Vincent Minervino / Vocals
Mike Lasaponara / Drums
Andy Champion / Bass
Shaun Murphy / Guitar & Vocals
Tom Zenns / Guitar
Roses Are Red's music is a bittersweet mixture of beauty and power, hailed as "the next big thing" by AbsolutePunk.Net and with lyrics described as "intelligent" by Alternative Press Magazine.
ROSES ARE RED BIOGRAPHY...
Roses Are Red formed in the summer of 2002 from the ashes of numerous other bands around the Western, NY area. Just 2 months after forming, the band recorded a 4-song demo and hit the road for weekend tours throughout the fall and winter of 2002. Their first full-length, Handshakes And Heartbreaks, was released in June of 2003. They immediately loaded up the van again to bring it to the world, touring the entire United States in July and August of 2003 under their own steam. By the fall of 2003, the band had generated quite a buzz within the indie scene. In August of 2003, the band was named "The Next Big Thing" by absolutepunk.net, and label interest soon followed. In the spring of 2004, Roses Are Red signed with New Jersey-based Trustkill Records.
Roses Are Red's live performance, graceful yet explosive, has allowed their music to strike the hearts of fans of every genre under the rock umbrella. The band has toured alongside everyone from Norma Jean and Bullet For My Valentine to Hawthorne Heights and My Chemical Romance, rocking with unbridled energy and emotion night after night. Playing select dates of the 2004 Warped Tour on the Smartpunk stage, the band won over huge crowds and built great anticipation for for their Trustkill debut, Conversations, which was released in the fall of 2004. The band also returned to the Warped Tour in 2005, playing the Smartpunk Stage yet again alongside Boys Night Out, Armor For Sleep, From First To Last, Emery, and more.
In June of 2006, Roses Are Red released their breathtaking sophomore album, What Became Of Me, one of Alternative Press Magazine's 'Most Anticipated Albums Of 2006'. Produced by Brian McTernan (Thrice, Circa Survive, Senses Fail), What Became Of Me is a more intimate, emotional, and dynamic take on the energetic, hook-driven melodic rock that RAR is notorious for. The album is in stores everywhere NOW! Look for Roses Are Red on tour all year long, including the Take Action Tour 2006, the Trustkill Takeover Tour 2006, and a full U.S. tour in January and February of 2007 with Rookie Of The Year and Four Letter Lie.
Marcus Aaron Hilton.