kristin

now the tides have turned and all of us Americans are depending on u guys to take pics, videos, and tell stories......lol.....i cant wait for ALL OF IT!!!!!!!

hey i was at the knitting factory and i have to say it was a freakin AMAZING show!!!! You saw them at a great venue.........ohhh yeah and hi and welcome this site is addicting!!!

I like them.....i got their cd from a music flea market where they sell unreleased new promo cds for a buck!!! yeah

YEAH!!! i kind of want to make a petition for it to make sure it happens....lol

OMG I love them....i was going to post a thread about them like a billion years ago but i forgot so im glad some else did....they are amazing!!!!....they started in a trailer...and was founded by a local record producer...they did a couple songs but nobody signed them so 3 members left....then 3 more came onboard and they were signed....Virgin records then wanted them and rasied the amount or contract in order to have them...lol they are on you hear it first on MTV overdrive so check it out here is an article about them...ENJOY What makes a band worth signing? The only thing I can say to that is it’s a feeling you have about the artists because you’re feeling them and their sound in a very personal way. I never set out to sign a band just because of their large fan base, modest CD sales or a long resume of accomplishments. Would it have been nice to have all that? Sure, but it didn’t happen that way in the case of Vision Sound signing The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus! The Real Story of How the RJA Signed with Virgin Records! One day while I was at Vision Sound handling the daily business two young gentlemen walk into my office and say they want to record a demo with us. I say "great lets talk about what you’re trying to accomplish and your budget." They then state before we book studio time and record we want someone with experience to come and listen to us to tell us if we're ready to record and furthermore if “I felt they were any good”. I tell them that I never do that without hearing some recordings first and that there are other producers besides myself that I can connect them with that are for hire. They were persistent and stated they rehearse in Middleburg, Florida (where I live) and come to find out they were a skip away from my house so I said "I’ll stop by on the way home and check you out a bit”. While driving to the outer skirts of, where the heck am I? (I thought I lived in the sticks people, whew…) I finally found the rehearsal spot. While inviting me to see them perform, each member categorically forgot to mention that their rehearsal spot was a double wide trailer off a dirt road in the middle of no where. I’m still not 100% sure if the location of their rehearsal spot was technically on any map yet. I walk in and it looks like a keg party has been going on consistently since say like 1997 or so. But from the ceiling to the floor was top notch gear and I said to myself “well at least they got their priorities in order”. No furniture anywhere to sit on but quality guitars and amps were stacked to the ceiling. So, I sit down on the only piece of furniture they have, the removable bench seat from their mini van. Apparently they had removed it so they could shove more gear into the van while hauling it from where ever they were going that day. In addition to that the RJA was also sharing this tiny rehearsal spot with Veronicas Veil . (RJA's Singer Ronnie's Winters Brother Randy) so it was twice as cramped. Right from the first songs intro I knew this was the band I was seeking for so long. I thought to myself "I've listened to thousands of demos over a five year span in my quest to find the act I wanted to sign and this is how it’s going to be huh?" Furthermore the band lives right down the road from me? God and I have always had a small relationship, but since that day it has gotten much better. I learned that day to never over look any band or any situation and I’m sure glad my roots are still with me after all this time. They performed two songs for me and that was all I needed. After a long nervous pause; enough that I could gather my thoughts while coming down off the best natural high I've had in my life, I finally said… "I want you to know one thing guys, not only are you good, you’re phenomenal. You are by far the best unsigned band I have ever heard or seen in my life". With a punk, emo sound with even mellow roots at times, phenomenal stage show and an alter ego dark side I was hooked and remain that way till this day. I state again, I only wanted a band that I felt could reach the heights of success. An act with all the members clearly knowing this is all they wanted in life. A band knowing that this had to be first above everything else in their lives and it turned into just that. During the first 3 months of working with the RJA we (Myself, Freelance Producer Lee Miles, Daryl Phenneger and Paul Lapinski) made the bands very first 6 song demo. I wanted to send this to labels I connect with to see if we could catch any early interest in the band. I personally really wanted to make sure I wasn't wrong in believing that this band was off the hook and was everything I thought it was. My goal here was to at least catch a labels ear enough to make sure they were paying close attention to what turned out to be the bands very fast growth spurt. While I produced all the pre production and made final decisions, Daryl and Lee worked their usual God given magic producing and recording Ronnie Winters vocals. Ronnie had never entered a recording studio as a lead singer before. Ronnie truly didn't’t know what he was or wasn't capable of at this time vocally, nor did he know if he had a great vocal take or not in the studio. He was very humble to say the least and listened to every word the people with more experience than him had to say. Ronnie was like a sponge sucking up everything musically around him. I asked Daryl to teach him how to sing in the studio and to develop Ronnie’s voice until it was right, not kind of right or sort of right but when people heard him sing they stopped dead in their tracks to hear this unknown young man. When we were just about finished tracking and mixing the initial 6 song EP I started sending rough mixes to a person who ended up being a vital part of assisting with generating the RJA's initial label interest. Enter A. J. / Head of artist development for the Kings of A&R or KOAR web site and V.P. of http://www.altsounds.com Per her request I sent A. J. a picture of the band and a few of the finished songs right off the press and she was the first to hear the final product. She loved the band and did a small write up on them and posted it on the front page of the KOAR site. I was getting e mails and calls the same day from industry people wanting to know about this band. If any of you are not familiar with A.J, Dean Cramer (KOAR President) and altsounds.com get familiar with the sites, they can be a vital tool for gaining interest from labels. While a flurry of label people called, e mailed and flew in weekly to see the band live none of them were willing to take a chance on signing this young act yet. We finished the initial 6 song EP and my sister company SNJ CD Duplication made thousands of promo cd's to be given out for free. I told them to hit the streets and give these free promo cd’s and flyers out to the kids that they felt would be their core target audience. Not just their home turf, the band traveled to different cities, schools, shopping malls and colleges just to give people free promo info about the band. One of them would generally stay home working the free marketing tool myspace like 15 hours a day to reach out to any new fan they could get to listen to their music. All of the guys in RJA worked incredibly hard. They hit the streets for months and months promoting themselves face to face with perspective fans while continuing to promote all over the web. They finally all quit their day jobs and lived on pennies a week just so they could spend all their time, not just their “free time” promoting RJA. These kids wanted this BAD and would stop at nothing to make sure that everyone knew who they were and soon all of this this hard work starting paying off. Almost overnight we were getting calls from labels, kids, magazine and newspapers all wanting to know who this band was. The RJA's fan base was growing very fast and the band was busting their butts night and day trying to gain new fans. I knew that with the right promotions and exposure and having an electrifying front man like Ronnie Winter leading the band with "that voice" the RJA would not go unrecognized for long. So far everything seemed to be working perfectly and exactly to the plan for generating a buzz for the band, a crucial element for gaining label interest. The Vision Sound team, combined with all the bands hard work had made the RJA the most sought after original band in North Florida. The bands demos eventually ended up in the hands of Virgin Records President Mr. Jason Flom. Jason flew the band to New York and signed them in October of 2005 just days after hearing the band. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus was signed to a very promising multi-record deal with Virgin only 15 months after partnering with Vision Sound. Vision was a key ingredient as to why the RJA was picked up by Virgin Records. I am confident due too the host of people involved at Virgin Records that the bands future seems very bright indeed! Thanks to a great initial partnership The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is finally getting the recognition they deserve! Scott Fravala Owner/Vision Sound Inc. Discoverer, Producer amd Developer of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

OHHHHHH....MAN!!!!

Thanks for making it bigger...lol....

i so want it RIGHT NOW!!!!!

^ nice...but its too small to read .......do u think u can enlarge it...thanks

SWEET!!!!!!! thats a good idea....yeah for ideas

I've got the brown Griffin shirt. It's the one I wear most often. I also have the Emergency shirt (I'm not sure if they have that one online or not) and the old black "tree" shirt - they don't have that one online either' date=' I don't think. Oh, and I have the "face" shirt in black too. Yeah, I have too much Paramore merch [/quote'] WOW!!! you have a lot...i have three shirts and two of them are signed....i feel like a stalker of paramore when i go to school because i wear them so often

Now that's a new one - I've never seen her do that...perhaps she'll do it when I see them in May or June... yeah i don't ever recall that either that's very cute and hayley-like' date=' though =)[/quote'] She did it at the Obssessions night club in Feb. Here is a pic i took of it!!

this pic was up too

^ OMG it is great....it must have been taken before the summer because Jason and John are still in the band....still good and i want a copy for my pc....lol....and i voted for paramore an they r up at 13% YEAH YEAH

I was at the knitting factory and went to get merch in the middle of baysides set and they werent there but i had to go...then i went outside and they were all standing there and i got pics and they signed my shirt and shoe...i talked to them for like 20 minutes and that is how i found out about the new video.......

THANKS FOR THE VID....I LOVE HOW THE GUY IS FREAKING OUT BEHING HAYLEY FOR LIKE 2 MINUTES BEFORE SHE NOTICES......BUT...WHAT BACKSTAGE STUFF???

AWSOME pics i was there too....best performance ever!!!

I LOVETHE BIOS.....so much great info on how they came together

yeah i think i was...i see my friend Adam's face in one of the pics.....i got a bottle of water dumped on my head by one of the opening bands so that is why my hair is blocking like all of ur pics...sorry.....GREAT pics by the way!!!!

hey guys! sorry it has been forever. We've been really busy! Well we just got home from the bayside tour and it was amazing. we had a great time. thank you to all of you who came out and supported us and sorry to the ones who couldnt make it out. I just wanna thank everyone of you guys for supporting our band like you do. we always talk about how our fans are more dedicated than any other bands and its AWESOME! so thank you! We wouldn't be where we are now without all of you. We just hope we can repay you guys with great music and great shows. So here's whats up next for paramore. We are going to make a video in about 6 days. then we play the warped tour kick off party with underoath! (freakin amazing)After that, we are off to the UK. I cant tell you how excited we are. THEN! we have the rocket summer tour, which will be incredible as well. And admist all of that we are writing a ton of awesome new songs! We love all of you! hope everyone is doing fantastic. Josh

hey guys this show was the best PARAMORE show ever!!!!!!!! It was sold out so i waited in line to get in for 3 hours. I got close front and it was amazing. Hayley gave the mic to the crowd for like all of Pressure and i was screaming into it...and i cant sing...lol...it made me happy when she said she hear some great singing from my area after the song...yeah....at the end of their set Josh and Hunter crowd surfed!!! Hunter was right ontop of me! I got Josh's water bottle and i saved it and my frind got Hunters but we drank his.....i left in the middle of bayside bc i had an hours ride home and i met all of them outside and they signed my shirt and shoe. I got to talk to all of them by Hayley the longest AND heres the big news NEW MUSIC VIDEO COMING OUT WITH BIGGER BUDGET AND THE SAME GUY IS DOING IT......SONG: EMERGENCY here r some pics ill send the rest in later sorry there is a lot ENJOY Hey does anyone know how to put captions on the bottom for all the pics....like a bar that says who took it kind of thing

I LOVE THE NEW HOODIE

Yeah me too...and my friend...its kind of bad that its sold out bc now there is more people to fight for the front .......but im sooo excited...PARAMORE CONCERT #2

are you serious??? =[ yeah....google The knitting factory and on the web site under FAQ it says that they wont allow cameras in

YEAH...im going...i bought tickets the day before they sold out...anyway i looked on the website and they wont allow cameras of any kind inside the club....ahhhhh....pics r my life. .ahhhhh..this is soooo bad....ill prob do what i do at all other shows and shove it down my shirt or pants...does anyone know or think they will throw me out if they catch me inside with it.......