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  past shows

12/31/2006  FIRST NIGHT 2007- We return once again to help ring in the New Year! Location and time TBD. Wilmington, DE
6/23/2006  Delaware SportsPark! w/ Control Freaks, Semi-Blind, The Gravel Pit Throwers 7-10 pm
9/3/2005  KAHUNAVILLE - Wilmington, DE 10pm - Fooling April 11:30 till close Red Number 40
7/7/2005  Smyrna Skate Park - Smyrna, DE - 7-9PM, ALL AGES and FREE!
6/24/2005  Blue Diamond Park - w/ Artificial Reason and more... Show starts at 6:30, all ages, $16 cover includes admission to amusement park. Directions available at Blue Diamond Park, click "Location" icon on right hand side.
5/15/2005  Delaware Marathon - Tubman Park at the Riverfront, Wilmington, DE. w/ First Water Band, Johnny Duke & The Aces, Hyzer and others. Race at 7am, we play 11am. ALL AGES, No Cover.
4/16/2005  Dewey Beach Delaware Music Festival - Rusty Rudder, Dewey, DE - STAGE "D" w/ Burnin' Thousands, Lefty Groove, Diatribe, Pivot, N.V. US and others... 9PM, No Cover.
1/29/2005  Fennarios - 111 N. Church St., West Chester, PA. 8-11PM, w/ Mundo Rojo, Centerview and 1 other. $4/ALL AGES
12/31/2004  Wilmington's First Night Celebration - MBNA Bracebridge Building, Rodney Square. w/ No Vacancy, Brene Wilson, Blu Chip and Allende, 6:15-6:45PM & 9:30-10:00PM. ALL AGES.
8/28/2004  Kahunaville 1PM-1AM, we play at 7:45 OUTSIDE STAGE. $10/ALL AGES until 9PM, $5 addmission with ticket from the band (contact us). 16 bands, all day event on both indoor and outdoor stages. Performing with: Jumper, Forty Ounces, Brother Sister, Chowder Foot, Fallen From Grace, Rockets & Cars, 36th Street, Bombs Away, Blind Set, Harsh Reaction, Akiva, Matt Pillion, Marlon Spike, Boyd Holmes, Lowdown, Morning Abroad, Johnny Duker & the Aces, Jefferson Cundiff, Jenny Bostick, Mike Pinto, Kris Szupa. More Info...
7/23/2004  Delaware State Fair - Delaware State Fair Grounds, Harrington, DE. w/ Chowder Foot, Mind Control & Paul Lewis. 2:40PM, ALL AGES.
6/6/2004  Kahunaville Inside Stage. w/ Morning Abroad, Rockets and Cars, & Fooling April. $5/ALL AGES, 6-9PM.
4/23/2004  Dewey Beach Pop Fest -Lighthouse- Ruddertown Complex, Dewey Beach, DE. 8:40PM Inside Stage B w/ Jennifer on Sunday & Marlon Spike. ALL AGES until 9:00PM, NO COVER!
4/19/2004  The 915 - House show at 915 Devon Dr., Newark, DE. w/ Glodas (Barre, MA), Mini Band (Newark, DE) and Blind Set (Newark, DE). Tommy Murray (West Chester, PA) concludes the evening! Several great bands, we'll have a good PA too. ALL AGES, FREE, Donations Welcome. 6:30pm - 9:30pm
4/17/2004  Delaware Music Festival - Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach, DE. Outside Stage (Stage B) w/ Apex Watson, The Eliza Letters, Petland and Delirium Theory. 7:20PM, All ages until 9:00PM. NO COVER!
2/11/2004  Kahunaville - Wilmington, DE. w/ Cliff Hillis & the Forward Thinkers. $4/18+, FREE/21+, 10PM.
12/31/2003  Wilmington's First Night Celebration - MBNA Bracebridge Building, Rodney Square. 5:00-5:30PM & 8:00-8:30PM. ALL AGES.
12/21/2003  The 915 - CANCELLED!! House show at 915 Devon Dr., Newark, DE. Tentatively with Midsummers Nightmare, Tom Murray, The Eliza Letters and Made. Several great bands, we'll have a good PA too. 3PM-9PM, ALL AGES, FREE, Donations Welcome.
12/17/2003  Kahunaville - Wilmington, DE. w/ The Elktones, $4/18+, FREE/21+, 10PM. FREE ADMISSION with this ticket.
12/6/2003  M.R. Docs - Rt 41 & Yorklyn Rds. Hockessin, DE w/ No Vacancy & Twin Alarms 10:00PM, $5/21+.
11/28/2003  Brenner's Brew - Bridgeton, NJ. w/ Next Day Blue and 1 other. 8:00PM, $5/ALL AGES.
11/11/2003  Kahunaville - Wilmington, DE. 9:00PM. Just a few short songs at the open mic but its FREE.
10/26/2003  East End Cafe - 270 East Main St. Newark, DE - w/ Made. 10:00PM, $3/21+, $5/under 21.
10/18/2003  Blue Diamond Motor Sports Park - "Night of Fire and Destruction" - 765 Hamburg Rd, New Castle, DE (near Rt 13 and Rt 1). Show 5-6PM, Moster Trucks at 7PM. $12/ALL AGES.
9/25/2003  Dewey Beach Music Conference - Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach, DE. Inside Lounge Stage w/ Apehouse, Mappari, 3rd Degree and Pulaski. 8:00PM, ALL AGES, FREE!!!
8/8/2003  Brenner's Brew - Bridgeton, NJ 7:00PM Days Numbered, Utopia Parkway, Andy Germak, Outlet. $7/ALL AGES
7/26/2003  Delaware State Fair - Delaware State Fair Grounds, Harrington, DE. 2:00-4:00PM, ALL AGES
6/12/2003  Fennarios - 111 N. Church St., West Chester, PA. w/ Best Kept Secret 9:00PM, $3/ALL AGES.
6/8/2003  Doc Watsons - 216 South 11th St. Philadephia, PA. w/ Best Kept Secret, Break for Safety, Busthead. 6:00PM, $6/ALL AGES
5/15/2003  Club Epoch - 1206 N Union St., Wilmington, DE. w/ Buck Rogers Band and Nano 3. 9:30PM $5/21+.
5/8/2003  Fennarios - 111 N. Church St., West Chester, PA. w/ A Year to Forget. 9:00PM, $3/ALL AGES.
5/1/2003  West End Saloon - Media PA. w/ DJ. 10:00PM 21+/NO COVER!
4/26/2003  Dewey Beach Pop Fest -Rusty Rudder Stage D (inside), Dewey Beach, DE. 7:40PM w/ many others. ALL AGES until 9:00PM, NO COVER!
4/25/2003  Dewey Beach Pop Fest -Lighthouse- Ruddertown Complex, Dewey Beach, DE. 7:00PM w/ The Marlowes, Taggart, Dipsomaniacs, Blank Pages, Bastards of Melody. ALL AGES until 9:00PM, NO COVER!
4/18/2003  The Barn Door - 845 North Tatnall St. Wilmington, DE. 10:00PM w/ The Eliza Letters.
4/11/2003  Delaware Music Festival - Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach, DE. 8:00PM on the indoor stage (Stage C) w/ Steve Pepper Band, American Popcicle, Burgandy Rush & Daze Alone. All ages until 9:00PM. NO COVER!
4/5/2003  M.R. Docs - Rt 41 & Yorklyn Rds. Hockessin, DE w/ No Vacancy 10:00PM, $5/21+.
4/2/2003  West End Saloon - Media PA. Line up TBA. 9:00PM, $5/21+
3/14/2003  The Barn Door - 845 North Tatnall St. Wilmington, DE. 10:00PM w/ Made and No Vacancy. $4, 21+.
3/6/2003  Gator's - Basin Road Plaza Shopping Center, New Castle, DE. w/ Made, 10:00PM, $6/18+.
2/26/2003  West End Saloon - Media PA. w/ Pure Ground and Made. 9:00PM, $5/21+
2/23/2003  Doc Watson's - 216 South 11th St. Philadephia, PA. w/ Drive Faster and Ten Seconds Too Late. 9PM, $6/21+.
2/6/2003  Bulldozers Saloon - CANCELLED!!! Battle of the Bands
2/2/2003  East End Cafe - 270 East Main St. Newark, DE w/ FatFinger and Stem the Tide. 10PM, $5/ALL AGES.
1/23/2003  Club 218 - 218 South St. Philadelphia, PA. w/ Army of Me and Dr. Dog. 9:30PM $6/21+
1/19/2003  East End Cafe - 270 East Main St. Newark, DE - With Stem The Tide and My Wig is On. 10PM All Ages FREE SHOW!!
1/18/2003  The Barn Door - 845 North Tatnall St. Wilmington, DE. 9:00PM w/ Burnside Project, This Radiant Boy and Penetration Theory. $4, 21+ after 9PM.
1/11/2003  Concord Cafe - 893 Concord Rd. Aston, PA. With Made and Penetration Theory 9:30PM, $5 for 21+ only.
1/10/2003  Brenner's Brew - Bridgeton, NJ 8:00PM w/ Playhouse Pyros and Ken Shiles. $5/All Ages
12/31/2002  Wilmington's First Night Celebration - First Union Center, 1 Rodney Square at 10th and King Streets. We are playing three 30 minute sets at 5:00, 6:30 and 8:00PM. We will be joined by the Sphinx Brothers
12/29/2002  The Ground Floor doors at 8:00PM, we play at 11:00PM. With Forgotten and Quarter Past Gone. $5/21+, $7/under 21
12/22/2002  The Ground Floor 8:00PM w/ Made & others. $5/21+, 7/under 21. Acoustic set, make sure you get there early so you don't miss us.
12/7/2002  The Ground Floor - North College Ave, Newark DE. 9:00PM w/ Setting East and DJ
12/6/2002  Brenner's Brew - Bridgeton, NJ, 8:00PM w/ Kaotic Bliss and Dom. $5/All Ages
11/27/2002  Concord Cafe - 893 Concord Rd. Aston, PA. With Straw. 8PM, $5 for 21+ only.
11/24/2002  The Ground Floor - North College Ave, Newark DE. 8:00PM w/ Grilled Lincolns, Halfway Broken and Made. $3 over 21, $7 under 21.
11/17/2002  The Ground Floor, North College Ave, Newark DE. 8:00PM, $3 over 21, $7 under 21.
8/8/2002  Doc Watson's - 216 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA w/ Metroplex, Katch-22. Starts at 9:30, 21+.
8/1/2002  Kahunaville - Wilmington, DE. This is the big Battle of The Bands, show starts at 8pm, 18+ only. Get in for half price (only $2.50!) with this ticket. Print as many as you want for your friends. You can also redeem the ticket for a free copy of our CD at this show.
7/31/2002  TV Appearance on the Tim Qualls show on Ch28 in DE and possibly Philly. Broadcast times are Wed 8PM, Sat 11PM, Sun 11:30PM and Mon at 7:30PM.
7/26/2002  Brenner's Brew - Bridgeton, NJ, $3 All ages
7/20/2002  Iron Hill Park off old Balt. Pike in Newark, DE (address coming soon), CANCELLED. w/ Denver In Dallas, A Year To Forget and Junior, $3-4, all ages.
7/17/2002  Doc Watson's - 216 South 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA.
7/12/2002  The Pirate's Den w/ Penetration Theory and Reverse Reality - Broadway And Essex , Gloucester City, NJ,. $5, 21+
7/5/2002  Club 218 (218 South St.) - Philadelphia, PA, w/ 4 Minute Mile and Milton and the Devils Party.
6/26/2002  Brighton Bar - Longbranch, NJ w/ The Vanities and Open Closure
6/22/2002  Over Billy's Inn - Heightstown, NJ w/ Apple of Discord
6/21/2002  Brenner's Brew - Bridgeton, NJ
6/6/2002  The Vault, Baltimore MD.
3/21/2002  The Vault, Baltimore MD.
2/19/2002  Rex's, West Chester PA
12/15/2001  The Ground Floor, Newark DE
12/10/2001  15 North, West Chester PA
12/3/2001  15 North, West Chester PA
9/6/2001  The Ground Floor, Newark DE
8/22/2001  The Ground Floor, Newark DE
5/19/2001  Wyatt's Saloon, Baltimore MD - CANCELED
5/11/2001  University of Delaware, Newark DE
3/16/2001  Wyatt's Saloon, Baltimore MD
2/18/2001  The Arthouse, Newark DE
1/10/2001  The Ground Floor, Newark DE
12/20/2000  The Ground Floor, Newark DE
12/18/2000  The Ground Floor, Newark DE
10/25/2000  Brickyard Tavern and Grille, Newark DE
10/1/2000  East End Cafe, Newark DE

  recent band news


2/6/2006  Happy Birthday John!
12/2/2005  Thanks for stopping by!
It's been awhile since we've updated anything on our page so I thought I would visit to make a news announcement. Rumors about Red Number 40 breaking up are just that, Rumors. We have written a few new songs over the past couple of months and are trying to make sure we write a new one each time we get together. With the addition of a few "studios" popping up around us, we will hopefully, FINALLY, start the recording process in the not so distant future. As you may have obviously noticed, we are not playing any shows. Not that we are boycotting playing shows, we just feel it's best to finally concentrate on writing new material. If you would like us to play at your Bar Mitzvah or Pool Party in January, we'd still love to. We're just not out there like we used to be trying to play shows every weekend.

Hope everyone has a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!

Greg Made
6/28/2005  We want to thank Marshal for organizing such a great event last Friday and for such a good cause. He really had everything taken care of and we hope this is the start of more events. In the traffic on Route 13, red number 40 was able to write and practice a new song. Honest, red number 40 has a new song!! Mark apologizes for calling Artificial Reason No Vacancy and thanks the guys for being good sports. We also made friends with All Your Might, even though their website isn't working right now. Also, thanks Jordan for sharing your secret for monster tone.
5/17/2005  We had a great time at the Delaware Marathon, except for the car accident. Other than that, things went well and we'd like to thank Wayne Kursh for setting it up, Hyzer for providing sound, and all our friends for coming out. Greg got to try out his new cabinet and Chris continues to give dangerous drumsticks to children.
3/30/2005  Looks like the New Journal likes us, we were the only band mentioned and pictured in their blurb about the DE Music Fest. Check it out here
3/5/2005  Greg worked really hard this week to bring this to you - with others.

Today at 3pm, March 5th!
Art Museum Steps
Philadelphia PA
2600 Ben Franklin Parkway

Thank you to all those who helped get the DJ's of the Y-staff together for the big announcement!
2/28/2005  The support for Y100rocks.com has been great, keep it going.

UPDATE: On March 5th, Greg is helping to organize a demonstration in Philadelphia. We have been getting the word out to bands that only Y100 will give air time to, Taking Back Sunday, Pilot Round the Sun, Weezer (yes, Weezer), and many more. Feel free to write Greg at greg@rednumber40.com for more suggestions.
2/25/2005  Hey everyone! Thank you for stopping by. Today is a sad day for the Philadelphia Radio Music Scene. We lost our last modern rock format station, Y100. There is a petition at Y100Rocks.com to bring the station back to regular format.

Please do what you can to help give our community back a station that provided not only music, but charitable acts for our neighbors.

Thank you Y100 for the good years.
2/1/2005  Voting is still going on at the Western Tread Records site, the poll will probably only be open another day or two. For those who don't remember, the winner of this vote will be on a compilation CD to be released world-wide next year. I know with all the members on this list we can win this, just tell your friends and coworkers to go vote too.

The process to vote was a little more complicated than we guessed, so here's a step by step guide to helping red number 40 win:

  • Go to: http://forum.westerntread.com/viewtopic.php?p=49
  • Click the Register link at the top of the page, fill out the form.
  • Check your email, there will be an email with a link you must click.
  • After clicking the link in your email, click on the Log In link on the web page
  • Now that you are logged in go back to http://forum.westerntread.com/viewtopic.php?p=49 and vote!

    Just so you know, you must be logged in to vote and if you post a reply without voting it doesn't count for us (though we really appreciate all the nice things everyone has said about us in the forum!)
  • 1/31/2005  Thanks to everyone who braved the weather and came out to the show last night. Special thanks go to The Stand In for making the trip when they had another gig, Mundo Rojo for being flexible with the schedule, and Centerview for rocking the house.

    Thanks to everyone who has been voting for us here. If you have a problem voting, please let us know (you have to register first).
    1/27/2005  A call for help...
    Red Number 40 is honored to be considered for Western Treads' worldwide compilation CD. Voting is going on now until the end of January, so we need fans to act fast.
    Go to: Western Tread
    You must sign up for the forum in order to vote. This process will take about 30 seconds. For those of you unfamiliar with Western Tread, the label is owned by Jimmy Eat World front man, Jim Adkins.
    We appreciate your time, and look forward to seeing you at Fennario's on Saturday. Come celebrate Greg Made's birthday with us.
    1/11/2005  Pics from First Night are up. Let's just say we were very limited in our ability to take pictures that night.
    1/2/2005  Thanks everyone for making First Night great! If we hadn't been kicked out of the MBNA building, we probably would have stayed all night.
    12/13/2004  On Saturday we visited the new studio in order to gear up for the First Night show. The band is sounding great and we're all excited to be playing again. If you're looking for a good time on New Years Eve, First Night in Wilmington is always an awesome time. Hope to see everyone there!
    12/11/2004  The studio lives...
    If you can get in the forums check out the new pics.
    8/30/2004  red number 40 as a 5 piece...

    Once again we had a great time at Kahunaville. It was great involving Ross (the stage manager) and Eric (Pat's friend) by getting them onstage to sing a couple of songs. You missed it; they were great and loud!! We (unknowingly) insulted a Sublime cover band as well. We apologize if any feelings were hurt.

    Thank you friends and family for coming and being a part of the action. I will not forget the mosh pit started in the front of the stage by those unruly kids.

    Thank you Kathy for setting up a show of this magnitude. There were so many bands, so much action, and everything seemed to go really smoothly.
    7/25/2004  We had a great time at the Delaware State Fair. Mark apologizes to anyone he might have offended; he was in rare form.

    Thanks to the fair for having us, the Wilmington News Journal for their article and continued support, and the Key of DE and 96 Rock for the publicity.
    6/14/2004  Sorry to slack off on the news...
    We had a great time playing Kahunaville. A big band thank you goes to everyone who showed up and to Kathy for setting up the show in the first place. We also want to thank Drew from Made who filled in on drums on short notice. He brought a lot of energy and he only made fun of Greg twice, which is pretty good don't you think?
    4/19/2004  The Delaware Music Fest was a lot of fun, thanks to everyone who came down to see us. Sorry we didn't have a merch table set up, that should be rectified next week. The Brand New show was also great, I'm glad we got to see that.
    4/2/2004  We want to thank Gordon and Joseph and everyone else at Film Brothers for letting us share the Getting Even experience. Keep us posted on all of your upcoming projects.

    As for the night, the movie was funny, weird, and disturbing. On a side note, it wasn't cool having old people pelt us with junior mints when "I Moved" started playing though. Come on, we were excited!

    It's too bad Justin, our first drummer, couldn't make it to the show. Apparently his "demons" haven't left him yet, and we only hope that he makes a speedy recovery and that he leaves the farm animals alone...especially the large ones.
    2/10/2004  All those who are coming to our show on Wednesday, print out this ticket, and get in free!

    (Just change the date, and change the band, really it's no problem, we're just too lazy to change it for you.)
    2/6/2004  The latest Film Brothers production Getting Even will be using "I Moved" in the all-pivotal "kitchen scene".

    The film is a comedy involving senior citizens and violence. No band has had a less relevant stance on senior citizens and violence than red number 40, and you now have a moral obligation to see this movie.

    Click on the Film Brothers link for show dates, the after-party, and more about this independent film company.

    I hope I haven't given too much away.
    2/6/2004  Happy Birthday toolmonkey!!
    1/29/2004  Happy Birthday Memphis!!
    1/5/2004  Sorry for everyone who saw we had a show scheduled for this Thursday and wanted to come see us. Due to several illnesses in the band (boy, we are a sickly bunch), we had to cancel. Expect us to make our triumphant return to the DE music scene sometime in late January/early February.
    1/2/2004  First Night went great, this was our best show in about a year. The crowd pretty much filled the room and were into the music. The sing-along and crowd participation for "My Car" and "I Moved" will definitely be posted as an mp3 on the site soon. Plus, we sold plenty of t-shirts and cds after the show. If any of you were at the show, write us and let us know what you think. Send us some suggestions of places we can play near you, no matter how weird the venue.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    12/31/2003  After tonight's performance, all are invited to attend the Red Number 40 after party/New Years bash. The party will be at "the 915". Otherwise known as 915 Devon Dr. Newark, DE 19711, for anyone needing to mapquest it. Come on by and have a good time, ALL AGES, all are welcome.
    12/16/2003  All those who are coming to our show on Wednesday, print out this ticket, and get in free! Who loves ya? red number 40!
    12/10/2003  We just got back from performing at a showcase for First Night. The showcase was taped to be broadcast on WITN Ch 22 in DE, it should also be broadcast in the Philadelphia area as well. As soon as we know more, we will post the dates and times that you can watch us and several other First Night performers on TV.
    12/4/2003  We finally have T-Shirts! I just picked them up today, they will be for sale at our upcoming shows for really cheap, like $5-6. They have our logo and cover band slogan: "How can you be a fan of a cover band", so buy one and annoy a cover band next time you hit the bars.

    We were written up in Out & About, it was a nice story that covered our music as well as the cover band thing. I just wish they had edited out all the "likes" from my quotes. It makes me sound, like, stupid or something.

    We also played at a press conference today for Wilmington's First Night, footage from that might turn up in the news soon. We'll be taping a song or two next week at WITN (Ch 22) to promote First Night as well. Once we know when it will be broadcast we'll let you know.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    12/2/2003  Hey, Cover Band was on the radio! Apparently WSTW snuck us in the Hometown Heroes program and none of us got to hear it. So if anyone was listening, we'd love to know what they said about the song.

    Thanks to everyone who came to see us at Brenner's Brew, the show was a lot of fun and we are glad we got to meet some new people. We just got booked for a show this Saturday at M.R. Docs in Delaware, come see us play with No Vacancy and Twin Alarms.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    11/27/2003  Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We'd especially like to thank everyone who has helped red number 40 get where we are right now, the band has come very far in just the past few months and we couldn't have done it without all of you.

    The Cover Band Contest is still running, go to the forums and check out some of the replies we have gotten. We've even had a few cover bands write in, how cool is that?

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    11/10/2003  In honor of our upcoming CD release of Cover Band, we've decided to run a little contest for everyone in the forums. What we would like everyone to do is post your favorite cover band story; something amusing, entertaining or just the time a cover band really pissed you off. In a few weeks we will pick a few of the best and send out some free CDs, t-shirts, etc.

    Feel free to post as many times as you like. You can only win once but each story increaces your chances of winning.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    11/7/2003  Recording is going very well so far, we've already recorded drum tracks for "Cover Band", "The Point", "Postcard", "Rock Song", as well as a new version of "Trucks". We'll be working on bass and guitars this weekend.

    We've also posted some new pictures of the band, a few from shows, and some from our recording session. Check them out on the pics page.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    11/5/2003  The crowd is really picking up at Kahuna, apprently word has gotten out about red number 40 and "Cover Band". Last night was the best response we have ever gotten for that song, no thanks to Mark's updated intro and improvised lyrics. He's a regular Eminem when we give him a mic. If only there was free-style pop music.

    For the curious, Mark has managed to slip in a few jokes and nods about certain area cover bands as well as using a bit of their setlist to introduce the song. Too bad the cover band ducked out before they heard our set.

    Due to overwhelming demand we will begin recording "Cover Band" tonight, we've set a deadline to have it finished by the 17th. After that we'll post mp3s on the site and have CDs for all of you, maybe even a special "Cover Band Contest" as soon as we think of something good.

    Expect to see us at the Kahuna again next week.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    10/23/2003  We dropped by the open mic at the Kahuna Tuesday to check it out and I am glad we did. It seems like "Cover Band" is becoming quite a hit there. We also saw some really good performers/bands like Brene Wilson, The Spinto Band and Jeffrey Cundiff. I think we'll be attending more frequently, so drop by on a Tuesday after 9PM to see us.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    9/29/2003  First off- a big thank you to Vicki Walls for having us down to the Dewey Beach Music Conference. It was great Sunday seeing how personally affected she was by these conferences, and it gives us that warm fuzzy feeling for knowing her.

    We also thank the people we got a chance to talk to while we were down there. Whether it was a producer of a band we listened to growing up, an owner of an independent record label we'd like to be considered for, an owner of a venue we'd love to play in, a band we exchanged CDs with, or someone else just involved or interested in music, we always felt welcome and encouraged to ask questions, give opinions, and get advice.

    Thank you to our friends and family that were able to make the big trip down for our show on Thursday. We had a great time playing and it was good to see Justin again (that makes three in a row now!!). An even bigger thanks goes out to those who gave Greg, Tim, Chris and me all kinds of feedback needed to help us out. Keep it coming, we can take the pain!!

    Thanks to Melissa and Rachel who allowed the band to crash at their place. They are the most wonderful hostesses ever, even if they like the Billionaire Boys Club better than us!! (Take a look, you two made it into another forum post - they only gave you free CDs!)

    Thanks Drew from www.themadeband.com for coming down to play drums on Friday. We're sorry that didn't work out, it would have been a blast. We will find a parking lot!!

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    9/22/2003  So did anyone catch WSTW's Hometown Heroes show tonight? They kicked off the show with our new song "Disaster". If you want to hear it again, go to their site and email them. We will post mp3's tommorow, just as soon as I get some sleep.
    9/19/2003  Last night sure was windy, though it wasn't nearly as bad as the news made it out. I hope everyone got through it ok.

    Mark and I worked hard through the storm to finish recording and mixing our new 3 song sample CD. This is all newer songs, some that have only been played a few times at shows. We will have them available down in Dewey, and I will put some clips on the web site. This is some really good stuff, if I do say so myself, they are much better recordings than our last 3 CDs and I feel the material is much stronger as well. Once you hear the CD, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    8/9/2003  Mental Note: Check the summer festival schedule before booking shows. Apparently last night was the same night as the Warped Tour, so all the local skaters were rocking out to the punk bands in Camden instead of hanging out in Bridgeton. Reminds me of last year when we got booked at a semi-popular hard rock bar the same night as the Ozz-fest. Oh well, live and learn.

    And ironically enough, the shows that are dead always end up being some of our best. Personally I had a lot of fun and I thought we were very tight and pretty energetic considering we only had a handful of people in the audience. Residents of Bridgeton take note - we will be trying to return to Brenner's Brew at least twice this fall. I hope you can all come see what you missed then.

    We also met a new band that we hope to play some shows with either in PA or DE soon. They are Outlet, they rock pretty hard in the vein of Sunny Day Real Estate and other early emo bands. As soon as I get a link to their web site I'll put it up.

    Post your comments in the Forums.
    7/27/2003  The State Fair was a lot of fun, thanks to everyone who came down to see us and to all the new fans we met at the fair. I am definitely looking forward to playing down that way again, everyone was very nice. Shows like that remind me of exactly why I work so hard to do this. All it takes is 2 or 3 people who really enjoyed our music to make the whole thing worthwhile.

    We've got one more show in a few weeks, then a bit of a break. As always we are looking for suggestions of places to play, especially all-ages venues. Send us an email with your ideas.

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    6/16/2003  red number 40 entertains an intimate crowd at Fennarios. With Greg helping out the Eliza Letters, red number 40 took the stage as a three piece and tried out some new material to an enthusiastic crowd at Fennarios. With the longer set, we really enjoyed not being rushed and interacting more.

    Mark regrets upsetting any members of a cover band with some off-handed comments. The comments should not be taken personally but as more of an assault on cover bands as a whole. (Yeah, that should make it all better.)

    We look forward to taking a little time off to record and prepare for the Delaware State Fair in late July. Thanks for all your support!!
    6/16/2003  First gig as a four piece. red number 40 took the stage at Doc Watson's for the first time as a four piece adding Greg Boulden from Made on guitar and backing vocals. We got a lot of positive feedback in our quest for the "wall of sound" and managed to sit through watching ourselves on video the next night at Chris' house.

    Incidentally, Chris Brisiel plays a mean game of chess and is not to be trifled with on a night where the Devils win the Stanley Cup.
    5/16/2003  Last night was a lot of fun, I hope we get to play Epoch again soon. The stage setup was really nice, sound was good and we even had a light show. Thanks to Jay at JNI Entertainment for booking us and doing such a good job on lights. We'd also like to thank Dan for taking the awesome pictures you see on our pics page. I want to send them off to a magazine or something.

    For those of you who weren't there, you missed the best version of "My Car" we have played to date, with Greg Made on backing vocals no less. But no worries, you'll get to hear it again in June.

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    5/9/2003  What a show last night!! It’s hard to know where to begin- red number 40 blowing out the PA system mid-set (only to have A Year to Forget blow it out during their set), Tim’s bass rig causing the lights to dim during “My Car”, Chris running into Stewart Ebersole II (7ft. bassist from such previous bands as Lucky and Railhed). (Incidentally, Guitar-tech wants to know what happened to Stewart’s dreds!!)

    All in all, it was a very successful night in West Chester, and the residents are very glad that the brown out caused by both bands seems to be over for now. Thanks to everyone who came to see our set, participated during the sing-along, and hung around to talk with us after. Anyone blinded by Dan’s new high-tech camera should contact us and we’ll give you a CD. (What did you expect, Tim to give away bass gear?)
    4/27/2003  We weren't expecting much from the Pop Fest after the horrible weather and low turnout on Friday night. But, highlights did include meeting Lisa, our biggest fan at the beach. Thanks go out to her for organizing some people to come out and see us Friday night, and perhaps putting in a good word to give us the chance to play Saturday as well.

    Saturday's show turned the whole thing around for us. The crowd was much larger, we were on a better stage and the sound was better. To top it off Justin, our assistant drummer from two weeks previous, made a return to the stage. All in all we felt more energetic and connected to the crowd, Mark even organized a sing-along during "My Car".

    The other bands were good, Ike played a great set and Pepper's Ghost put on an act worthy of your favorite 70's arena show.

    Thanks to everyone who came and made the show special for us, we hope to see you again soon.

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    4/12/2003  The DE Music Fest was a total blast, there were a ton of great bands and the crowd got really into our performance even though we played pretty early in the night. We are only sad that prior obligations prevented us from staying to see the second day of bands.

    Some of the highlights that you should all check out are The Elk Tones (bitchin' surf rock), Omni Soul (hints of Jeff Buckley), Petland (power-pop with some wild guitar effects), Cliff Hillis (Philly based power-pop) and Ike (former lead singer of the Caulfields new band with a bass player who had enough low end to make me jealous :)

    Thanks to everyone who came, if anyone who was there wants to post any thoughts on the night, feel free. A special thanks to Justin, our assistant drummer for the night.

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    3/21/2003  Ok everyone, we have a huge favor to ask, we are trying to get booked at the Harmony Grange on Saturday, April 12th, opening for onelinedrawing. What we need everyone to do is vote for us here and email the show organizers saying you'd like to see us play an all ages show in Wilmington.
    3/21/2003  We have begun organizing an all-day music festival to take place in May or June of this year called Delapalooza. Check out the site and send us feedback, ideas or demo CDs. We are organizing this show with the band Made.
    3/18/2003  Thanks to everyone who came to the Barn Door show. We'd also to thank Brene Wilson of 302 Music for coming to see the 3 bands and posting a review of the show.
    2/27/2003  Wow, this has been the best week for the band in a long time. The show at the West End was great, thanks to everyone who braved the weather to come see us. We also met one of the members of R3, who we hope to play a show with soon. Check them out, they are really good.

    We also found out we have been booked for the Delaware Music Festival, the Dewey Beach Pop Fest and the Delaware State Fair. There should be lots of great bands there and good crowds so we are all very excited.
    1/12/2003  We were picked to be included in Toast Promotion's Battle of the Bands (see above) along with our friends in the band Made. We have to get 12 people to come down to Smyrna, DE on Thursday, February 6th. We will be running a car pool or renting a van, so contact Tim if you would like to go. The winner gets a music video, so come support us and Made.
    1/2/2003  First Night was awesome, we'd like to send out a special thank you to everyone in the crowd who made it great. Check out the forums and post your thoughts on the show, or anything else you want. We are also trying to set up more all ages shows; if you have any suggestions, contacts, or anything else, email Tim.
    12/23/2002  red number 40 unplugged was a big success, we might have to do that more often (with Chris of course). We've got a bunch of plugged shows coming up though.
    12/16/2002  Some big news this week, our CD was reviewed in Big Shout Magazine. We've also been picked to play at this years First Night Celebration in Wilmington. Check out our shows listing for more info. We've also found out we are still getting played occasionally on WSTW, so call or email Johnny B and ask him to play "My Car".
    11/26/2002  In case you hadn't noticed, we've got a great new site design, thanks to Dan Baxter. We also added forums to the site, check them out and post about red number 40 or other local bands. We've also got a Saturday show at the Ground Floor coming up, make sure you come check us out.
    11/20/2002  Our first show with Chris went great, according to all 10 of you who were there. Mark's new guitar rig is pretty impressive too, everyone should come to one of the upcoming shows to see it.
    11/12/2002  red number 40 has found a new drummer, his name is Chris Brisiel and he is a veteran of bands such as No Escape and Seven Gone. You can see Chris play very soon at one of our upcoming shows.
    8/2/2002  Well, we didn't win the Battle of the Bands, but everyone who attended knows who rocked the most. Keep checking back for updates on our next CD and our quest for a new drummer.
    7/24/2002  Ok, its official, we are playing the Battle of the Bands at the Big Kahuna in Wilmington on Thursday , August 1st. Show starts at 8pm, we need everyone there for support. Bring this ticket with you for half off admission and a free CD. You can print out as many tickets as you need. Check out the shows page for more info.
    7/22/2002  As you may have heard, red number 40 needs a new drummer. If you are a drummer, or you know any, please check out this page for more info and contact us.
    7/20/2002  Today's show was cancelled, we just foud out at the last minute. Hopefully we will have another DE all ages show soon.
    7/18/2002  Ok, this Saturday's show is IN Iron Hill Park off old Baltimore Pike in Newark, it will have 4 cool bands (including us), and you all should come out.
    7/15/2002  The Pirate's Den was a lot of fun, Penetration Theory was pretty cool. And the trip to Atlantic City afterwards was crazy. Hope to see you all Wed or Saturday.
    7/8/2002  "My Car", the first track off our new ep was played on WSTW this weekend. If you'd like to hear it, contact them.

    We have also been picked to play at the Big Kahuna Battle of the Bands in August, no exact date has been set yet.
    6/29/2002  The show at the Brighton Bar was great, too bad only 6 people witnessed it :) I hope we see more people next Friday, the Club 218 show is going to rock.
    6/26/2002  Last weekends shows were great (even though Saturday's venue was weird). Apple of Discord rocked though, everyone should check them out.
    6/26/2002  Our EP is out, pick it up at our upcoming shows. It should also be turning up at Borders, B&N, Repo and Bert's soon.
    5/10/2002  New shows, one in Baltimore and 3 in Jersey.
    5/6/2002  Mark dun got hitched. Congratulations Mark
    3/9/2002  MP3's, finally. Sorry it took so long.
    3/8/2002  We're playing The Vault in Baltimore on Thursday the 21st. Tickets available online.
    2/13/2002  We'll be playing an open mic night at Rex's in West Chester on Tuesday, 2/19, see the shows page for directions.
    12/14/2001  Our last show of the year will be at the Ground Floor tommorow night at 9.
    12/4/2001  Thanks to everyone for coming last night to see us play in West Chester, we had a great time and were really glad to let everyone hear our new songs. We will be going back next week...
    11/27/2001  We'll be playing an open mic night at 15 North Walnut St. in West Chester, PA.
    8/30/2001  Apparently The Ground Floor was so impressed they booked us for next Thursday too.
    8/22/2001  After a long hiatus, we will be playing at the the Groud Floor on Wed, August 29th.
    5/15/2001  The show at Wyatt's has been canceled, hopefully it will be rescheduled soon.
    4/30/2001  We just found out we will be playing at the University of Delaware on Friday, May 11th. Check out the upcoming shows page for more info.
    4/26/2001  red number forty is currently recording their first album. This should be a 7-9 song EP and we will eventually be giving away a 3-4 sample CD available at our shows.
    4/26/2001  We are tentatively scheduled to play at Wyatt's Salon again on May 19th.

     


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