Monster Truck (band)

Brandon, Jeremy, John and Steve
Monster Truck
Origin Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Genres Southern rock, Blues rock, Stoner rock
Years active 2009–present
Labels Dine Alone
Website ilovemonstertruck.com
Members Jon Harvey
Jeremy Widerman
Brandon Bliss
Steve Kiely

Monster Truck are a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, who have released two EPs.[1] Their album Furiosity was released on Dine Alone Records on May 28, 2013. It was distributed on Universal.[2] 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 will support Vista Chino on their European tour in October and November 2013. The band started recording a new 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 BBCA's Orphan Black S0208, "Variable And Full Of Perturbation"

Discography

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.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums?page=1