Static Red

Static Red isn't interested in deciding what rock is supposed to sound like.

We're more interested in finding out what it could sound like.

The five-piece brings together Shred Fretsplitter on lead guitar and vocals, Brad Kinne on keyboards and vocals, his brother Brian Kinne on bass, Robby Horne on drums, and songwriter Pete Loaff on guitar and vocals.

Five musicians. Different backgrounds. Different influences. Different instincts.

That's where Static Red starts.

Our musical DNA stretches across more than half a century.

From the raw power and experimentation of Led Zeppelin, through the precision and intensity of Iron Maiden and the larger-than-life guitar era of Van Halen, to the songwriting and energy of Foo Fighters, the theatrical emotion of My Chemical Romance, and the genre-breaking heaviness and electronics of Bring Me The Horizon.

Not because we want to sound like any of them.

Because they all proved the same thing:

Rock music doesn't have to stand still.

Neither do we.

Static Red can move from heavy guitars and screams to electronics, melody, keyboards, atmosphere and silence. A song can be aggressive, vulnerable, strange, beautiful, pissed off—or all of those things within four minutes.

If it makes the song better, it belongs.

That's the philosophy behind the band:

Study everyone. Sound like nobody.

For Pete, the songs usually begin with an idea rather than a genre.

Addiction. Technology. Anxiety. Anger. Identity. Love. Mortality. Relationships. The absurdity of modern life. The things people do to themselves and each other.

Sometimes the meaning is right in front of you.

Sometimes it isn't.

We don't believe every lyric needs to explain itself. The best songs can mean one thing to the person who wrote them and something completely different to the person listening.

They should hit the first time—and have something else waiting when you come back.

That same thinking carries into the music.

We like heavy.

But heavy doesn't mean much if everything is heavy.

Quiet creates pressure. Melody makes aggression hit harder. A keyboard can be as important as a guitar. A whisper can do more damage than a scream. And sometimes the best thing you can do to a song is something nobody in the room expected.

That's why Static Red is also our laboratory.

We try unexpected things.

One song might sound like a machine having a nervous breakdown. Another might be slow, atmospheric and almost beautiful. The next might sound like five guys collectively having the worst day of their lives.

We're fine with that.

There are no genre police in the room.

There are five musicians asking one question:

Does the song deserve to exist?

If it does, we follow it wherever it wants to go.

Some Static Red songs are dark.

Some are angry.

Some are introspective.

Some are hopeful.

Some have something buried underneath them that you may not discover until the tenth listen.

And occasionally, we just want to turn everything up and have some fun.

After six decades of rock music, there's an enormous history behind us—and we're proud to carry pieces of it forward.

But we're not interested in recreating the past.

We're interested in figuring out what comes next.

We don't know exactly what the next Static Red song will sound like.

Neither do you.