Highly Suspect

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Highly Suspect
Johnny Stevens (right) and Rich Meyer (left)
Johnny Stevens (right) and Rich Meyer (left)
General information
origin Cape Cod , USA
Genre (s) Hard rock , progressive rock , blues rock
founding 2009
Website http://highlysuspect.net/
Founding members
Ryan Meyer
Bass , vocals
Rich Meyer
Guitar , vocals, synthesizer , piano
Johnny Stevens
Current occupation
Drums, vocals
Ryan Meyer
Bass, vocals
Rich Meyer
Guitar, vocals, synthesizer, piano
Johnny Stevens

Highly Suspect is an American rock band with influences from hard rock , progressive rock and blues rock and was formed on February 26, 2009 in Cape Cod , Massachusetts by twins Rich and Ryan Meyer and their best friend Johnny Stevens. Their first studio album, Mister Asylum , which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2016 , was released by the trio on July 17, 2015. This also contains the single Lydia , which was also nominated in the Best Rock Song category. Her second studio album, The Boy Who Died Wolf , was released on November 18, 2016.

history

Rich, Ryan, and Johnny attended Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. Before starting to write their own songs in 2009 and touring with bands like Deftones , Chevelle , Halestorm , Catfish and the Bottlemen and Scott Weiland , they played as a cover band in local bars and pubs around Cape Cod.

Between 2009 and 2013 they released the four EPs First Offense , The Gang Lion , The Worst Humans and Black Ocean as well as the single collection Highly Suspect in 2011 with 14 tracks, some of which were already released on earlier EPs, but newly recorded.

Her first studio album, Mister Asylum , was released on July 17, 2015 under the label 300 Entertainment . Her first single from the album, Lydia , reached # 4 on Billboard's American Mainstream Rock Songs , among others . The single's music video premiered on June 25, 2015 on MTV . The album's second single, Bloodfeather , was released in November and peaked at number 5 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs.

Her second studio album, The Boy Who Died Wolf , was released on November 18, 2016. After the album's first single, Serotonia , was released in early 2016, the second single, My Name Is Human , was released on September 7, 2016 . The third and fourth singles from the album Little One and Wolf were released on October 28 and November 11, 2016, respectively.

On December 6, 2016, it was announced that My Name Is Human was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 59th Grammy Awards 2017 .

On July 16, 2017, the band announced they were working on their third studio album, called MCID , which is due for November 1st. It features guest appearances from Young Thug and Tee Grizzle, and shows influences from hip-hop.

She currently resides in Brooklyn , New York City .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
US US
2015 Mister Asylum
300 Entertainment
US56 (1 week)
US
First published: July 17, 2015
2016 The Boy Who Died Wolf
300 Entertainment
US28 (1 week)
US
First published: November 18, 2016
2019 MCID
300 entertainment
US79 (1 week)
US
First published: November 1st, 2019

Compilations

  • 2011: Highly Suspect

EPs

  • 2009: First Offense
  • 2010: The Gang Lion EP
  • 2012: The Worst Humans
  • 2013: Black Ocean

Singles

  • 2015: Lydia (Mister Asylum)
  • 2015: Bloodfeather (Mister Asylum)
  • 2016: Serotonia (The Boy Who Died Wolf)
  • 2016: My Name Is Human (The Boy Who Died Wolf)
  • 2017: Little One (The Boy Who Died Wolf)
  • 2017: Wolf (The Boy Who Died Wolf)

Awards

year organization title Award Result
2016 Grammy Awards 2016 Lydia Best rock song nominated
Mister Asylum Best rock album nominated
2017 Grammy Awards 2017 My name is human Best rock song nominated
Alternative Press Music Awards 2017 Highly Suspect Best hard rock band nominated
Bloodfeather Best music video nominated

Web links

Commons : Highly Suspect  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Highly Suspect release their debut album Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2017
  2. Highly Suspects "Lydia" and album "Mister Asylum" nominated for a Grammy Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2017
  3. Highly Suspect announce new album: The Boy Who Died Wolf Warnermusic. Retrieved September 12, 2017
  4. Highly Suspect go on tour with famous musicians Laut.de. Retrieved October 5, 2017
  5. Highly Suspect's new song "Little One" premieres on Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2017
  6. My Name Is Human for a Grammy Award 2017 nominated by RollingStone. Retrieved October 5, 2017
  7. https://www.warnermusic.de/news/2019-08-19/highly-suspect-kuendigen-neues-album-mcid-an-und-schicken-zwei-erste-songs-ins , accessed on October 26th 2019