Monster truck

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Monster truck
General information
origin Hamilton , Canada
Genre (s) Hard rock , southern rock
founding 2009
Website www.ilovemonstertruck.com
Current occupation
Jon Harvey
Jeremy Widerman
Brandon Bliss
Steve Kiely

Monster Truck is a Canadian Hard - / southern rock - band from Hamilton , Ontario . The band is signed to Mascot Records in Europe and has released three studio albums to date. In 2013 the band received the Juno Award .

history

The band was formed in 2009 by singer and bassist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely. At the time, the musicians played in various bands that played punk , pop-rock or metal . Since all the band members had a thing for rock 'n' roll , they formed a band just for fun. The name Monster Truck comes from the Chevrolet Astro that Steve Kiely drove at the time. This van was nicknamed Monster Truck, which the musicians soon adopted for their band. The band played their first concerts and released an EP on their own in 2010 . A year later, on Dine Alone Records the second EP The Brown before 2012, a split - single with the band DZ Deathrays followed.

In 2013 the band recorded their debut album Furiosity together with producer Eric Ratz (including Billy Talent , Cancer Bats ) . The album reached number 13 on the Canadian album charts, the single Sweet Mountain River was at number 84 on the Canadian single charts. Monster Truck played numerous concerts as opening act for Slash , Deep Purple and Rival Sons and was at the Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards in the category of Breakthrough Group of the Year award. Also in 2013 the band played their first concerts in Europe. She performed at the Download Festival and did a tour supporting Vista Chino .

A year later, an extensive tour through North America followed , supporting Alice in Chains, as well as other concerts with Guns N 'Roses , ZZ Top and Kid Rock . The musicians then began recording their second studio album. The album Sittin 'Heavy , again produced by Eric Ratz, was released on February 19, 2016 and reached number six on the Canadian album charts. The album was also placed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. At the beginning of 2016, Monster Truck was supporting Volbeat in North America . In Europe, the band opened for Nickelback in October 2016 , and as the opening act for Billy Talent in November and December 2016 . In 2017 Monster Truck appeared in the opening act of the "inFinite: The Long Good Bye" tour by Deep Purple .

On September 14, 2018, the third studio album True Rockers was released .

style

Monster Truck is usually assigned to hard rock and southern rock, which was also influenced by blues rock . Keyboardist Brandon Bliss named bands like Black Sabbath , Deep Purple and Soundgarden as main influences. Another big influence is rock music of the 1970s. Andreas Schiffmann from the online magazine Musikreviews.de compared Monster Truck with Lynyrd Skynyrd , Kyuss and Alice in Chains.

Discography

Albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH CA CA
2013 Furiosity
Dine Alone Records 		- - - CA13 (1 week)
CA
First published: June 25, 2013
2016 Sittin 'Heavy
Dine Alone Records 		DE52 (1 week)
DE 		AT42 (1 week)
AT 		CH64 (1 week)
CH 		CA6 (3 weeks)
CA
First published: February 19, 2016
2018 True Rockers
Dine Alone Records 		DE96 (1 week)
DE 		- CH50 (1 week)
CH 		CA91 (1 week)
CA
First published: September 14, 2018

EPs

  • 2010: EP
  • 2011: The Brown
  • 2013: Monster Truck

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CA CA
2013 Sweet Mountain River CA84 (10 weeks)
CA

More singles

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Graham Buckingham: Forget maybe, Jepson's a Juno certainty. The Hamilton Spectator, accessed April 26, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Manuel Berger: "Basically he was already dead". laut.de , accessed on April 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ VOLBEAT Announces Spring US Tour Dates. Blabbermouth.net , accessed April 26, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Dirk: Monster Truck - Sittin 'Heavy. Metal Talks, accessed April 26, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Andreas Schiffmann: Monster Truck: Sittin 'Heavy. Musikreviews.de, accessed April 26, 2016 .
  6. ↑ BLACK STONE CHERRY And MONSTER TRUCK Join Forces on New Single 'Love Become Law'. Blabbermouth.net, accessed July 9, 2020 .

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