Heffron Drive was an American duo formed by
Kendall Schmidt and
Dustin Belt, both originally from
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
.
It was originally formed in 2008 after Kendall and Dustin met each other by chance and realized they lived on the same street, Heffron Drive, in
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank had a Census-estimated population of 102,755 as of 2023. The city was ...
.
History
In 2008,
Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt formed the band Heffron Drive. The name refers to the street on which both members lived, Heffron Drive, in
Burbank
Burbank may refer to:
Places Australia
* Burbank, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
United States
* Burbank, California, a city in Los Angeles County
* Burbank, Santa Clara County, California, a census-designated place
* Burbank, Illinois, ...
, California.
The duo began releasing music on
MySpace
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it w ...
and soon gained attention on the internet.
However, in 2009, Schmidt joined the boyband
Big Time Rush and Heffron Drive was on a break.
Subsequently, Belt joined as the group's touring guitarist.
In May 2013, after
Tanya Chisholm said that the series ''
Big Time Rush'' was not being continued, Heffron Drive was revived. The duo soon started working on and recording new material.
On October 17, 2013, it was announced that Heffron Drive would be going on a winter
tour; it started in
Houston
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
on November 23, and ended on December 22 in Los Angeles.
In March 2014, the duo released their debut single, "Parallel". The song peaked at number 25 on the
iTunes
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating s ...
Pop charts. On July 29, 2014, Heffron Drive announced their debut studio album, ''
Happy Mistakes'', as well as an international tour in support of the album.
On August 4, the duo premiered the track, "One Track Mind" live. The album was officially released on September 9. ''Happy Mistakes'' peaked at number 84 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
On January 14, 2017, the band released a new song and music video for their single "Living Room". Their next release was on January 19, 2018, when they released a new song and music video titled "Mad At The World", and later "Separate Lives".
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Extended plays
Singles
Tours
*Winter Tour (2013–2014)
*Happy Mistakes Tour (2014–2016)
*Summer Tour (2016)
*The Slow Motion Tour (2017)
*One Way Ticket Tour (2017–2018)
References
External links
*
Official Winter Tour site
{{Authority control
Musical groups established in 2008
Musical groups disestablished in 2009
Musical groups reestablished in 2013
American musical duos
American pop music groups
American electro musicians