Birth Name: Amy Elizabeth Meyer
Born: 18th July 1993 (Age 27)
Origin: Berkeley, California, USA
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Genres: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Pop-Rock
Occupations: Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist, Writer, Composer, Performer
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Drums
Years Active: 2010 - present
Labels: Studio60 Records / Half-Moon Productions
Associated Acts: Riot! In The Boulevard
Amy Elizabeth Meyer (born 18, July 1993) is an American rock singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of US rock band ‘Riot! In The Boulevard’. Born in Berkeley, California but raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, she shot to fame in early 2011 as lead singer of teen rock band ‘Riot! In The Boulevard’ and established herself and her band as one of the most dominant figures in the music industry for the past four years. During the breakthrough of ‘Riot! In The Boulevard’, she was heavily praised for her vocals and her songwriting abilities. As lead singer of ‘Riot! In The Boulevard’, she has had six number #1 singles as well as five number #1 albums with the popular rock group, with the band also selling over 25 million albums worldwide since their 2011 breakthrough. Away from the band, Amy Meyer has featured on tracks with other artists including ‘James Urie’, ‘Lily Abbott’ and ‘Dead Roses’. As well as other ventures which most notably include the launch of her own record label ‘Songs to Love and Die By’ which has developed rapidly since it’s creation.
Early LifeAmy Meyer was born in Berkeley, California in 1993. She is the youngest of 4 children. Her parents re-located to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was 6 years old. Her father was a classically trained pianist and taught Amy to play the piano from an early age which evidently influenced her future love of music. Her music influences changed as she grew and as a 14 year old she was already being influenced by the rock genre, her parents bought her a guitar at 14 years old and she began learning to play the guitar, at this age she had already became close friends with her future band members, Jason Greenberg, Justin Mullen, Nathan Mullen and Adam Benjamin.
Obsessed with entertaining from an early age, Amy regularly took part in school plays and other outside activities and even went on to create an after-school music club while in 9th grade. She took in various Vegas shows during her young life and this enhanced her fascination with the stage, at age 13 she began taking up various music lessons, starting out with Piano classes and eventually moving on to guitar, drums and vocal classes. Spending any money she managed to scrape together on records. She was clearly destined to be involved in the music industry and the decision to form a high school band with a couple of her best friends proved to be the best decision a young Amy Meyer could make.
She struggled to fit in during high school but this enhanced the bond between herself and her future band mates as they spent the majority of their school hours in each other’s company, this also helped draw out Amy’s inner strength and her drive and determination to become a success in the music industry has been contributed to the challenges that she faced during her tricky school years. It was in 2008 when she formed Riot! In The Boulevard with Jason Greenberg and quickly managed to persuade friends Justin and Nathan to join the band. Adam Benjamin jammed with the group often, but didn’t commit to the band fully until just before the release of their debut album.
Amy happily finished high school in May 2010 and spent the following 7 months practicing obsessively with the band, writing songs and performing in various public places within Las Vegas which helped develop the band from sounding ‘awful’ and ‘unorganized’ according to Amy into a band ‘worth seeing’.
Music CareerAn accomplished musician on both the piano and guitar, its songwriting where Amy Meyer has been more heavily praised for her ability which stretches beyond her 20 years. In 2008 she decided to form a band in high school with her best friends, Jason Greenberg, Justin Mullen and Nathan Mullen, that band became Riot! In The Boulevard. Initially they just practiced but after a couple of months, they began performing at high school events and other public situations for the next few years that is where they began to improve and learn their craft. In 2010 however things changed for the band, they left high school and decided to begin focussing on a music career as a band and interest from several major labels start coming in, with the primary interest in Amy Meyer rather than the band as a whole, however they decided against signing for a major label and held off from the interest for about 5 months until 2011.
In early 2011 the band received interest from a relatively new indie label called, Nomad Records! And having met with the label the band decided to sign with them, believing that they were the best option for Riot! In The Boulevard to learn and improve under no major pressure and they were quickly sent on the road in support of Fathers Of Fury as they supported the band on their UK tour which generated huge buzz for the supporting band and quickly made Riot! One of the most highly anticipated bands of modern times.
They released their debut single, Sweet Little Fantasy’s from their debut E.P ‘Sin City Serenade’ and the single rocketed to number #2 on the Top20 Airplay Charts which signalled that Riot! had arrived as the word of mouth success of 2011, interest became larger and larger as the band continued to tour in support of Fathers Of Fury and continued to rise with several festival performances which led to the band being showered with praise for their energy and power as a live band. In May 2011 the band released their second single from their debut E.P and although it was not expected to do as well as their debut single, the song shot to number #1 and resonated with teenagers worldwide who lapped up Meyer’s lyrics of teenage love and heartbreak, the band had quickly found their niche and it was clear that they were a force to be reckoned with, a major success, the second single became the band’s summer anthem and was regularly performed during festival season, the sight of 20,000 teenage fans screaming the lyrics back to Meyer at The Field Trip Festival 2011 will be an image that will long be remembered as one of the iconic moments in modern rock music, the band had truly arrived.
As they finished touring with Fathers Of Fury, the band set about recording their debut album and to say that the pressure was high would be a major understatement, they enlisted the experience of Ryan Ross Hernandez and Damion Holmes as producers for their highly anticipated debut, they released the album in July 2011 and it lived up to the expectations, shooting straight to number #1 all over the world and becoming the third best-selling album of the year. Somehow this group of teenage misfits had managed to take the music world by storm. But it didn’t stop there.
The band’s star continued to rise throughout the following years as they continued to build upon the early success. Since the release of their debut album, the band have gone on to release a total of four studio albums, all of which peaking at number #1 as well as a live album which also peaked at number #1. The band have released a large collection of singles over the years too, with six of them becoming number #1 hits. But as of the beginning of 2014 the consensus appears to indicate that the band could be set to take a brief hiatus after their current 2014 World Tour. With Adam Benjamin releasing a solo album towards the end of 2013, two original members leaving in the form of Justin and Nathan Mullen and Amy’s record label taking off rapidly over the previous few months, it all points towards new ventures for the band and an opportunity to establish themselves as individual musicians in the process.
Musical Style & InfluenceAmy Meyer is generally considered a rock singer, her energy, power and presence are often praised and have been since the band’s breakthrough into the mainstream in 2011. Heavily influenced by a varying range of genre’s ranging from Pop to Classical, she was initially brought into music by learning to play piano from her father and she is a classically trained pianist, and established with guitar and drums. Her vocals have often been praised too, often for her passion and energy that she puts into her vocal performances, which generally stretch from an energetic anthemic rock vocal to a soft pop range. In terms of personal influence, Meyer lists older music acts like, U2, The Clash, The Cure, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Aerosmith as major influences and cites, Foo Fighters, No Doubt, PANIC! And Dead Roses as modern influences.
Solo DiscographyStudio AlbumsSeven Dreams Til' Sunday (April 12, 2015) [#8]
bandages and gauze (November 13, 2020) [#1]
SinglesFreefalling (April 19, 2014) [#10]
Stars (September 6, 2014) [#1]
Wonderstruck (November 30, 2014) [#9]
I Was Better Before the Break-Up (February 14, 2015) [#1]
Seven Dreams Til' Sunday (March 7, 2015) [#4]
bandages and gauze (November 11, 2020) [#2]
E.P’sN/A
Albums ProducedRiot! In The Boulevard - Self-Titled (July 24, 2011) [#1]
Riot! In The Boulevard - Cradle To The Grave (February 5, 2012) [#1]
Riot! In The Boulevard - Crossroads (November 18, 2012) [#1]
Calling Captain – Building Thrills (April 22, 2013) [#2]
Alex Simms – Enigma (June 16, 2013) [#2]
Maddie Urie – Young Blood (June 23, 2013) [#1]
Riot! In The Boulevard - Wild Young Things (September 22, 2013) [#1]
My Girl Friday - Wasted Youth (July 12, 2014) [#1]
Amy Meyer - Seven Dreams Til' Sunday (April 12, 2015) [#11]
Amy Meyer - bandages and gauze (November 13, 2020) [#3]
TOURSBandages and Gauze World Tour 2021