Monster Truck (band)

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Monster Truck
OriginHamilton, Ontario, Canada
GenresSouthern rock, blues rock, hard rock, stoner rock
Years active2009 (2009)–present
LabelsDine Alone, Mascot
Websiteilovemonstertruck.com
MembersJon Harvey
Jeremy Widerman
Brandon Bliss
Steve Kiely

Monster Truck are a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. Members include lead singer and bassist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely.

History[]

Monster Truck's 2011 EP The Brown EP found success for them in Canada. The single "Seven Seas Blues" charted in the top ten of the both the active rock airplay chart and the alternative rock airplay chart in the spring of 2012. 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.

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 2014 North American 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".[4] A song, "The Enforcer", was also available only when pre-ordering the album. Their song "Righteous Smoke" is featured in EA Sports' NHL 17. The song "The Enforcer" was also used as the goal song for the Toronto Maple Leafs after every goal scored with a "Go Leafs Go" chant added to the song.

The band's third studio album, True Rockers, was announced on June 1, 2018, upon the release of the lead single "Evolution".[6] The title track featuring Dee Snider was released as a promotional single the following week.[7] The album was released on September 14, 2018.[6]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details Peak chart positions
CAN AUT GER SWI
[8]
Furiosity[9] 13 — — —
Sittin' Heavy[9]
  • Release date: February 19, 2016
  • Label: Dine Alone, Mascot Label Group
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12" vinyl
 6 42 52 64
True Rockers[10]
  • Release date: September 14, 2018
  • Label: Dine Alone, Mascot Label Group
  • Formats: CD, digital download, 12" vinyl
 91 — 96 50

EPs[]

  • 2010: Monster Truck
  • 2011: The Brown EP

Singles[]

Year Song Chart
Positions 		Album
CAN
 CAN
Rock
[11] 		US
Main.
[12]
2011 "Sworded Beest" — — — The Brown EP
"Seven Seas Blues" — 7 —
2012 "Righteous Smoke" — 11 —
2013 "Sweet Mountain River" 84 1 — Furiosity
"The Lion" — 2 —
2014 "Old Train" — 7 —
2015 "Don't Tell Me How to Live" — 8 27 Sittin' Heavy
2016 "For the People" — 6 —
"The Enforcer" — 22 —
2018 "Evolution" — 14 — True Rockers

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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Monster Truck".
  5. ^ "Rocksmith® - Song List & Downloadable Content (DLC) - Ubisoft® (US)". rocksmith.ubisoft.com.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Colothan, Scott (June 1, 2018). "Monster Truck detail third album 'True Rockers' and unleash new song 'Evolution'". Planet Rock. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. ^ Lewry, Fraser (June 8, 2018). "Monster Truck launch True Rocker single with Dee Snider". Future Publishing. Louder Sound. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Discographie Monster Truck". hitparade.ch. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Billboard Canadian Albums: Top Albums Chart". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Monster Truck detail third album 'True Rockers' and unleash new song 'Evolution'". Planet Rock.
  11. ^ "Canada Rock - Chart History: Monster Truck". Billboard. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  12. ^ "Mainstream Rock Songs - Chart History: Monster Truck". Billboard. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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