Red Vox

Red Vox is a New York City based indie rock band created by Vinny, Mike, Joe, Bill and Jerrold in 2015. Beginning primarily as a two-piece, Red Vox would eventually incorporate the talents of all five members. All recordings have been done at Red Room Studios, engineered by Joe of Happy Anarchy fame. Their second album Another Light was released in 2017 and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. They have released 6 albums and 2 EPs in total. Despite not being a primarily live band, they played their biggest show yet in 2025 to an audience of nearly 1,500 at Super Magfest.

History

In 2003, Vinny and Mike met in college and connected over a common love of bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, The Who and Black Sabbath. Around this time Vinny began learning guitar and writing his first songs, some of which would later be recorded with Red Vox. Trolls and Goblins and Long Lonely Night being among his early writing efforts.

After a few years of being in random bands and playing guitar for Billy (who would later be in Red Vox as a contributing member,) Vinny started a band called Davy's Grey with Mike and their friend Phil. Mike's drumming at this time was highly influenced by Keith Moon and John Bonham while Vinny's guitar playing and vocals were influenced by David Gilmour and Kurt Cobain. Following nearly two years of practice, writing and sporadic local shows, Davy's Grey recorded a seven song EP in 2009 called No Cigar^[1] but disbanded shortly after. Mike and Phil went on to join various other bands while Vinny worked on various solo musical projects and created the Vinesauce youtube channel and streaming group.

In late 2014 Vinny and Mike decided to get together and start another band. Beginning primarily as a two-piece, they worked on new and old songs, preparing them for recording. After some time, they found their way to Red Room Studios to work with Joe of Happy Anarchy^[2] fame on a feature length album. Somewhat aimless at first, the band came together in time due to Joe's production style and bass groundwork. Though they don't necessarily adhere to one specific genre, Red Vox takes inspiration from a number of classic and contemporary rock bands. Some consider the music psychedelic, though not exclusively so. According to Vinny, the name of the band came from a dream. This became a sort of theme for Red Vox as multiple songs have been claimed to originate from dreams. The band's debut album, What Could Go Wrong, was released in 2016. Staying somewhat rooted in guitar driven rock reminiscent of the early 90s, What Could Go Wrong would show signs of things to come, including a melody that would later be fleshed out on their 2017 full length follow-up, Another Light.

Musical style

Vinny has said that bands like Radiohead, Pixies, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Cars, Wilco, MGMT, The Clash, Tame Impala, Queens of the Stone Age and Talking Heads were influences. The music is mainly guitar driven but with psychedelic touches. According to Vinny, his discovering the band Tame Impala was a major factor in starting Red Vox.

Albums

So far, Red Vox has released six albums, two EPs, and fourteen singles, with more in production.

What Could Go Wrong

What Could Go Wrong is the first studio album created by Red Vox. It was released in March 29, 2016 as their debut album, and was recorded at Red Room Studio over the course of about ten months. Sound mixing and engineering was done by Joe.

What Could Go Wrong is hinted at by Vinny as possibly being a loose concept album. The main focus of the album could most likely be referring to exactly what the title says; "What Could Go Wrong". Songs in the album are all connected by the element of something going wrong. (Losing confidence in yourself, your significant other dies, you're faced with heartbreak multiple times, ETC.)

The album has received mostly positive reviews on Vinny's bandcamp^[3] and on the Red Vox YouTube page.^[4] It received a B+ from AltWire^[5] citing "Despite those arguably minor shortcomings, What Could Go Wrong Is excellent in concept and execution. The musical pieces fall together neatly in place on this album, heralded by the fantastic musicianship of Vinny and Mike, where each song is gifted with a lovely suite of cool guitar-and-drum tunes, accompanied with strong and earthly vocals from Vinny." According to Beyond The Stage,^[6] "Each song is curiously unique from it’s peers without becoming jarring or feeling as if it belongs to another band entirely. What Could Go Wrong dials seamlessly into a number of influences that should appeal largely to fans of artists like Beck, Arctic Monkeys, Pixies, and The Flaming Lips."

Sales have also gone well for an indie release. What Could Go Wrong was in the top 10 of [[2]]'s top selling albums for about 9 days. As of March 2017, What Could Go Wrong has over 100,000 views on YouTube.^[7]

Blood Bagel

On September 15, 2016, Red Vox released an EP entitled Blood Bagel. ^[8] It's a parody album consisting of 5 songs, each a pastiche of hard rock from the 80s and early 90s. Lyrically the album is filled with innuendo and thinly veiled references to bloody anuses. Generally regarded as the worst thing ever, here is the description of Blood Bagel by Red Vox:

“	For our next album, we wanted to strive for more depth and experimentation. This is not that album. This is Blood Bagel. Fuck you.	”
-Red Vox

Another Light

Another Light is Red Vox's second album, released on December 14, 2017.

Red Vox released a song from their then untitled album on January 10, 2017. "From The Stars" is more psychedelic than some of the band's previous work, leading people to believe the album would take a similar direction. ^[9]

The next song released from the album was "In The Garden", released on March 16, 2017. Once again, Red Vox released another new song from their album called "Reno", which was released on July 2, 2017.

On October 4, 2018, Another Light became Red Vox's first album to receive a release on vinyl. The vinyl came with the 9-minute track "Stranded" (released digitally as a single the same day) as a bonus track.

Kerosene

Kerosene is Red Vox's third album, surprise released on January 9, 2019. It started as a 5 or 6 song acoustic EP and ended up getting a lot more involved than that, growing to 10 songs and no longer being just acoustic. Vinny described the album as "not a happy album, but it all comes from a real place".

Realign

Realign is Red Vox's fourth album, released on July 10, 2020. Red Vox first released "Why Can't This Be Easy" on October 31, 2019, followed by "Ozymandias" on February 21, 2020 and "Realign" on June 25, 2020.

During the premiere stream, Vinny mentioned that the band had experimented and worked a lot with synthesizers for the album, having drawn inspiration from MGMT and Tame Impala. The tracks in the album are described to be diverse in variety and groovy.

The album art was largely based on a specific AI-generated image that Vinny had stumbled upon during one of his Ganbreeder streams, with him liking it so much that he saved it, and would later contact artist AmoralCrow to create said album art.

Lost For A While

Lost For A While is Red Vox's second EP, released on October 30, 2020.

The EP comprises of Realign-era bonus tracks and B-sides.^[10] As such, the EP's sound is very similar to that of Realign. "Rather Be Lonely" and "Stay In Bed" are bonus tracks on the Realign vinyl, while the other two tracks are exclusive to the EP. It was released with no prior announcement besides a smiley face on Twitter.

Visions

Visions is Red Vox's 5th album, or the 1st half of their 5th album, released on January 14, 2022.

The album goes back to Red Vox's roots in early 90's rock. It includes some of the bands heaviest songs, and is more in line with "What Could Go Wrong" than it does their more recent work, but still has the current Red Vox sound.

Red Vox first released "Elessar" and "There's A Place" on October 28, 2021, followed by "Choking on the Spite" on January 7th 2022.

This album is their first album with a music video for every song, only seen on the video for the full album and the premiere Twitch stream.

On May 5, 2022, Vinny announced on stream Visions is the first half of a double album named "Visions & Afterthoughts".

Afterthoughts

Afterthoughts is Red Vox's 6th album, or the 2nd half of their 5th studio album, released on March 3rd, 2023.

This album returns to the psychedelic sounds and synth experimentation on Kerosene and Realign, and features Chuck Salamone playing lead guitar on the tracks "Eminence" and "The Sound You Make," as well as Jerrold on percussion also on "The Sound You Make." On Vinny's 38th birthday, he remarked on stream that Jerrold was sort of becoming the band's "5th Beatle."

Red Vox first released "Jumped The Gun" on May 6th, 2022, followed by "Almost a Stranger" and the B-side "Me, Oh Well" on August 6th, 2022, "Forgetter" on February 3rd, 2023, and "Playing by the Rules" on February 24th, 2023.

This album also contains a music video for every song. However, unlike Visions, all of them have been uploaded on their own as well as on the full album video, including songs that were already released without one.

Latest Releases

Members

Mike and Vinny started Red Vox together, but Joe and Bill quickly became full band members. In recent years Jerrold has joined the team to help with studio collaboration and performed as bass at Too Many Games 2024. Songs are mostly written by Vinny, but all members contribute ideas. Lyrics are written mostly by Vinny, but with line contributions by Mike and Joe.

In 2024 Mike announced he'd be taking a step back from the band as his health issues involving his neck and back were making it increasingly difficult to play drums. While he still has many unreleased drum tracks to come, Jerrold has currently taken over drum duties for Red Vox with new member, Joe (new Joe), playing bass for Red Vox.

The Band

• Vinny  – Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Keyboard

Primary songwriter and singer for Red Vox, Vin also plays most of the rhythm guitars and some leads. Like the rest of Red Vox, he was born and raised on Staten Island, NY, and as such has an affinity for rats and pizza, though not in that order.

• Mike  – Percussion

Hits things with sticks as most drummers tend to do. Influenced by the likes of Keith Moon of The Who, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Animal from The Muppets and Gizmo from Gremlins, Mike is drums. Currently on hiatus from Red Vox due to health issues.

• Joe  – Bass, Guitar, Studio Production

Joe has recorded, engineered and produced every Red Vox record so far. He was the frontman of Happy Anarchy and can now be found playing the lead guitar parts and most bass in Red Vox. Anytime you hear a solo that is complicated and articulate, it's likely Joe. Take that Vin.

• Billy  – Keyboard, Piano, Bass

When the moon is right, Bill will come into the studio and play immaculate piano and synth parts, usually in just a few takes. He not only plays most instruments, but he has fronted many a band in his day. A useful addition to any recipe.

• Jerrold  - Bass (Live), Studio Collaborator, Percussion

Bassist for live shows and part-time studio collaborator, Jerrold has contributed much to the recent Red Vox catalogue. You can find him as InnerMotionMusic covering video game music classics on his free time. Currently, Jerrold is playing drums for Red Vox live.

References

External links

• Official site
• Bandcamp site
• Merchandise shop
• Red Vox on the Vinebooru

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