Monster Truck is a Canadian

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band from

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. Members include guitarist Jeremy Widerman, and keyboardist Brandon Bliss.

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 both the active rock airplay chart and the alternative rock airplay chart in the spring of 2012. After the release of two EPs, their debut album ''Furiosity'' was released on

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on May 28, 2013 and distributed on

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. The band's second studio album entitled ''Sittin' Heavy'' was released on

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on February 19, 2016. The band won the 2013

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for Breakthrough Group of the Year. They played the

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in 2013 and supported

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on their European tour in October and November 2013. The band started recording the ''Sittin' Heavy'' album in January 2015 after touring with

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, opening for them on their 2014 North American tour. Their track "Sweet Mountain River" was included in

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's music game ''

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'', "Seven Seas Blues" in

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' '' NHL 13'', and "Old Train" was used in an episode of ''

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'', "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". A song, "The Enforcer", was also available only when pre-ordering the album. Their song "Righteous Smoke" is featured in

' '' NHL 17''. The song "The Enforcer" was also used as the goal song for the

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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". The title track featuring

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was released as a promotional single the following week. The album was released on September 14, 2018. In November 2021, Monster Truck was featured in

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's re-recording of their song "Don't Tell Me How To Live", released as the first single from Kid Rock's triple album. Kid Rock's recording features a

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sound. On March 14, 2022, it was announced that drummer Steve Kiely had departed from the band. On September 30, 2022, the band released their fourth studio album, ''Warriors''. Jon Harvey parted ways with the band in June 2024.

Band members

Current * Brandon Bliss – keyboards (2009–present) * Jeremy Widerman – guitars (2009–present) Former * Steve Kiely – drums (2009–2022) * Jon Harvey – bass, vocals (2009–2024) Live * Theo McKibbon – drums (2022–2023)

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

* 2010: ''Monster Truck'' * 2011: ''The Brown EP''

Singles

References

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