About The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is an American rock band formed in Middleburg, Florida, in 2003. The band's current members include Ronnie Winter , Joey Westwood , Josh Burke , Randy Winter , and John Espy . They have released five studio albums to date.
The band is best known for their 2006 major-label debut Don't You Fake It. Its lead single "Face Down" became their biggest success, and "False Pretense" and "Your Guardian Angel" were successful follow-up hits. Don't You Fake It is the band's only RIAA-certified album , and all of its singles have also received awards from various institutions.
Originating in Florida, childhood friends Ronnie Winter and Duke Kitchens started the band while attending an AP Music Theory class in 2001. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus was officially formed in 2003 after the addition of other members who were then in other bands. The band name was chosen by the band voting for random words they threw on a wall.
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus worked with Vision Sound studios in Orange Park, Florida, which released a "6 song EP CD that was spread throughout different countries to promote the band in 2005". The band began to become more popular as they used certain social media, namely Myspace, to advertise their music. While popular in their local scene, the band found it difficult to secure label support. This is why the band took 18 months to write songs before going into the live scene. They built a fan base with continued live shows, which attracted the attention of Jason Flom of Virgin Records in 2005, after which they began work on their first album.
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".
The album was certified gold on November 27, 2006, by the RIAA for sales shipments exceeding 500,000 copies.
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