Check This!: Introducing Code Red Riot’s “Bulletproof” Check This! by Hear2Zen Magazine - November 19, 2018November 19, 20180 This past summer, CODE RED RIOT released their critically-acclaimed debut album‘Mask’ via Sony RED Music. Their newest single, “Bulletproof,” has been storming upthe Mainstream Rock charts, currently sitting at #34 on the Billboard BDS MainstreamRock Indicator chart and #25 on the Foundations SMR chart. Today, they’re proud toannounce the premiere of their Official Music Video for “Bulletproof,” to accompany thislatest single. CODE RED RIOT was formed in 2017 by singer/songwriter Corky Gainsford, who spentmost of his music career known as the drummer/co-songwriter for Otherwise (CenturyMedia Records) and drummer/percussionist for the internationally-acclaimedperformance art troupe Blue Man Group. Following in the footsteps of Dave Grohl (FooFighters) and Sully Erna (Godsmack), Gainsford transitioned from drummer-to-frontmanby writing all the songs on ‘Mask,’ and in addition to the vocals, he performed all theinstruments on the album – minus lead guitar.“Of all the songs on this album, ‘Bulletproof’ holds a special place in my heart lyrically,”Gainsford says. “It’s about reclaiming my life after enduring an incredibly unhealthyrelationship, and it served specifically as a reminder to focus on what I truly love in life,without regard for the negativity, naysayers, and skeptics that had surrounded mebefore.” Ironically, the theme of proving skeptics wrong continued while creating the music videofor “Bulletproof.” Gainsford says, “We were fortunate that our label wanted to support aradio campaign for this song, but unfortunately we had already exhausted our album’svideo budget while making our two previous music videos.” Gainsford simply took thison as a challenge to produce and direct the video himself. “I didn’t have any technicalbackground or knowledge on video production, but I’m a quick learner, I knew it wouldbe fun, and thankfully you can learn how to do anything on YouTube these days. Armedwith an iPhone and a GoPro, I was excited for the opportunity and gave it a shot.” Gainsford enlisted actor Christopher Brown to star in the video, a seasoned performerwho shared the stage with Gainsford for many years at Blue Man Group. “I wanted tocreate a storyline where the main character feels like an outsider, goes through acathartic release, and emerges on the other side feeling exhilarated, or in other words:bulletproof,” Gainsford says. “Christopher was integral in helping to develop thatstoryline, and he was a monster when it came time to let out all his inner demons bysmashing, destroying and obliterating everything we could find in the Las Vegas desert.” “Bulletproof” Video credits:Directed, Produced and Edited by Corky GainsfordAssisted by Jon WozniakStarring Christopher Brown as The Invisible Man‘Mask’ is currently available via Sony RED Music at https://red.lnk.to/mask CODE RED RIOT Line-Up:Corky Gainsford – vocalsTyler “Taz” Azure – guitarJon “Woz” Wozniak – bassAdam Fisher – drums CODE RED RIOT Online:https://coderedriot.com/https://www.instagram.com/coderedriot/https://www.youtube.com/coderedriothttps://www.facebook.com/CodeRedRiot/Band Photo by Fred Morledge – PhotoFM.com Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related