Red Devil was an American

United States

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 progressive

Progressive rock

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band, based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. Fond of odd time signatures and compositional elements, the band played a somewhat unique brand of punk rock incorporating both Heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 and pop punk

Pop punk

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. The band released two proper records and played a handful of shows throughout the Eastern US seaboard, the Midwest and Southwest in its career.

Members

• Jon Foy - guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
• Colin Smith - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Eleanor Buffam - vocals
• Chris 'Doc' Kulp - drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Michael 'Cappy' Helphen - guest tour drums

Proper releases

• Threats and Warnings (2006, self-released CD)
• Into the Sinking Ground (2007, Valiant Death Records, CD)

Limited-run releases

• demo (2005, self-released CD-r)
• Live on WKDU (2006, self-released CD-r)

External links

• Red Devil official website
• Red Devil at MySpace
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