Monster Truck (band)

Brandon, Jeremy, Jon and Steve
Monster Truck
Origin Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genres Southern rock, Blues rock, Hard Rock, Canadian Rock
Years active 2009 (2009)–present
Labels Dine Alone, Mascot Records
Website ilovemonstertruck.com
Members Jon Harvey
Jeremy Widerman
Brandon Bliss
Steve Kiely

Monster Truck are a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. After the release of two EPs,[1] their debut album Furiosity was released on Dine Alone Records on May 28, 2013 and distributed on Universal.[2] The band's second studio album entitled Sittin' Heavy was released on Mascot Records on February 19, 2016. Members include lead singer and bassist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely.

The band won the 2013 Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year.[3] They played the Download Festival in 2013 and supported Vista Chino on their European tour in October and November 2013. The band started recording the Sittin' Heavy album in January 2015 after touring with Alice in Chains, opening for them on their Canada/United States North American 2014 tour.[4]

Their track "Sweet Mountain River" was included in Ubisoft's music game Rocksmith 2014,[5] "Seven Seas Blues" in EA Sports' NHL 13, and "Old Train" was used in an episode of Orphan Black, "Variable and Full of Perturbation". The first single from their second studio album was released on October 19, 2015, a track called "Don't Tell Me How to Live".[6] A song, "The Enforcer", was also available only when pre-ordering the album.

Discography

EPs

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
CAN AUT GER SWI
Furiosity[7] 13 — — —
Sittin' Heavy[8]
  • Release date: February 19, 2016
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12" vinyl
 6 42 52 64

References

  1. ↑ Rockingham, Graham (April 21, 2013). "Forget maybe, Jepson's a Juno certainty", The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Kenny, Amy (October 1, 2012). "Monster truck: A Hamilton band first", The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ (April 22, 2013). "Juno Awards 2013: Carly Rae Jepsen beats out Justin Bieber, Celine Dion at Canada’s premiere music awards", Associated Press, reprinted in Daily News. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.ilovemonstertruck.com/
  5. ↑ http://rocksmith.ubi.com/rocksmith/en-US/music/index.aspx
  6. ↑ http://www.ilovemonstertruck.com/
  7. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums?page=1
  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums?page=1
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