Red Lights Flash
This permanent four-piece from Graz / Austria started off as a punk/hardcore
band in 1997 and soon realised that it should be more about than just playing
songs that you have probably heard too many times before. They definitely
listened in music class: Experimenting with varied dynamics and tempos, using
effective silences as well as 3 different voice-characters, fast-driven guitars
and excellent drums, they managed to accompany meaningful messages with groundbreaking
music full of passion and anger. In 1999, REDLIGHTSFLASH released their debut
album "stop when..." on the vienna based punk label Remedy Records,
followed by several shows in Austria and the first touring experiences in
Europe.
With "and time goes by…", the second full-length in 2002,
the band gained the opportunity to release on Householdname Records of London.
This led REDLIGHTSFLASH to three European tours and five UK tours including
tour supports for Anti-Flag, Capdown and Good Clean Fun as well as several
support slots for bands like Good Riddance, As Friends Rust, Propagandhi,
Strike Anywhere, Leftover Crack, Ensign, Union13, Hundred Reasons, Intensity,
Grade, Int. Noise Conspiracy, Down By Law, 59 Times The Pain, Dropkick Murphys,
Satanic Surfers, Such A Surge, Carthasis, All Systems Go!, Donots, Dillinger4,
A.F.I., Strung Out, Diesel Boy, Agnostic Front, The Start and many more.
Enlarging this list with a numerousness of weekend and headlining shows outshone
by the official Air and Style - Contest Aftershowparty and several festival
appearances like Sziget, Primsrock or Donauinsel Festival, only to name a
few, they have gathered around 400 little stories of raw, sweating and energetic
punkrock experiences. 2004 sees REDLIGHTSFLASH releasing their third studio
long player "free…" worldwide due to getting sensationally
signed by the Anti-Flag owned label AF-Records from Pittsburgh, PA, USA as
a result of doing the really successful Anti-Flag Tour Support in August 2003.
Since the release of this 13 tracks containing album they´ve hit the
road for a one-month-coheadlining tour across Europe with their label mates
from Pipedown and had the honourable opportunity to join the European Tour
of Rise Against and Alexis on Fire in May 2005 followed by the Spirit Tour
05 supporting Anti-Flag. Furthermore, a headlining tour through Spain was
in the works which they successfully passed in September.
Now, arrived in 2006, REDLIGHTSFLASH is still nuts about live appearances
so they´re looking forward to their upcoming UK-Tour in April and taking
part in the “For Blood and Empire – Tour” opening for Anti-Flag,
The Unseen and A Wilhelm Scream.
They´re working intensely on both, performing live and writing new material
to keep and boost the energetic flow within the band, on stage and the next
album which they plan to record by the end of 2006.
Watch out! Thunder hits after you´ve seen and listened to REDLIGHTSFLASH!
http://www.redlightsflash.com
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