Formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2003, chalklinebeauty was birthed of Rashad Penn (vocals) and Jeff Brinkley (guitar). Beer soaked & smoke injected, they inducted a drummer, bassist, and a second guitarist to help raise their newborn band. After the loss of their second guitarist, they put up a demo cd in a local music shop in hopes to recruit new blood. Chris Whitehurst (guitar) picked up the demo, grabbed an acoustic guitar and went to jam. After just thirty minutes – Chris was in. After a successful two-year run with one unreleased and two self-released CDs, chalklinebeauty decided to call it quits. Rashad and Chris decided to keep it moving, but in a different musical direction. In 2006 they got a new practice space, found another drummer and began to hammer out new material. Rashad enlisted the aid of Joe Moore (bass) whom he was familiar with from other Richmond-based bands. They chose to name the band “Ares Caress” and began to move forward only to have their drummer quit. Following one of Rashad's infamous “tours of community service”, he was introduced to John Carman (drums). Now under the new name, “The Red Hymnal” and with another new practice space, the band was soon playing shows all over the Richmond area. Although solid as a four-piece, their search for a second guitarist was proving to be fruitless. Jeff Brinkley, having fallen out of contact with Rashad, went to hear “The Red Hymnal” in October of 2006. After much coaxing, Rashad was finally able to convince Jeff to come out and jam - the search for their second guitarist was over. Thus began the re-birth of chalklinebeauty.

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