ARTICLE: Introducing Red
October 30th, 2006 |
Articles | Source: Brio Magazine (14)
At first glance, it’s doubtful that music fans would mistake artist Red for a run-of-the-mill Christian cover band. But for longtime friends Michael Barnes and twin brothers Randy and Anthony Armstrong, the humorous fact that the hard-edged outfit’s founding members cut their rock ‘n’ roll teeth playing songs by dcTalk, Audio Adrenaline and Jars of Clay will always keep them humble. “Some video will probably surface eventually,” bass player Randy says. “We’re just looking forward to showing it to Toby [of dcTalk] and those guys because it’s hilarious.”
Michael, Randy and Anthony grew up together in Pennsylvania, where they admittedly dipped into a predictable bag of tricks, including acoustic-driven melodies and the occasional dance step. But as the guys got older, their tastes started to change, and a serious shift in musical direction followed. […read more]



