Saosin
Saosin is an American rock band originally hailing from Newport Beach, California. The band was formed in 2003 and recorded its first EP, Translating the Name, that same year with original singer Anthony Green. Green left Saosin following the band's decision to sign with a commercial label,...
, Strung Out
Strung Out
Strung Out is a Californian punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1992. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of punk rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They have released seven albums on Fat Wreck Chords and appeared on numerous...
, Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...
, With Honor, Embrace Today
Embrace Today
Embrace Today are an American straight edge metalcore–hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. They have toured with such bands as Bleeding Through, Champion, Bury Your Dead, Ion Dissonance, Premonitions of War, Since The Flood, and Haste the Day...
, and others. Love is Red shot a video that aired on MTV2 for the heavy music show Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
, hosted by Jamey Jasta
Jamey Jasta
Jamey Jasta is an American musician from New Haven, Connecticut, best known as the lead vocalist of the hardcore band Hatebreed and sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow...
. The video featured a single, "Close my Eyes", from their last release. The band then had some turbulent times, and only after a year of touring on the newest album, they broke up in the early spring of 2005.
Many Members of Love is red have gone on to play with other Melodic Hardcore
Melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on vocal melody. The genre is commonly defined with fast hardcore drum beats, complex guitar riffs and melodic singing with occasional screaming and shouting.-History:...
bands. Kyle Mims joined the band Evergreen Terrace
Evergreen Terrace
Evergreen Terrace is a five-piece melodic hardcore/metalcore band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1999, they are named after the street on which The Simpsons claim residence...
shortly after the band's demise and played with them until 2010. Adam Riser played live guitars with the California Hardcore band Betrayed, and has since started his own Metal project called Lone Wolf. Roger Kilburn joined the Hardcore Punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
band Sinking Ships
Sinking Ships
Sinking Ships was a melodic hardcore band hailing from Seattle, Washington that formed in 2004. In 2005, the band released their debut EP, Meridian on Run For Cover Records and later re issued on 6131 Records and contributed the track "Turn My Headphones Up" to the Generations compilation released...
, which broke up in 2008, and is currently playing in the hardcore band Wait in Vain, featuring members from the Seattle hardcore band Trial (band)
Trial (band)
Trial is an American political straight edge hardcore punk band based in Seattle, Washington. The band was active from 1995 until 2000. They reunited for three reunion shows in Seattle, London, and Budapest in the fall of 2005, and recently were part of the Burning Fight Book Release show in...
Jeff Yancey spent the next few years filling in on bass for Bracewar(Richmond) and Cast Aside(rip) and spent some time as a roadie with Throwdown, Down To Nothing and Soilwork.
On December 18, 2010, Love Is Red got back together to play a reunion show in Nashville, TN at Rocketown with Hollywood, traitor, Ill Patriot and Modernhell. As of right now, there are no plans at doing anymore shows.
Discography
- All Thats Ahead Points To Forever (Recorse Records, 2000)
- Love is Red/Olivers Army Split (Recorse Records, 2002)
- Dixxxie Hardcore Demo (Self Released, 2003)
- "The Hardest Fight" (Stillborn Records, 2004)