The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, an alternative rock/post-hardcore band with touches of screamo, pop-punk, and metal, was originally formed in 2003 in Middleburg, Florida. For about 18 months the band members wrote and rehearsed with no real intentions of performing or recording anything, but they were later urged by some friends to pursue their music seriously. Eventually this encouragement led the band to book themselves some local shows, and were quickly embraced by their hometown local music scene. As buzz about the band grew, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recorded their first Demo EP Ass Shaker/Justify/Face Down, and began spreading their name around Florida.