Redding (band)

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REDDING
Origin Belleville, Illinois [1]
Genres Indie rock, Alternative rock
Years active2004-2008, 2013
LabelsRock Ridge Music (former)
MembersJoey Graves
Jeff McCullough
Danny Gula
Jon Stamm
Website http://www.reddingmusic.net

Redding is an American indie rock band from Belleville, Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri. Redding take their name from the character Ellis Redding (played by Morgan Freeman) in the film The Shawshank Redemption.

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History

Origin and early years (1999 – 2003)

Learning to play music together in middle school, Joey Graves, Jon Stamm, and Danny Gula donned the name For the Moment for their developing garage band. Graves found himself at the helm of writing and recording the music (in the band’s home studio), and Stamm wrote the majority of the lyrics. In the spring of 2004, the trio began work on a four-song EP album. Graves tapped his first cousin, Jeff McCullough, to join the band and play bass guitar and piano. McCullough’s formal music training and experience in previous bands allowed him to become a major creative force in the developing group.

Sinclair Aircraft EP (2004)

On May 8, 2004 (two weeks before Graves, Stamm, and Gula graduated high school), For the Moment released the resultant home-recordings as an album called Sinclair Aircraft EP. The band sold all 300 copies before school ended. Most importantly, a copy of the Sinclair Aircraft EP came to the attention of Tom Derr (owner of Rock Ridge Music, who expressed interest in signing For the Moment to his label. But first, Derr and co-owner Chris Henderson (guitarist in alternative rock group 3 Doors Down) requested additional music. The band quickly wrote and recorded an early version of “Gleam”, which helped seal a contract with Rock Ridge Music. In the fall, Graves, Gula, and Stamm started school at Southwestern Illinois College as music majors.

Redding (2005 - 2008)

Redding, 2006. Redding Album Cover.jpg
Redding, 2006.

On January 5, 2005, the band changed its name to Redding, and began a recording session at Chris Henderson’s Rivergate Studios in Biloxi, Mississippi. Kirk Kelsey (producer, Creed) produced, engineered, and mixed the project. On August 6, the band performed at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater for a crowd of nearly 20,000 before Staind and 3 Doors Down. In the week following, and again in October, Redding resumed and then completed recording at Greenville College. The band’s eponymous eight track debut album was released on July 11, 2006. It contains two re-recorded tracks from the Sinclair Aircraft EP -- “All I Can Hold” and “What You’ve Become”. A month later, Graves, Stamm, and Gula began studying Digital Media at Greenville College (the program from which McCullough had graduated in 2003)

Later years (2013-present)

The band has disbanded and they continue working in Vat19, an American online retail company who also makes YouTube videos. [2] They would eventually return in 2013 to release their single, Through the Cold. [3] They no longer make music and continue working at Vat19 and make the company's YouTube videos. In 2020, Gula and Stamm left Vat19 to make their own YouTube channel Likely (formerly Randomonium). [4] Also in 2020, Graves left Vat19 privately before returning to the company in 2023.

Members

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Discography

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