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The Brooklyn, NY indie band The Red and The Black came together in summer 2001 with ex-Haywood musicians Rob Viola (drums) and Jeff Paretchan (bass), Tim Lauben (vocals/guitar), and Mike Esper (guitar/vocals). They took their name from a Robert Stendhal novel, but the band likes to joke that it came from a Blye Oyster Cult song of the same name. Each had been in various bands over the course of the 90s and were particularly inspired by the no-wave movement chiefed by Steve Albini and the like. Shortly after coming together, The Red and The Black signed with Haywood's former distributor, the Self-Starter Foundation, and immediately headed into Fire Proof Studios in Brooklyn. They joined Adam Lasus (Helium, Gigolo Aunts, Matt Keating) for their debut recording - the end result; the Plans for Next Year EP, which appeared in September 2002. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
