Highly Suspect
Artist
Highly Suspect is a rock music quartet from Massachusetts. Forming in 2009 as a cover band, playing music from bands such as Sublime and Pink Floyd, they soon began releasing their own music.
In 2019, as a prelude to the release of their fourth album titled ‘MCID’, the original three members – Johnny Stevens (Vocals, Electric Guitar), Rich Meyer (Bass) and Ryan Meyer (Drums) – were joined by their best friend Matt Kofos who became their second guitarist. Matt had previously been the band’s drum tech, and was the 2nd guitarist on tour.
After four EPs and three albums, the band has evolved yet kept an original style of music, making it difficult to find any specific influences. Taking a break from their focus on rock in the previous albums, the fourth album, ‘MCID’, also features prominent Hip-Hop and Rap influences. Frontman Johnny Stevens described their musical influences as:
Every type of music you can think of! We listened to everything from Hip Hop to Reggae to Electronic to Rock to Jazz to Classical – just music in general. We try to take the best parts of things that we like and incorporate it into what we’re doing.
