Monster truck
Monster truck | |
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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 placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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2013 | Furiosity Dine Alone Records |
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CA13 (1 week) CA |
First published: June 25, 2013
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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
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2018 | True Rockers Dine Alone Records |
DE96 (1 week) DE |
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CH50 (1 week) CH |
CA91 (1 week) CA |
First published: September 14, 2018
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EPs
- 2010: EP
- 2011: The Brown
- 2013: Monster Truck
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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2013 | Sweet Mountain River |
CA84 (10 weeks) CA |
More singles
- 2012: Split with DZ Deathrays
- 2013: The Lion
- 2013: Sweet Mountain River
- 2013: Monster Truck
- 2020: Love Become Law (benefit single with Black Stone Cherry as Cherry Truck )
Individual evidence
- ^ Graham Buckingham: Forget maybe, Jepson's a Juno certainty. The Hamilton Spectator, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Manuel Berger: "Basically he was already dead". laut.de , accessed on April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ VOLBEAT Announces Spring US Tour Dates. Blabbermouth.net , accessed April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Dirk: Monster Truck - Sittin 'Heavy. Metal Talks, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Andreas Schiffmann: Monster Truck: Sittin 'Heavy. Musikreviews.de, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ BLACK STONE CHERRY And MONSTER TRUCK Join Forces on New Single 'Love Become Law'. Blabbermouth.net, accessed July 9, 2020 .
Web links
- Official website
- Monster Truck at Allmusic (English)
- Monster Truck at laut.de
- Monster Truck at Discogs (English)
- Chart sources: DE / AT / CH