The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
(left to right) Elias Reidy, Duke Kitchens, Jon Wilkes, Ronnie Winter, Joey Westwood
Background information
Origin	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Genre(s)	Emo^[1]^[2]^[3] Pop punk^[4]^[5] Post-hardcore^[6]^[7]^[8] Alternative rock^[8]
Years active	2003 - Present
Label(s)	Virgin Records
Website	www.redjumpsuit.com
Members
Ronnie Winter Duke Kitchens Elias Reidy Joey Westwood Jon Wilkes

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 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; all perform back-up vocals.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

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 three words. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus released their demo, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in 2005. They then released a demo tour EP with "Ass Shaker", "Justify" and "Face Down" demo versions.^[9] 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.^[10]In the summer of 2006 lead singer Ronnie Winter married his long time girlfriend Staci in Las Vegas while the band was on the Vans Warped Tour. Staci now sells merchandise for the band on tour. As of February 2007, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus took part in the US Take Action! Tour organized for the prevention of youth suicide, along with bands such as My Chemical Romance and Rise Against.^[11] Their song "In Fate's Hands" is featured in the video game Madden NFL 07. 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. In August of 2007, bassist Joey Westwood's girlfriend gave birth to a daughter, Ella. In November of 2007 lead singer Ronnie Winter and his wife Staci along with rhythm guitarist Duke Kitchens and his girlfriend moved into a house together in Middleburg, Florida. In the house they created a Jam room in order to work on the band's second album.

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^[12]	#5 U.S.	Platinum	1,112,182	-
2007	AOL Sessions Undercover-EP^[9]	None	None	N/A	N/A

Singles

Year	Title	Album	Chart positions^[13]
Year	Title	Album	^{U.S. Hot 100}	^{U.S. Pop 100}	^{U.S. Mod. Rock}	^{U.S. Main. Rock}	^New Zealand
2006	"Face Down"^[12]	Don't You Fake It	24	15	3	38	4
2007	"False Pretense"		-	-	39	-	-
2007	"Your Guardian Angel"		124	-	-	-	34^[14]
2008	"Damn Regret"		-	-	-	-	-

Trivia

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"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 Hills.
Ronnie Winter wrote all the songs on their debut album Don't You Fake It.
Ronnie Winter married longtime girlfriend, Staci, in August of 2006. They had been dating nearly 5 years at the time of their marriage.

References

^ Don't You Fake It Album Review. Hybrid Magazine. Accessed February 11, 2007.
^ Don't You Fake It Album Review. IGN. Accessed February 11, 2007.
^ Jocelyn Vena, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Biography. MTV News
^ MTV Biography. MTV.com. Accessed February 16, 2007.
^ http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/id_2098046/artist.jhtml
^ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. BMI.com. Accessed April 18, 2007.
^ Don't You Fake It review. X-Press Online. Accessed April 18, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Don't You Fake It Album Review. Rain City Ambience. Accessed November 15, 2007.
^ ^a ^b The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Google Music
^ 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
^ ^a ^b The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus discography, AOL music
^ Billboard, allmusic.com
^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp

External links

• • e The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Ronnie Winter • Duke Kitchens • Elias Reidy • Joey Westwood • Jon Wilkes
Studio albums	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus • Don't You Fake It
EPs	Ass Shaker/Justify/Face Down EP • AOL Sessions Undercover-EP
Singles	"Face Down" • "False Pretense" • "Your Guardian Angel" • "Damn Regret"
Labels	Virgin Records