Highly Suspect

Highly Suspect
Background information
Origin Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Genres
Years active 2009 (2009)–present
Labels 300 Entertainment
Website www.highlysuspect.net
Members Johnny Stevens
Rich Meyer
Ryan Meyer

Highly Suspect is an American rock music trio who got their start in 2009 as a bar cover band playing songs by Sublime, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[1] The band was founded by twins Rich and Ryan Meyer and their best friend Johnny Stevens. They attended Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.[2] After realizing that songwriting was their true passion, they relocated to Brooklyn, where they recorded The Worst Humans EP with producer Joel Hamilton (Elvis Costello, Plastic Ono Band, The Black Keys, Wu-Tang Clan). "Lydia," their first music video from Mister Asylum was premiered on MTV.com on June 25, 2015.[3] Their first full-length album, Mister Asylum, was released on July 17, 2015.[4]

Highly Suspect was selected for iTunes' 2015 New Artist Spotlight by its editors.[5] They have played over 800 live shows since 2009. Their sound has been compared to Queens of the Stone Age, Kings of Leon, Band of Skulls, and Royal Blood.[6]

The band toured the United States in early 2015 with well-known rock bands Deftones, Chevelle, Halestorm, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots.[2] They have played festivals such as SXSW, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza.[7][8]

On December 7, 2015, the band were nominated for two awards at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards; "Mister Asylum" was nominated for Best Rock Album and "Lydia" was nominated for Best Rock Song.[9]

Discography

The Worst Humans EP (2012)

The Worst Humans was the band's second EP, released July 13, 2012. This EP featured some of their most popular singles: "Bath Salts", "Gumshoe" and "The Go". The recordings were available for both physical purchase and digital download on Bandcamp.

The Black Ocean EP (2013)

The band's third EP, The Black Ocean was released in October 2013. It featured two tracks from the debut release as well as three new tracks, "Fuck Me Up", "Lydia", and "Guess What". This release was jointly produced by Joel Hamilton and Joe Duplantier of Gojira.

Mister Asylum (2015)

Their first full-length album, Mister Asylum was released on July 17, 2015 via 300 Entertainment.[4] The first single from the album, titled "Lydia", peaked at number 4 on the US Mainstream Rock Songs chart and at number 24 on the US Alternative Songs chart. On July 24, 2015, the album debuted at number 39 on the New Zealand Albums Chart.[10] In November the band released their second single "Bloodfeather", which peaked at number 5 on the US Mainstream Rock Songs chart.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
Alt.
[11]		 US
Main.
Rock
[12]		 US
Rock Air.
[13]		 US
Rock
[14]
2015 "Lydia" 24 4 14 26 Mister Asylum
"Bloodfeather" 37 5 26 —

Band members

References

  1. ↑ Coscarelli, Joe (2016-02-14). "In Grammy Race, the Band Highly Suspect Marvels at Its Surprising Double Shot". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  2. 1 2 Miller, Jay N. (2015-03-04). "MUSIC SCENE: Highly Suspect Revel in the Growing Buzz". Enterprise News. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  3. ↑ "Artist Spotlight: Highly Suspect". MTV. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  4. 1 2 Weiner, Natalie (2015-06-01). "Highly Suspect Debuts Grungy New Track". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  5. ↑ "Highly Suspect on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  6. ↑ Geslani, Michelle. "Brooklyn rockers are ready to set your speakers ablaze with their latest single". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  7. ↑ "HighlySuspect Info". facebook.com. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ Poitras, Andrew. "Highly Suspect Talks New Album, Reveals Deep Meaning Behind Their Tattoos". Fuse. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Grammy Nominations Announced; Included Slipknot, Sevendust, Highly Suspect and Ghost". WQLZ. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  10. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  11. ↑ "Highly Suspect - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Highly Suspect - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Highly Suspect - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Highly Suspect - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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