Highly Suspect
Highly Suspect are a rock band from Cape Cod, known for “Lydia,” “My Name Is Human,” and songs that bring blues, hard rock, and hip-hop into the same room.
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- From
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- Started
- 2009, with Johnny Stevens and twin brothers Rich and Ryan Meyer
- Breakout
- Mister Asylum and “Lydia” in 2015
- Members
- Johnny Stevens, Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer, Matt Kofos, and Mark Schwartz
- Fan community
- MCID, short for My Crew Is Dope
Mini bio
How it started.
Johnny Stevens and twin brothers Rich and Ryan Meyer formed Highly Suspect in 2009. They shared a house on Cape Cod, jammed in the basement, and began playing covers in local clubs. After regular bar gigs, they moved to New York; BMI dates their move to 2011.
The songs that opened doors.
In Brooklyn, they worked with producer Joel Hamilton and signed with 300 Entertainment. Their 2015 label debut, Mister Asylum, and its single “Lydia” earned Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song. The Boy Who Died Wolf followed in 2016, with “My Name Is Human” reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart and earning another Best Rock Song nomination.
Room to experiment.
MCID arrived in 2019 with collaborations involving Young Thug and Gojira. The Midnight Demon Club followed in 2022, then As Above, So Below in July 2024. By 2026, the band were releasing standalone singles including “Yellow Roses,” “Wasted,” and “Big Shop of Horrors.”
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2024As Above, So BelowRecording artist
- 2022The Midnight Demon ClubRecording artist
- 2019MCIDRecording artist
- 2016The Boy Who Died WolfRecording artist
- 2015Mister AsylumRecording artist
Awards
Quotes
But the songs, the lyrics, they will remain honestJohnny Stevens, BMI interview, February 25, 2016
On how the band could change its sound while staying true to its songwriting. Source: https://www.bmi.com/news/a_conversation_with_highly_suspects_johnny_stevens
Trivia
- Rich and Ryan Meyer are twins. Johnny Stevens went to high school with them.
- The “suspect” half of the band name came from a computer band-name generator, Stevens said in a 2015 interview.
- MCID is both an album title and the name used for their fan community: My Crew Is Dope.
- The 2025 Black Ocean release credits Gojira’s Joe Duplantier as producer on “Fuck Me Up,” “Lydia,” and “Mom.”
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