Jeremy McKinnon

Jeremy McKinnon at Elbriot , 2014.

Jeremy Wade McKinnon (born December 17, 1985 in Gainesville , Florida ) is an American rock musician and record producer . He gained fame mainly through his work as the front singer of the post-hardcore band A Day to Remember .

Career

Jeremy McKinnon was born on December 17, 1985 in Gainesville, Florida and has two sisters. Before he started working as a musician, he worked at the Boston Market fast food chain and later as a construction worker . His musical interest was sparked by a friend who was active in a band. He began writing songs to deal with personal experiences, such as his troubled time in high school in Ocala , Florida .

McKinnon's first band was called All for Nothing and played ska-punk . Shortly afterwards he joined the musicians Tom Denney and Bobby Scruggs to finally found A Day to Remember . Together with bassist Joshua Woodard, he founded the record company Running Man Records , which works with Epitaph Records .

In a 2012 interview, he said that he had no plans to release a solo album anytime soon. In addition to being the front singer of A Day to Remember, McKinnon also works as a music producer . He has already recorded albums with The Devil Wears Prada , The Ghost Inside , Neck Deep , Wage War , as well as with his own band A Day to Remember. As a guest musician, he has worked with Pierce the Veil , Mest , August Burns Red , In Fear and Faith and For the Fallen Dreams .

On December 25, 2016, McKinnon married his longtime girlfriend, Stephanie Morrison. In early December 2017 he became the father of a daughter.

Musical influence

McKinnon counts the punk band Millencollin as the greatest musical influence and describes Less Than Jake as the greatest influence on his stage appearance. He also names The Flaming Lips and Rammstein as other influences.

Discography

with All for Nothing

• 2002: How to Score in High School

with A Day to Remember

• → Main article : A Day to Remember

as a guest musician

• Strength in Numbers by In Fear and Faith
• Nightmares from For the Fallen Dreams
• Caraphernelia from Pierce the Veil
• Radio (Something to Believe) by Mest
• Ghosts by August Burns Red
• Kali Ma from Neck Deep

as a music producer

• 2010: Veara - What We Left Behind
• 2010: A Day to Remember - What Separates Me from You
• 2011: The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne
• 2012: The Ghost Inside - Get What You Give
• 2013: A Day to Remember - Common Courtesy
• 2014: The Ghost Inside - Dear Youth
• 2015: Neck Deep - Life's Not Out to Get You
• 2015: Wage War - Blueprints

Awards and nominations

• Alternative Press Music Awards
  • 2015 : Best Singer (nominated)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ k-ron: Behind Closed Doors: Jeremy McKinnon (A Day To Remember) on k-ron's Blog - Buzznet . Kron.buzznet.com. March 26, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 5, 2013. 
2. ^ Allschools Network - Interview A Day To Remember . allschools. June 14, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
3. ↑ Andy Mesecher: Q&A with A Day To Remember . Music Connection. October 9, 2011. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 16, 2013. 
4. ↑ A Day To Remember's Jeremy McKinnon Marries Longtime Girlfriend Stephanie Morrison In Surprise Wedding! (en) . In: Stage Right Secrets , December 26, 2016. 
5. ↑ Andre Wendowski: Music Mayhem Magazine : Jeremy McKinnon & Wife Stephanie McKinnon Welcomes First Child Montana
6. ↑ HMXThrasher: HMX Gets Toursick: An Interview with A Day To Remember // Blog // Rock Band® . Rockband.com. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 8, 2014. 
7. ↑ A Day To Remember's Jeremy McKinnon talks Warped Tour, going mainstream and ambitious stage shows | Tampa Bay Times and tbt * . Tampabay.com. July 27, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 8, 2014. 
8. ^ What We Left Behind - Veara | Credits . AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
9. ↑ Dead Throne - The Devil Wears Prada | Credits . AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
10. ↑ THE GHOST INSIDE: New Album Details Revealed . Blabbermouth.Net. April 26, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
11. ↑ Alternative Press : Here are all the 2015 APMAs nominees! ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.