Biography
“Shattered Red is a good mixture of rock ‘n roll enhanced by a bit of heartfelt soul searching.”
-RoughEdge.com
“Powerful music, meant to infect your mind with the intelligence and beauty of the melody, and shake you to the core with the raw power of their music.”
-Midwestbands.com
“Sounds like a refined Tool with the bad taken out and the good amplified.”
-Broadjam.com
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The Story:
A unique mix of intelligent lyrics, vibrant songwriting, and powerful melodies, Shattered Red isn’t afraid to redefine what a rock band should be. Able to appeal to mainstream rock listeners yet still tug at a listener’s soul, the bands debut record ‘The Lines for the Living’ goes from hard-hitting rock to moments of piano, spacious vocals, and atmospheric guitar effects.
Why the difference in writing styles? Guitarist Mike Salamonski says, “We channel what’s going on in our lives and the lives of those around us. As a band, we can’t do that by writing the same song 12 times to fit an oversaturated or tired genre. We have to do our own thing.”
The band has steadily increased its fan base through consistent, excellent shows. A Shattered Red show is not only personal, but a connection between the musicians and the audience. Bassist Brad Steffek says it best: “Quite often, people come up to us after a show and mention we play like our lives depend on it. I tell them that considering we have to fill up the van to get home, our lives do depend on it.”
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Achievements:
- Secured online distribution through BestBuy.com Independent Music and digital distribution through iTunes, MusicNet, Choice Records, and MusicNow.
- Began touring regularly
- Top 10 Razor947 Band of the Year
- Played with numerous national acts, including Cold, Kill Hannah, Apartment 26, Trapt, Halestorm and more.
- Twice hit the main rock stage of Milwaukee’s SummerFest to open for Crossfade and DamagePlan.
- Selected out of 400 other acts to showcase at the 2004 NACA convention in St. Paul, MN and received numerous college bookings.
- Received regular rotation spins for the song ‘Who We Are’ in Wisconsin.
- The song ‘Fallen’ hit the national Top 100 chart on MP3.com, out of 20,000 other songs.
- Band formed and recorded first EP, mixed by Mike Salvatori (Halo) and mastered by the Grammy Award winning Trevor Sadler (Rush, NIN).
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Instrumentation
Discography
2003 'Walk Away EP'
2005 'The Lines for the Living'
Links
| http://www.ShatteredRed.com |