So granted, that video with the dude beating his wife or whatever was pretty corny, but TRJA did scan over 800k units of their first record, which even by today’s margins is no chump change, especially for a label like Virgin, whose roster reads like a dollar bin in a used record store. Nevertheless, in a blog post titled “Virgin Records, Soundwave, and our NEW record…” the band states:
Stay tuned for a series of important announcements regarding Virgin Records, the Soundwave cancellation, and our NEW record…
To our fans in Australia – an announcement has been making the rounds that we are not playing Soundwave in order to stay behind and make another record for VR – this information is highly inaccurate and something that we did not approve -the full story shortly. Don’t You Fake It.
Long Live The Alliance
-RJA-
Hints as to what this might mean are pretty much summed up elsewhere on their Myspace profile, where under label they list “none.” So the real question is who dumped who? The all-knowing wisdom of The Velvet Rope seems to to point to El Droppo, which is kind of sad until you remember….THEY ACTUALLY CALLED THEMSELVES THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS!!111
Anyone who calls their band something like is srsly asking for it. But on the bright side, after selling 811,176 copies of their last record and touring on it for a couple years, each band member – after recouping costs for recording, promotion, tour support, etc – probably made literally tens of dollars, so I’m sure they won’t be hurting for a least a couple of days. Rock and Roll! The only job where your paycheck is really just a loan! In their downtime the members of TRJA are busy coming up with totally original concepts like this:
Actually…wait, didn’t that already happen?
How can you think Face Down is cheesy? It’s a serious sing with a serious meaning?
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is the coolest name ever, and its not even about the name, its about the music, which is so incredible.
Jon Wilkes has to be the greatest drummer ever, which is proof since his version of Low is undeniably better. Also if you didn’t know, he’s a trained jazz musician. Can you beat that? Hip-hop, rock and jazz. I don’t think so.
Maybe next time you should actually try listening to them first.
How can you think Face Down is cheesy? It’s a serious song with a serious meaning!
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is the coolest name ever, and its not even about the name, its about the music, which is so incredible.
Jon Wilkes has to be the greatest drummer ever, which is proof since his version of Low is undeniably better. Also if you didn’t know, he’s a trained jazz musician. Can you beat that? Hip-hop, rock and jazz. I don’t think so.
Maybe next time you should actually try listening to them first.
step right up was the coolest songs that i’ve ever heard from them, but the song that i really like is the song your guardian angel…. men i’m always listening to that song…
Lol. This takes it for me. Ok, lets do this.
1. Lots of songs are serious and still blow hard. Look through 1/2 the new arrivals list in any record store. Done.
2. If its the coolest name ever, then why do you feel the need to say directly after ‘its not ever about the name’? Don’t discredit your argument 3 words after you stated an opinion. Fail.
3. Jon Wilkes is a decently-proficient drummer. He’s a trained jazz musician?! WOAH! I’m trained in alot of things, but believe me, that doesn’t mean I comprihend 1/2 of them. Not to discredit the guy, but to get some perspective, google the name ‘Keith Moon’.
3b. Side note: They had this thing back in the day that was Hip-hop, rock and jazz. It was called nu-metal, and it was the cancer of the music industry. Just trust me on this.
4. Daniel Taylor is actually considered legally deaf in the upper 48 states, so saying that might have hurt his feelings… apologize now.
Oh, besides that rant, yea, that dude can drum pretty well. I’m just cranky on Mondays dammit.