The Red Chord

Country of origin:: United States
Location:: Revere, Massachusetts
Status:: Active
Year of creation:: 1999

Genre:: Technical Death Metal/Grindcore/Metalcore
Lyrical themes:: Nihilism, Mental Disorder, Abstract, Society
Current label:: Metal Blade Records

The band name comes from a German play called "Woyzeck" written by Georg Büchner, which was later adapted to opera by Alban Berg under the title "Wozzeck" (since the 'y' in the original title was mistakenly read as a 'z'). The play is about a schizophrenic who, near the end of the play, cuts his wife's throat and asks: "Honey, what is that Red Chord on your neck?"

Guy and Adam also run the ...

Complete lineup
Current lineup
Past members
Live musicians

Current

Guy Kozowyk

Vocals (1999-present)

Gunface	Guitars, Backing Vocals (2000-present)
See also: Beyond the Sixth Seal

Gregory Weeks	Bass (2004-present)
See also: Beyond the Sixth Seal

Past

Adam Wentworth	Bass (2000-2004)
See also: Bloodhorse, Acid Tiger, All Pigs Must Die, ex-Beyond the Sixth Seal, ex-Premonitions of War

Mike Justian	Drums (2000-2004, 2010-2011)
See also: ex-Candy Striper Death Orgy, ex-Trap Them, ex-Unearth, ex-Backstabbers Inc.

Kevin "Big Kev" Rampelberg

Guitars (2000-2005)

Brad Fickeisen	Drums (2004-2010)
See also: ex-Eviscerate

John Longstreth	Drums (2004)
See also: Dim Mak, Gorguts, Origin, ex-Malicious Intent, ex-Possession, ex-Murder Construct, ex-Exhumed (live), ex-Angelcorpse, ex-Skinless

Jon Dow	Drums (2004)
See also: ex-Deadwater Drowning

Jonny Fay	Guitars (2005-2007)
See also: ex-Deadwater Drowning

Mike Keller	Guitars (2007-2008)
See also: ex-N.A.M.E.

Current (Live)

Jon "The Charn" Rice	Drums (2011-present)
See also: Job for a Cowboy, 1349 (live), Austrian Death Machine (live), ex-Crown the Lost, ex-Sinning Is Our Savior

Past (Live)

Kevin Talley	Drums (2006)
See also: Dååth, Nothnegal, Six Feet Under, WretchedPain, ex-Horror of Horrors, ex-Chimaira, ex-Consumned, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Misery Index, ex-Soils of Fate, ex-Truth Corroded, ex-Absence of the Sacred (live), ex-Cattle Decapitation (live), ex-Hate Eternal (live), ex-The Black Dahlia Murder (live), ex-M.O.D., ex-All the Way to the Bank