Red Devil was an American

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punk rock band, based in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

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

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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 during its career.

Members

* Jon Foy -

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, vocals * Colin Smith -

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, vocals * Eleanor Buffam - vocals * Chris 'Doc' Kulp -

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, vocals * Michael 'Cappy' Helphen - guest tour drums

Discography

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
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